MICROgenics^® Stress and Stamina Formula with Rhodiola

For centuries, Rhodiola rosea, has been used traditionally as part of folk medicine in Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Russia, and other European countries as a "tonic herb", to fight fatigue, to increase physical endurance, work productivity, longevity, resistance to high altitude sickness, aid convalescence from illness, prevent infections, and enhance sexual function. Between 1725 and 1960, various medicinal applications of R. rosea appeared in the scientific literature of Sweden, Norway, France, Germany, the Soviet Union, and Iceland. Although R. rosea has been extensively studied as an adaptogen with various health-promoting effects, its properties remain largely unknown in the West. In part this may be due to the fact that the bulk of research has been published in Slavic and Scandinavian languages. In the twentieth century, Soviet physicians classified Rhodiola as an adaptogen. An adaptogen helps the body adapt to stresses of various kinds, whether heat, cold, exertion, trauma, sleep deprivation, toxic exposure, radiation, infection, or psychological stress ¹.

MICROgenics Stress and Stamina Formula with Rhodiola contains adaptogens to assist the body’s own healing response in times of stress.

In Scandinavian countries, Rhodiola is used to increase mental work capacity during stress, as a psychostimulant, and as a general strengthening tonic².

• Helps reduce mental fatigue and improves stamina and endurance. A study of Rhodiola rosea in young healthy people found that it increased endurance exercise capacity if taken one hour before exercising.³
• Maintains normal mental and physical performance during periods of elevated stress
• Assist short-term memory
• Calms the nervous system and helps reduce nervous exhaustion
• Helps the body to cope with stress
• Helps to relieve insomnia during times of stress
• Improves cognitive function
• Provides antioxidant protection from free radical damage during times of stress
• Enhances performance and learning

1. ¹Brown RP. Et al., Rhodiola rosea: A Phytomedicinal Overview. HerbalGram. 2002;56:40-52 American Botanical Council
2. ²Brown R, Gerbarg P, Ramazanov Z. Rhodiola rosea - a phytomedicinal overview. HerbalGram. 2002;56:40-52.
3. ³De Bock K, et al. Acute Rhodiola rosea intake can improve endurance exercise performance. Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab. 2004 Jun;14(3):298-307..