What is rauwolfia serpentine?
Rauwolfia serpentine is a small, woody shrub that originated in South Asia, whose roots contain reserpine, a milk substance used for its reported sedative effects. The plant is also known as the serpentwood, snakeroot and Rauvolfia, among other things. It is assumed that the root extract has a bitter taste and some practitioners of herbal medicine recommend using rauwolfia serpentine due to its reported side effects.
In India, rauwolfia serpentina is called a herb of madness because it is used to treat mental disorders such as anxiety, paranoia and nervousness. It is also used as a local remedy for snake and insects. Indian folk remedies are based on reuspentine reuspentine as a cure for cancer and liver disease, but there is no scientific evidence of its effectiveness of these diseases.
Its oldest use has been reported in Indian medical texts from 600 BCE. The roots of the plants were ground into powder and made into tea to treat hysteria and mental disorders. It said withE Sakeroot tea and centuries later, Mahatma Gandhi was to drink regularly. It was also mixed with a paste to treat constipation and rheumatism. In the mid -1940s, American doctors began to use Rauwolfia serpentine as sedative medicine to replace lobotomic surgery and electroshock therapy in patients with mentally.
Rauwolfia Serpentina is currently approved by the United States Administration as a prescription and liquid pill that can be injected - it is also allowed in the UK and Germany. In some health food and holistic pharmacy stores for external applications and internal use, Rauwolfia serpentine powder and raw root are sold in some health food and holistic pharmacies and internal use. It is also used in a homeopathic drug using an extremely diluted amount of herb. This is not recommended as a remedy for depression and people currently on antidepressants are strongly discouraged fromTo take it in any form.
are also reported by adverse side effects such as increased blood pressure, dizziness and worsening of motor skills when rauwolfia serpentine is mixed with a cold medicine or alcohol. The side effects on your own include depression, weight gain and erectile dysfunction. Pregnant women or women who are breastfeeding should avoid drugs, as it turned out to pass through the system on the fetus with unknown results. The physician should always be consulted before any herbal medicine accepts in the wellness program.