Diamond Mind Drops is designed to strengthen and empower the mind. Tibetan Rhodiola sacra is the root of a remarkable snowline herb that has been used for centuries in Himalayan culture to strengthen mental energy, increase depth of thought, improve mental endurance and to increase wisdom. This herb increases oxygen flow to the brain. Standardized Ginkgo biloba (24% ginkgo flavoneglycosides, 6% lactone terpenes) has been demonstrated to improve blood flow in the brain and to deliver increased oxygen to brain cells, thus improving cognition. Each of the other three herbs in this formula have been used for centuries to improve concentration, focus, memory and mental energy. Eleuthero root (Eleutherococcus senticosus --- Siberian Ginseng) and Schizandra fruit (Schizandra chinensis) have been demonstrated to improve concentration and memory. Polygonatum sibericum has traditionally been used to restore energy to the brain after prolonged mental exertion.
Diamond Mind Drops is a superb energy tonic that is especially beneficial to the mind. It promotes creativity and focus while improving memory. But don't be fooled by the name --- the benefits of Diamond Mind Drops are by no means limited to the mind. The herbs in this formula also have powerful general tonic benefits that will increase physical vitality, improve mood, improve blood flow to the genital organs, and benefit the cardiovascular and immune systems.
Tibetan Rhodiola
Tibetan Rhodiola sacra is an exciting herb, only recently available outside of Tibet. It is a rare herbal substance because it grows in one of the harshest environments in the world. In the Orient, Rhodiola sacra is called “Plateau Ginseng,” and as the species name “sacra” indicates, the Tibetans consider Rhodiola sacra to be a sacred herb. It has been used by the Tibetan people as a powerful adaptogenic vitalizer and as a substantial medicinal agent since the beginning of Tibetan civilization. Rhodiola sacra has also been prized by the Chinese and was very positively reviewed in the very first Chinese herbal classic over two thousand years ago. It was regarded by the author of that classic text, Shen Nong, as a life-prolonging, wisdom enhancing “superior herb.” However, the rarity of Rhodiola sacra has prevented it from becoming a well-known commodity outside of Asia.
The Benefits Associated with Tibetan Rhodiola Sacra
According to Tibetans, Tibetan Rhodiola sacra may be used as a tonic, in which case it strongly increases vitality. It is good for strengthening the body and mind, resisting fatigue, resisting a lack of oxygen and excessive radiation (including solar radiation), and for prolonging life. It is especially well known for increasing the intelligence of those who consume it regularly. Rhodiola sacra has the action of “supporting and strengthening the human body” and the immune potentiating effects of Rhodiola sacra are, according to some researchers, stronger than those Ginseng (a VERY potent immune potentiator). Rhodiola sacra has a notable restorative effect if one consumes a preparation while the tired body is recovering or is failing to recover from strong or excessive exertion. Tibetan Rhodiola sacra is now being distributed and consumed in China and Japan. According to the Chinese Ministry of Health, Rhodiola sacra has the following functions:
1. It has the action of supporting and strengthening the human body and intelligence, and prolonging life.
2. It has double-direction adjusting effects on the nervous and endocrine systems.
3. It is good for resisting fatigue, lack of oxygen and radiation, and it can improve a person’s memory, power of concentration and work-efficiency.
Oxygen Utilization
Consumption of a small amount of Tibetan Rhodiola sacra extract significantly improves a person’s capacity to absorb and utilize oxygen. This is a major key to the incredible benefits associated with this herb. When you consume Tibetan Rhodiola sacra, it is the same as inhaling pure oxygen.
Memory, Mental Focus, Logic and Creativity
Tibetan Rhodiola sacra is a superior tonic for those who work from behind a desk or at a computer terminal for long periods of time. It is a powerful brain tonic and alertness enhancer. People who consume Rhodiola sacra find that they can work for much longer without losing their ability to concentrate and create. It is a superb herb for writers, executives, lawyers, etc.
Stress Protection
Tibetan Rhodiola sacra is especially beneficial to those who live under stressful conditions. It has been proven that Rhodiola sacra reduces the body’s stress response, and thus protects against the physical side effects of chronic or acute stress. It protects from the damaging effects of mental stress as well. All this is due to its powerful adaptogenic activity. People stay focused and suffer far less from fatigue even under severe stress. Rhodiola sacra is the ideal herbal supplement for the modern world.
A Spiritual Tonic
This incredible herb has long been used by the Tibetan monks to enhance their spiritual power, the power of concentration and physical endurance. It has undoubtedly played a major role in the development of Tibetan culture. It is a superb herb to take before meditation, since it improves respiration and clears the mind and promotes focused mental states. Tibetan Rhodiola sacra gained its name because it is considered a sacred herb in Tibet and Bhutan.
Physical Energy and Endurance
Evidence has shown that Tibetan Rhodiola sacra is in many ways more powerful than Ginseng, and, for that matter, every other adaptogenic herb in the world. It is a superb herb for people who work very hard physically. Rhodiola sacra has been shown to improve physical endurance. It has been shown to be a superb tonic and energizer for those into physical fitness and for athletes, including extreme athletes.
Cardiovascular protection
Rhodiola sacra has been found to be extremely beneficial to the cardiovascular system, and has been found to prevent heart disease, the number one cause of death in the United States.
Immune support
Rhodiola sacra is also a powerful immune modulator, building the immune system into a well tuned fighting machine.
Psychological support
Tibetan Rhodiola sacra also is being used as a powerful and safe antidepressant. It is believed to be more powerful than St. Johns Wort, currently the world’s number one selling natural antidepressant substance.
Weight Management
Rhodiola sacra has been found to be stimulating to the appetites and strengthening for weakened individuals and for those recovering from illness and surgery. However, it may be used by people of excessive weight to help in losing fat because it increases respiratory power and thus can act as a thermogenic agent. By providing increased oxygen and increased energy, Rhodiola sacra improves the ability to lose weight through exercise. Rhodiola sacra is the perfect herb for those who want to gain muscle and lose fat.
Main Constituent
Rhodiola sacra is rich in the primary active ingredient, salidroside. However, it is important to know that this single active agent is not the sole active agent in Rhodiola sacra, and that Dragon Herbs’ Diamond Mind is extracted so that the full range of phytochemicals are fully extracted. This is a full potency herbal extract. It is effective in very small quantities and its effects are felt by many people almost immediately.
Safety
Rhodiola sacra is a non-toxic herbal nutrient. Safety studies, as well as 2000 years of experience, indicate conclusively that Rhodiola sacra is extremely safe, having no side effects in humans when taken even at high doses. Numerous studies have been presented to the Chinese Ministry of Public Health, which has reached the following evaluation: “Tibetan Rhodiola sacra has no poison, no sub-slow poison and does not cause any sudden change and deformity.”
Additional about Tibetan Rhodiola
Rhodiola sacra, and several other very closely related species of Rhodiola (which may be used interchangeably with Rhodiola sacra) grows on the Himalayas at more than 14,700 feet above sea level, under extremely adverse conditions. The region in which Rhodiola sacra grows is extremely barren due to the extreme climatic conditions of the Tibetan alpines. This is considered to be one of the harshest environments on earth, with dry air, insufficient oxygen, strong ultraviolet radiation and a huge day-and-night temperature variance (often as much 60 degrees Centigrade or more). Rhodiola sacra, which belong in to the Crassulaceae family, is a sub-shrub plant with a succulent stem. Its adaptability to the harsh environmental circumstances and its vitality are seldom found in any other plants.
Rhodiola sacra’s root and stem are mainly used as a precious tonic. The major effective contents are salidroside (C14H20O9), tyrosot (C8H10O2), p-sitosterol, ethyl gallate, gallic acid, flavones, phenol compounds, 35 kinds of biologically active trace elements (e.g., Fe, Al, Zn, Ag, Co, Cd, Ti, Mo, Mn, etc.), as well as a complex volatile oil. Tibetan Rhodiola also contains 18 amino acids which are needed by the human body, 7 of which are "essential" (cannot be produced by the body). Such a spectrum of bio-nutrients is seldom seen in any other natural plant.
Salidroside, tyrosot and sitosterol mainly enhance the resistance of the human body for adapting to stressful conditions and adjust physiological functions for restoration. It has double-direction adjusting effects on the nervous system and endocrine system, and possesses many kinds of physiologically active components which studies have shown have anti-carcinogenic, antiviral, and antimicrobial activity in in vitro and animal studies*.
The people of Tibet knew over a thousands years ago that by decocting Rhodiola sacra with water or extracting it in alcohol, it can be drunk to overcome fatigue from heavy physical labor and to help increase the vitality necessary for completing extraordinary physical tasks. The benefits of Rhodiola sacra were recorded in the Jingzhu Materia Medica (the Tibetan Medicine Documents). According to that ancient Tibetan medical classic, Rhodiola sacra is nourishing to the lungs and respiratory functions, it is antipyretic, and vitalizing. It was said by “Supernatural Peasant’s (Shen Nong’s) Materia Medica Classic” that “Rhodiola sacra will make the body light and relaxed, and will make the eyes bright.”
According to a large numbers of pharmacological experiments and clinical reports, weak and sick men and women can be helped in building up their strength, intelligence and efficiency of working or exercising power by taking a Rhodiola sacra product frequently. A healthy man or woman can noticeably raise his or her memory and power of concentration. Rhodiola sacra has also been used for stimulating the mental energy and working efficiency of those who work primarily with their brains.
It can be used for relieving internal heat and for detoxification. It is used for invigorating blood circulation and stopping bleeding. With respect to gynecology, it has a beneficial effect on women’s consumptive disorders, and abnormal menstruation, either excessive or deficient.
Traditionally it is believed to have a remarkable curative effect on neurosis and asthenia resulting from various causes.* Therefore, it plays a very important role in military medicine, space medicine and sports medicine. Tibetan researchers have been studying Tibetan Rhodiola sacra with great interest in the last twenty years, and have conducted experiments for toxicology and physicochemical and pharmacological analyses, together with various large hospitals, including the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, the Chinese Ministry of Space, the Chinese Military Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing Medical and Scientific University, Qinghua University, Chinese Preventive Medical and Scientific College, and the Capital Academy of Medical Sciences. As a result, a large body of supportive research is confirming the benefits of Tibetan Rhodiola sacra, and new functions are being discovered.
Rhodiola crenulata, a very close relative of Rhodiola sacra, is used interchangeably with Rhodiola sacra in both Tibet and China. They are pharmacologically very similar and are indistinguishable clinically. In Bhutan, they are regarded as the same herb, though their flower is a different color. They are merely considered different varieties of Tibetan Rhodiola.
Tibetan Rhodiola is a health treasure presented by Tibet and Bhutan to the whole world, and by Ron Teeguarden’s Dragon Herbs to you.
Polygonatum Sibericum
Polygonatum sibericum is used as a Qi and Yin tonic, and is said to have a specific benefit on the energy of the Heart and Brain. It is used in tonic formulations to nourish the Brain and strengthen the mind. It is a Qi tonic to the brain. It can be combined with Rhodiola sacra, Siberian Ginseng (Eleuthero), Ginkgo biloba, Schizandra and Guilin Sweetfruit, as a component in a potent brain tonic.
Polygonatum sibericum is believed to be restorative to mental vitality, especially when the mind has been overworked, over-stressed or is in a state of exhaustion. It is not a stimulant, and thus does not have instant effects. However, taken over a relatively short period of time (a week to a month), this herb is a potent mind tonic. Its effects are long lasting. And if consumed regularly, Polygonatum sibericum can prevent mental and emotional breakdown when you are experiencing heavy mental loads. Regular use sharpens memory, concentration, wakefulness and focus. It is a great herb for students, executives, airplane pilots, emergency room personnel, computer workers, executive assistants, accountants, lawyers, athletes, coaches, writers, and online business people, etc.
By including this formula in a program that contains Deer Antler, Reishi (Ganoderma), Ant, Ginseng, Gynostemma, Walnuts (as in Hermit Mix), Goji (Lycium fruit), and Pearl, it is possible to create a program that is incredibly nourishing and tonic to the brain, strengthening to the mind, and stimulating to the spirit.
