Studio : HawaiiPharm Publisher : HawaiiPharm Binding : Health and Beauty Product Description Reishi is that age old medicine cited thousands of years ago in several texts and scripts as being a tonic for emperors. Constituents of reishi include an array of alkaloids, triterpine acids, ergosterols, fumaric acid, coumarins, lactone, mannitol, and many polysaccharides. Rhodiola rosea is a perennial plant of the high altitudes of the northernmost reaches of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, China, Mongolia, Russia and also of Tibet. It bears spikes of blue-green leaves bearing a single yellow flower that blooms during the brief arctic summer. The plant grows in areas up to 2280 meters elevation. Several shoots grow from the same thick root. Shoots reaches 5 to 35 cm in height. Rhodiola rosea is dioecious - having separate female and male plants. Uncaria tomentosa, popularly known in English as Cat's Claw, is a woody vine found in the tropical jungles of South and Central America, which derives its name from its claw-shaped thorns. Uncaria tomentosa is a liana deriving its name from hook-like thorns that resemble the claws of a cat. It can grow up to 30 m tall, climbing by means of these thorns. The leaves are elliptic with a smooth edge, and grow in opposite whorls of two. Cat's claw is indigenous to the Amazon rainforest, with its habitat being restricted primarily to the tropical areas of South and Central America. 0
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