Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Radix Thodiolae, Flos Thodiolae, Herb Thodiolae

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Rhodiola Rosea

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

hung4 ging2 tin1 

Other Names:

別名﹕

Common Name:

英文名﹕

golden root,  rose-root

Distribution:

產地﹕

mainly in Xinjiang, Tibet, Hebei areas of  China, especially in Tibet

where there are many varieties.

主要分布於新疆，西藏，河北等地，其中西藏產紅景天屬植物

種類甚多。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

sweet, tart, cold.

甘，澀，寒.。

歸經﹕

spleen, stomach, lung.

脾，胃，肺經。

藥理﹕

Medical Functions:

Anti-oxidant effect: it can protect the liver from damages

caused by a lipid type of peroxide.

Lower blood sugar:  inhibits the increase of glycogen caused

 by glucose and epinephrine.

Improves memory that has been damaged by drug or alcohol.

Adjusts the blood flow of the CNS.

Increases the flow volume of oxygen carrying blood to the

 heart muscle; thus protects the muscle from damage caused by

lack of oxygen.

Anti-hypoxia: It may prevent hypoxia-induced biological changes

by either increasing intracellular oxygen diffusion and efficiency of

oxygen utilization or reducing hypoxia-induced oxidative damage

with its anti-oxidative ability; thus prevents high altitude sickness.¹

Helps prevent strokes caused by hypertension.

Improve exercise endurance³  It has been used to improve or maintain

endurance performance of athletes during training or competition by

increasing biological factors associated with oxygen uptake. In-vivo

experiments have shown that oral treatment with R. rosea extracts in

rats can significantly prolong the duration of long-distance swimming

and activate the synthesis or re-synthesis of ATP in mitochondria which

acts as the main energy source for majority cellular functions and is

essential for locomotion and respiration.²  See also a report that refutes this.

藥理﹕

抗 氧化作用: 對脂質過氧化物肝損傷 有保護作用。

降血糖作用: 抑制葡萄糖引起的肝糖 原增加及腎上腺素引起的肝糖原分解。對藥物與酒精引起記憶功能障 礙有改善作用。

對心腦血管方面有調整血液 流 動增加血液帶 氧量對心肌缺血， 缺氧的保護作用。預防高原症。預防高 血壓引起之腦中風。

增強運動耐力³
紅景天一直為體育專門用品，可提升或保持運動員於比賽或訓練期間的耐力。動物實驗證明，小鼠服食紅景天提取物後，能明顯延長長途游泳時間，刺 激 細胞內線粒體中腺三磷(ATP)之合成或再合成。這種高能分子合成就是大

多數細胞功能的主要能量源，也是運動及呼吸不可缺的。²

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

Being used in coughing blood， cough in pneumonia， leucorrhea in women.

External use: impact injuries， scalding.

用於咳血，肺炎咳嗽，婦女白帶。 外用治跌打 損傷，燙火傷。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

Chemical ingredients: 

1. Phenylpropanoids: rosavin,  rosin,  rosarin (specific to R. rosea;

2. Phenylethanol derivatives: salidroside (rhodioloside),  tyrosol;

3. Flavanoids: rodiolin, rodionin,  rodiosin,  acetylrodalgin,  tricin;

4. Monoterpernes: rosiridol,  rosaridin;

5. Triterpenes: daucosterol,  24 beta-sitosterol;

6. Phenolic acids: chlorogenic acid,  hydroxycinnamic acid,  gallic acids.[1]

It also contains tannin acid, and 17 amino acids that are required by human

body, 21 kinds of trace minerals like iron,  lead,  zinc, cobalt,  titanium,  

copper,  and manganese and also starch,  fat,  wax, protein,  vitamins etc.

苯丙酯類:肉桂醇甙 (Rosavin)， 樹脂 (rosin)， 酪生(Rosarin)， 酪生

只在R.rosea中存在。

苯基乙醇衍生物：酪醇 (tyrosol)，紅景天甙（Salidroside)

黃酮： rodiolin， rodionin， rodiosin， acetylrodalgin， tricin; 

單萜類： rosiridol， rosaridin; 

三萜類：胡蘿蔔甾醇 (daucosterol)， beta-穀甾醇 (beta-sitosterol)

酚酸類:：: 綠原酸 (chlorogenic acid)， 羥基肉桂酸 (hydroxycinnamic acid)， 

沒食子酸 (gallic acids)

此外其它植物成分尚含有鞣質，人體必需之17種氨基酸， 21種微量元素

(如鐵， 鉛， 鋅， 鈷， 鈦， 銅， 錳等）， 澱粉， 脂肪， 蠟， 蛋白質， 

維生素等

Dosage:

用量﹕

3 to 9 g

3~9 克 [2]

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

For chronic fatigue syndrome:

hong jing tian 20g，huang qi 20g，dang gui15g，dang shen 30g，

bai zhu 15g，suan zao ren 12g，shi chang pu 10g，sha yuan zi 12g，

shan zhu yu 10g，fu ling 15g .

One dosage per day. Boil with water and make into tea.

慢性疲勞 综合症：紅景天20g，黃 耆 20g，當 歸 15g，黨 參 30g，生白 朮 15g，酸 棗仁 12g，石 菖蒲 10g，沙 苑子 12g，山 茱萸 10g，茯 苓 15g 。每日一剤。

(來源： 中國中醫藥報)

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Click here to see A study from University of California, Irvine

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

It  should be taken early in the day because it can interfere with

sleep or cause vivid dreams during the first few weeks of use. [1]

應在早上服用，因為最初幾周在晚上服用紅景天可能發生動的夢。[1]