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Snakeroot (Rauwolfia serpentina) 120 capsules 300mg

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Rauwolfia serpentina

120 capsules 300mg

It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name shégēn mù (Chinese:蛇根木) or yìndù shémù (Chinese: 印度蛇木).

Rauwolfia serpentina contains a number of bioactive chemicals, including yohimbine, reserpine, ajmaline, deserpidine,rescinnamine, serpentinine.

The extract of the plant has also been used for millennia inIndia — Alexander the Great administered this plant to cure his general Ptolemy of a poisoned arrow. It was reported thatMahatma Gandhi took it as a tranquilizer during his lifetime. A compound which it contains called reserpine, is used to treathigh blood pressure and mental disorders includingschizophrenia, and was particularly popular for that purpose in the West from 1954 to 1957^.

It has been used for millennia as an antidote against bites of venomous reptile.

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