Rhodiola

Viking warriors used rhodiola to enhance physical endurance and resilience for over a millennium. The Chinese emperors sent expeditions to Siberia to collect the golden root. Swedish physician Carl Linnaeus documented its medicinal use in 1725. Soviet scientists secretly studied rhodiola as a performance enhancer for Olympic athletes and cosmonauts during the Cold War, with classified research spanning decades.

Tradition: Traditional Chinese Medicine

Origin: Arctic Europe, Asia