Rauwolfia Serpentina

1 Gram of 10:1 Extract

Rauwolfia Serpentina (Snakeroot) is a flowering plant native to south and east Asia, It has been used medicinally for centuries in India and China and also more recently in western cultures.

Snakeroot has been used for the relief of several central nervous system disorders such as epilepsy, insomnia, anxiety, schizophrenia and psychosis. It achieves this by depleting catecholamines and serotonin from nerves in central nervous system, thus depressing its activity. It is also used for the treatment of diarrhoea, dysentery hypertension and as an antidote to poisonous snake and insect bites.

Rauwolfia Serpentina contains many active chemicals, including reserpine, yohimbine, deserpidine, rescinnamine, serpentinine and ajmaline.


Resperine, an FDA approved substance is the primary alkaloid in Rauwolfia and is used today in modern medicine as a treatment for hypertension. In addition, the National institutes of health (NIH) state that Yohimbine has been shown in human studies to be effective in the treatment of male impotence.

This is a standardized 10:1 soluble powder extract.