Rhaponticum, a.k.a. Maral Root, is a genus of flowering plants in the thistle tribe within the sunflower family.
Rhaponticum species are perennial herbaceous plants with simple, rarely branched stems. The leaves are simple to pinnatifid. The inflorescence is on the apex of the stem. The fruit is an achene with a hairy pappus.
The Maral root is used in folk medicine:
to increase physical and mental stress.
to strengthen the efficiency of body.
to reduce feelings of fatigue, irritability.
to increase ...