A Giant Alpine Plant-Rheum Nobile

Tibetan medicine,as one of the oldest medical traditions in the world, has been evolving for nearly 3,000 years.Tibetan medicines are rich in its resources and types. According to statistics shows, China has nearly 3000 types of Tibetan medicines. The major materials of the Tibetan medicine includes plants, animals, and minerals.Explore Tibet Team, a professional Tibet travel agency, introduces one of native Tibetan herb-Rheum nobile to you.

When you pay a visit to Tibet,you will see some tall, bright-yellow flower stalk of the noble rhubarb stand above all the low herbs and shrubs like a beacon, visible from across the valleys of the high Himalayan slopes. That is Rheum nobile.
Rheum nobile is an extraordinary species herbaceous plant in the alpine zone at 4000 to 4800 m altitude.It can grow up to 1 to 2 m tall,and towers above all the shrubs and low herbs in its habitat, and it is visible across valleys a mile away.Rheum nobile looks like a conical tower.Its outer translucent curtain can pass visible sunlight to create a greenhouse effect and block the ultraviolet radiation.Besides,the translucent curtain is delicate,and the regularly overlapping bracts will shine in the sunlight.The higher bracts have pink edges,and it is very lovely.Its leaves are large,glossy,with a little red petioles and nerves and it is very amazing.
Rheum nobile is a very rare Tibet medicinal herbs,it can purge heat,strengthening the spleen, promoting digestion, alleviating pain and tranquilizing the mind.
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