Once, serious abnormal heart rhythms or arrhythmia (ah-RITH-me-ah) required open-heart surgery to treat. 1  Fortunately, this is rarely the case today. Thanks to advances in medicines and medical devices, there are now safer and much more comfortable treatment options for abnormal heart rhythms.
Rhododendron /ËroÊdÉËdÉndrÉn/ (from Ancient Greek á¿¥ÏÎ´Î¿Î½ rhÃ³don rose and Î´Î­Î½Î´ÏÎ¿Î½ dÃ©ndron tree) is a genus of 1,024 species of woody plants in the heath family (Ericaceae), either evergreen or deciduous, and found mainly in Asia, although it is also widespread throughout the Southern Highlands of the Appalachian Mountains of North America.
There are more than 850 different natural species in the Genus (group) Rhododendron and many of the species are potentially quite toxic. Rhododendron anthopogon is the only species from which an essential oil is distilled. Also known as Himalayan Dwarf Rhododendron. The leaves and fresh flowers of the rhododendron are used as a tea substitute by Himalayan healers to promote digestive fire, to stimulate the appetite and to treat disorders of the liver. A colourless to pale yellow essential oils is obtained through steam distillation of the aerial parts of the plant with a 1 â 2% yield.