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Horny Goat Weed (Epimedium grandiflorum)When you are looking for a herbal alternative to Viagra – the most famous pill of Pfizer, then you should also look at horny goat weed, as it helps to improve sexual functioning using the same pathway of PDE-5 inhibition.
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Botanical classification of Horny goat weed
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Berberidaceae |
Genus and specie |
Epimedium grandiflorum |
Barrenwort, Bishop's Hat, Fairy Wings and Yin Yang Huo.
Horny goat weed is a hardy perennial and have four-petalled flowers in the spring and early summer. They are native to southern Europe, and central, southern and eastern Asia.
The leaves of the plant are used.
According to legend, the aphrodisiac property of horny goat weed was discovered when a Chinese goat herder noticed elevated sexual activity in his goats after they ate the weed.
The active principle in horny goat weed is icariin.
Horny Goat Weed increases the nitric oxide levels, which relax smooth muscle and this lets more blood flow to the penis or clitoris or other smooth muscle.
In addition to this action, it also acts as a mild PDE-5 inhibitor, which is an enzyme which is produced in a 'negative feedback" loop.
As more blood flows to the genitals, PDE-5 metabolizes the nitric oxide nearly as fast as it is being produced to keep it in check. Should the body not produce enough PDE-5 damage could result, as the erect penis would be too hard - this is referred to as priapism.
Viagra, the Holy Grail in sexual stimulant works by blocking the production of the PDE-5 enzyme and horny goat weed also produces small amount of PDE-5 inhibitors within safe levels.
It contains a variety of compounds (luteolin, icariin, quercetin etc) and some supplement companies use alcohol extracts for high levels of icariin. The traditional use of horny goat weed is as a herbal tea which results in a different profile of active constituents when compared to the alcohol extracts. There have been no reports of adverse side effects associated with the traditional preparation of horny goat weed (water-extracted) at the suggested dosage of 250 to 1,200mg per day, as we use.
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