Natural drugs to improve sexual life and to help against genito-urinary problems - Also information about the medical and aphrodisiac herb muira pauma

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About Muira pauma -  Ptychopetalum olacoides Benth. and Ptychopetalum uncinatum Anselmino 
 

Muira pauma is a South American group of two bushes or trees growing up to 5 meters tall, belonging to the family Olacaceae. The plants grow in the rain forest.  Parts of the plant is used as aphrodisiacs and as medical herbs with nerve regulation as the basic principle. Other names of the group are marapuama , potency wood  or raiz del macho.

Botannical facts:

Muira pauma is a group (genus) of 2 small trees of the genus Ptychopetalum that usually get 15 feet high. The trees have white flowers.

The species used as medical herbs and sexually stimulating herbs are Ptychopetalum olacoides Benth. and Ptychopetalum uncinatum Anselmino 

Botanically the trees used are placed as such: The Plantae Division - Magnoliophyta, the class - Magnoliopsida, the  order - Santalales,  the family - Olacaceae, and the genus - Ptychopetalum.

Habitat and growth condition: The trees  grow natively in Brazil in the Amzonas region.

Production and preparation: The root of the treas are used to make ectracts. Also the bark and leaves contain working substances. The ectracts are usually made by alcohol or similar chemicals that can disolve both fatty substances and water solluble substances. The ectract can then be made into a tincture, or dried to a powder.

A watery decoction of the root can also be made and then used orally, or as an external ointment.

Medical effects:  Muira pauma helps against a lack of sexual desire of men. By men with a normal libido, it makes the sexual dezire even stronger. 

It helps against problems with achieving an erection. For men having a normal erection potencey Muira pauma also makes the erections even larger and stronger.

The effect of the herb by men are the best documented, but the herb also seem to have a similar effect on women.

The herb seem to help against health problems caused by an inefficient nerval regulation, or where a nerval dysfunction is present as a symptom. It also seem to help for conditions where a stronger nerval action upon an organ can help to compensate for a weakness.

It can help against mental tiredness, physical tirednes and poor memory. It also helps against neuralgic pain conditions.

It may help against problems realated to the nerval regulation of muscle functions, and motoric problems caused by nerval dysfunction.

It may also improve the total nerval regulation of the cardiovascular system and thereby make the blood circulation more efficient.

It seems to prevent or help against stomach ulcers. A causal component of stomach ulcers are a poor regulation of the production of gastric acid and gastric function, and thus a nerve regulating drug like Muira pauma extract may help against this problem.

It may also help against rheumatic conditions, which also is a traditional use of Muira pauma.

Dr. Jacques Waynberg of The Institute of Sexology  in Paris, conducted research about the effect of this herbs for improving libido and male sexual functions. He found good effects of the herb for these objectives and found the herb to be safe in use. Three studies were conducted.

Usage and dose:  1.5 g of ectract from the root seem to be the most efficient dose when ectract of this herb is used in professional therapy, according to research.

In modern herbal supplements a much smaller dose is commonly used, because the herb is blended with other herbs, and the total blending is the working unit.

Used as a home remedy a daily amount of  0.5 - 1.5 g of root, leaves or bark is used for a decoction. This contain much less working substances than 1.5 g of ectract.

Effective constituents and their basic reactions: Muira pauma has constituents that help the nerves to work more efficiently. The greater nerval efficiency are then the base of many of the specific medial effects. The herb contains volantile oily components and alcaloids. The most abundant oily components are: α-pinene, α-humulene, β-pinene, β-caryophyllene, camphene, and camphor.

It is not clear what substances gives the medical effects. Probably the oily components stimulate nerve endings and sensual bodies, and the alcaloids give a more internally and centrally nerval stimulating effect..

Side effects: Muira pauma may possibly sometimes cause anxiety. Anxiety is a nervous function, and also this function may become more efficient by taking this herb. However, serious side effects are not reported.

Traditional medical uses: Indians in South America has used the herb as a means to increase sexual lust and mend potency problems. They also use it for neuromuscular problems and rheumatism.

Uses in modern herbal drugs: In Brazil Muira puima is a part of modern pharmacology as a means to help against problems regarding libido and potency. It is also widely used in modern herbal supplements to enhance libido and enlarge the eractions, and to help against lack of lust and erectile problems.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This information is nutritional in nature and should not be construed as medical advice. This notice is required by the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.