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should I take. I have one from only natural. It says it has a 1000
milligrams. My girlfriend is not too happy so if you can help me I would
appreciate it.
ANSWER: I may be able to help but it is hard to tell with the information at hand.
I am not sure if it is a physical, psychological, emotional or stress related problem?
Your partner may also be a factor in this issue?
To increase a female partners sexual energy use 1p Damiana, 1p Dang qui, 1 p celery seed, 1 p Chaste tree, 1 p
Shatavari.
Shatavari is an Indian herb nicknamed "She with a Thousand Husbands"
There are so many things which can effect sexual performance and pleasure the total picture needs to be taken into
consideration before building a correct recommendation for anyone.
Psychological Impotence is usually associated with younger men. Causes can be stress, performance anxiety, fatigue
from overwork, relationship problems, anxiety/ depression, causing pregnancy anxiety. The majority of men will
experience psychological impotence as some time in his life. To test for psychological impotence men will sleep with a
rice paper band on. If they have erections at night or wake up with an erection (if the band breaks), they have
psychological impotence. Men with physiological impotence do not achieve erections.
According to noted and internationally known herbal medicine author Jim Duke This is his list of Herbal
APHRODISIACS (A-3) (IMPOTENCE (A-1)/FRIGIDITY (A-2))
Ashwagandha (2), Anise (2), Cardamom (2), Damiana (2), Dong quai (2), Epimedium (2), Fava bean (3), Fenugreek
(2), Ginkgo (3), Ginseng (2),
Nettle (1), Oats (1), Parsley (2), Quebracho (2), Sarsaparilla (2), Sunflower (1), Velvet bean (3), Yohimbe (3) Those
rated 3 have the highest success, 2 then 1 in order of importance.
His book Green Pharmacy is a great book on herbal medicine.
The possibilities that can be considered are a state of sexual neurasthenia, lack of circulation, physical conditioning, or
lack or to much lubrication. Other issues that are related to this problem are performance anxiety and stress in your
life.
For sexual neurasthenia, use Fresh Oat Extract, for Circulation, Ginkgo, for lubrication you may need to adjust its level
by adding some. If it is a lack of sexual arousement, herbs such as the Chinese herb Yin yan huo, lustful sheep plant,
stinking lesivious goat plant" Latin Name: Epimedium macranthum, E. grandiflorium and Yohimbe may help. These
herbs are not to be intended for long term use
To relieve tension and performance anxiety use Kava or Hops but remember to much will put you to sleep, just enough
gets rid of the tension and anxiety.
For stress use adaptogens:
When I ask people if they are under stress most say no. My feeling is if you don't have stress in your life, you are dead.
Stress refers to any reaction physical, mental or emotional to stimulus. Stress is an unavoidable part of life. Areas that
can cause stress for people are: deadlines at work, problems with loved ones, need to pay bills, getting ready for
vacations or holidays. Simpler less obvious examples of stress are: crowds, encounters with people, loud noise, light,
pain, traffic jams, change in temperature, lack of sleep, over work and welcome changes to ones life. Stress itself is
not bad, how we handle stress is what is important.
Adaptogens help the body deal with stress the most common and well known are the Ginsengs.
Ginseng, Panax ginseng (Chinese or Korean Ginseng) or P. quinquefolium (American Ginseng) have been studied in
thousands of tests. With over 5000 years of use in China as an old man's tonic and hundreds if not thousands of years
of use for indigenous North Americans as the "Chief of the Medicine Plants". Ginseng has an amazing background.
Ginseng gets its Latin name Panax from the word Panacea meaning cure all. It was reserved for the rich in historical
China and today single aged "man root" can bring hundreds and thousands of dollars on the black market. What can
Ginseng cure or correct, according to scientific evidence just about anything. It brings the life force or vital energy up
eliminating the natural slow down of old age. These studies suggest improved physical and mental performance. The
mental improvements are demonstrated by increased memory and learning capacity. This improvement is associated
with enhanced circulation to the brain. Additional medicinal uses include reducing cholesterol and protection to the
liver from chemical toxins and poisons. Further studies have shown Ginseng's ability to increase respiratory function,
improve fluid metabolism and calm your spirit. Ginseng is appropriately used for shock, collapse and heart weakness.
It has been associated with longer life and increased disease resistance. In vitro studies show the reversal of
cancerous cells to normal cells when Ginseng was introduced. Siberian Ginseng a completely different plant species
than Panax and has a Latin name Eleutherococcus senticosis. This herb is also in the same class as Panax Ginseng
and P. quinquefolium listed as an Herbal Adaptogens with characteristics minimally outlined as helping the body deal
with life's stress and improving immune system response.
My suggestion here would be to start with Siberian Ginseng, then go to American Ginseng then finally if the first two
fail the Chinese Ginseng. Fresh Oats is food for the nervous system, and normalizes the nervous system. Fresh oats
will help with constant stress such as the kind you are experiencing now as suggested by your signs. Ginkgo would
help with circulation especially to the small capillaries of the extremities (i.e. your penis). For mild to moderate
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