Ginseng
Ginseng is an herb discovered in China though just recently making its way to the western world. Although there are several varieties, the most commonly used for male enhancement purposes is the Asian Ginseng or scientifically named panax ginseng. Another commonly user variety is the Siberian Ginseng, scientifically called Eleutherococcus senticosus, formerly Acanthopanax senticosus. The active compound of ginseng is appropriately called ginsenosides.
Although most modern research focuses on the anti-carcinogen, anti-oxidant or even the stress reducing aspects of ginseng, there is a trickle of research on the sexual enhancement aspects of ginseng, especially the study done by the University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center. This double-blind placebo study found that the reduced stress and increased energy provided by the ginseng alone increased sexual ability by a significant amount in those taking the Asian Red Ginseng versus those who took the placebo.
In the major news you will most likely notice ginseng being discussed for its anti-carcinogen qualities. This is perhaps the most radical perspective of the ginseng and perhaps the most interesting part. The effect of ginseng on the cells is rather amazing, considering that the cancerous cells are not even destroyed but are in fact “forced” to come back to their natural function. There are some in the scientific community that hope that as more research on ginseng is done, we can perhaps one day have a “fountain of youth” of sorts that can reverse many unnatural processes of the body, perhaps even those of diabetes, loss of eye sight, hearing loss, and many other “aging” debilitations.
The male enhancement research community hopes to discover how to use ginseng for restoring the natural opening and closing of the veins and capillaries that are in the penis that allow for active and full erections as well as restoring the production of sperm and semen in the testes and the prostate gland. Although it currently already does so, there is hope to restore it to levels that we may never had or at least to levels that we had while we were in our teenage years.
At this time ginseng as a standalone product, or rather the ginseng root extract, remains one of the top prescribed products for many illnesses including non-sexually caused sexual dysfunction. As with all things ingested side effects should be considered before one adds ginseng to the diet. Although rare with the increased energy provided by ginseng some have complained of insomnia. Even more rare there are some patients who have experienced nausea, diarrhea, headaches, high blood pressure, low blood pressure. Some possible drug interactions can occur with anti-depressants.