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Herbs For Impotence Treatment

Sexual functioning requires balanced coordination among hormones, nervous system to carry stimulation and healthy vascular system to pump blood to the penile tissues to cause a proper erection. Absence of any component among them will inevitably lead to erectile dysfunction.

Maca (Lepidium meyenii); is a robust and long plant cultivated high in the Andes Mountains. The relevant part of maca is the root. Dried maca root has 59% carbohydrates; 10.2% protein; 8.5% fiber; and 2.2% lipids including linolenic, palmitic, and oleic acids. It also contains sterols such as campesterol, stigmasterol, and beta-sitosterol; and substantial amounts of minerals including iron, calcium, and copper.

Two polyunsaturated fatty acids, macaene and macamide, are used as marker compounds for maca. Lipid extracts of macaene and macamide increase sexual activity and improve ED. This stimulating plant is also cited as Peruvian ginseng (although maca does not belong to the same family of ginseng); because, similarly to ginseng, maca increases strength, energy, stamina, libido and sexual function.

Yohimbe corresponds to a tall evergreen tree proceeding from western Africa, known as Pausinystalia yohimbe or Corynanthe yohimbe. The relevant part of yohimbe is the bark. The constituent amenable for yohimbe's effects is the alkaloid yohimbine.

Yohimbe bark has around 6% yohimbine. Aphrodisiac actions of yohimbe are due to genital blood vessel dilation, nerve impulse transmission to genital tissue, and increased reflex excitability in the sacral region of the spinal cord.

The yohimbine constituent promptly enters the central nervous system (CNS) and acts chiefly through alpha 2-adrenergic receptor blockade.

It also has monoamine oxidase (MOA) inhibiting, calcium channel blocking, and peripheral serotonin receptor blocking effects. Yohimbine's consequences on impotence are mediated through both increased penile blood flow and increased central sympathetic excitatory impulses to the genital tissue.

Now, what is the contribution of smoking in causing erectile dysfunction? Smoking affects the vascular system by narrowing down the blood vessels that contributes to the blockage of arteries; therefore the penis gets insufficient blood pumped into it, which results in a failed erection.

Strokes and heart attacks are other life threatening diseases which can be caused by smoking. Now, let me tell you that smoking increases the risk of erectile dysfunction by 50% for men in their 30s and 40s. Let us see what nicotine actually does to the male private part to negate an erection.