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Horny Goat Weed is an herb –
it is a plant that is indigenous
 to higher altitude locations
 around China. It has been
 around mankind for thousands
of years, and we still do not
 know all the benefits provided
 by this gift given to us. Horny Goat Weed is known
by its scientific name – Epimedium

The plant contains icariin, which is a PDE5 inhibitor like 
sildenafil, the active ingredient of Viagra. It is therefore used as anaphrodisiac and a treatment for erectile dysfunction.

Horny Goat Weed may offer Viagra alternative

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Farkers

September 30, 2008

by Michael
 Kahn

LONDON –
 A Chinese
herbal remedy
called
horny goat
weed is a
 promising
alternative
 to Viagra for impotent
men, Italian researchers said.

The herb has long held
 a reputation as a natural aphrodisiac. The lab
experiments, which did not look at whether
 the plant actually increases desire, could 
lead to new drugs to help men get erections, 
said Mario Dell’Agli, a researcher at the
 University of Milan, who led the study.

“This could be the natural Viagra,” he
 said in a telephone interview. 
“The novelty is that we have synthesised
 a new molecule that one day may be
 able to replace Viagra.”

Erectile dysfunction is a common condition
 worldwide, and drugs like Pfizer Inc’s 
Viagra, Eli Lilly and Co’s Cialis or tadalafil,
 and Bayer AG’s Levitra or vardenafil,
 work by increasing blood flow to the
 genitals. But the medicines, which

 inhibit an enzyme called phosphodiesterase
type 5 that restricts blood flow around
 the body, including to the penis, can have 
side effects ranging from headaches,
upset stomach and visual problems
including blindness.The Italian team
 looked for alternatives by studying
 a number of plants reputed to boost 
sexual performance.After homing in
 on horny goat weed, the researchers
 modified a compound in the plant
called icariin and
found it blocked the erection-inhibiting
enzyme as well as Viagra did.Because
 the compound targets the enzyme more
 precisely, it may have fewer side effects
 than Viagra, known generically as sildenafil,
 Dell’Agli said.Further tests in animals 
and humans are needed but the extract
 from the herb represents a potential
 new erectile dysfunction treatment with
fewer side effects, Dell ’Agli said.“The 
compound icariin is present in the
 horny goat weed in large amounts and its activity against (the enzyme) 
is lower  compared to Viagra,”
he said. “But the new molecule we synthesised from icariin is as
 good as Viagra 
against (the enzyme).

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Horny Goat Weed is
an herb – it is a plant that is indigenous
 to higher altitude locations
around China. It has been around mankind
 for thousands of years, and we still do not 
know all the benefits provided by this gift
given to us. Horny Goat Weed is
 known by its scientific name – Epimedium

Epimedium, also known as barrenwort, 
bishop's hat, fairy wings, horny goat weed, 
rowdy lamb herb, randy beef grass 

or yin yang huo (Chinese: 淫羊藿), is a

 genus of flowering plants in the family

 Berberidaceae. There are about 50 species,

 the majority of which are endemic to C ans

 are needed but the extract from the

 herb represents a potential new erectile

dysfunction treatment with fewer
side effects, Dell’Agli said.

“The compound icariin is present in the
 horny goat weed in large amounts 
and its activity against (the enzyme) is lower

compared to Viagra,” he said. “But the
 new molecule we synthesised from
 icariin is as good as Viagra against (the 

enzyme).”

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