Thread: Looking for herbal erection pills...

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Originally Posted by LanaBear

What about Yohimbe? I thought I'd read about that at one point or another...

From the first Google hit on Yohimbe clinical trial (the American Cancer Society):

"Yohimbe bark has been used as an aphrodisiac (sexual stimulant) for many years. Yohimbe bark has been declared an unsafe herb in Germany because of such complications as increased heart rate and blood pressure, and even kidney failure. In the United States, supplements that are labeled as containing yohimbe bark often contain very little of it.

A randomized clinical trial found that yohimbine may be a useful treatment for impotence not caused by a physical problem. Another randomized clinical study found that yohimbine was no better than a placebo as a first treatment for impotence that had some physical basis. Other studies with yohimbine have shown it helps some with mild erectile problems, even those that have a physical basis. No studies to date have compared yohimbine to newer treatments for impotence.

Another clinical review concluded that yohimbine has a modest effect on impotence caused by psychological factors, but not on impotence due to physical causes. It appears that more research needs to be done to clarify the role of yohimbine in the treatment of impotence.

It is important to note that these studies were done using the drug yohimbine. Extracted chemicals are not the same as yohimbe bark. Studies of yohimbine would be expected to give different results from studies that used the raw plant. The unpurified plant extract would have different amounts of active compounds, more compounds that may cause unexpected effects, and many other differences."