Damiana - The Natural Approach For A Healthy Love Life

Damiana is a relatively small shrub that produces small, aromatic flowers. After its summer blossoms, it produces fruit that has a taste resembling a fig. The shrub is reputed to smell somewhat like chamomile, due to an oil contained in the plant. Damiana leaves have been used by the native people of Central and South America as a tea that was noted for its aphrodisiac effects.

It has developed a reputation over thousands of years as a proven way to increase sexual stamina, improve erectile function and enhance orgasms. It was reported by missionaries from Spain that the indigenous people of Mexico consumed sweetened Damiana tea to improve their sexual prowess. In Mexico, the herb damiana has been promoted as an aphrodisiac for both men and women.

It is somewhat controversial to use damiana as an aphrodisiac because there is no specific scientific evidence for its efficacy however, it has been widely used as a sexual stimulant. While there have been no clinical studies on humans testing its effects on sexual performance, clinical studies on mice have shown an increase in sexual activity.

Damiana could possibly have plant compounds with effects resembling the ones of progesterone, according to one study. In a study of over 150 herbs that were tested for their ability to bind both estrogen and progesterone receptors in breast cells with cancer, damiana was placed among the six highest progesterone binders.

Nowadays, Damania is generally brewed as a tea. Damiana is used in herbal medicine to treat conditions are varying as coughs and constipation to depression. Allegedly, the herbal supplement helps with energy levels, emphysema, low estrogen, frigidity, hot flashes, infertility, erectile dysfunction, menopause, Parkinson's disease, Premenstrual syndrome (PMS), inflammation of the prostate, Lou Gehrig's disease, and other issues involving the reproductive organs in men and women. Although it has not been proven that is effective on these conditions.

You can get Damiana in several forms that can be acceptable for most people to use. Taken once or twice a day a typical dosage is a 400 mg capsule. One side effect of damiana can be mild indigestion.

Damiana's active compound is a glycoside called arbutin. When it reaches the urinary tract, arbutin converts to a chemical called hydroquinone. When ingested in large quantities, hydroquinone may result in nausea, regurgitation, and tinnitus.

Safety of drug damiana has not been established in children, pregnant or nursing women, or people with liver or kidney disease.

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