We all know that Viagra is perhaps the most talked about drug in the entire human history. This little blue pill developed by Pfizer is made for treating male impotency or erectile dysfunction and sales of over hundreds of thousands of pills everyday around the world is reported. The success of Viagra tells us that male impotency is a very common ailment than was previously thought.
Most people probably do not know that for hundreds if not thousands of years, there were ancient cultures using natural herbal medicines for treating erectile dysfunction with positive results. But before going into detail what these cheaper and non prescriptive herbal remedies are, let us first look at what Viagra actually does.
Viagra is a trade name of the drug and its active ingredient is sildenafil citrate. It helps blood flow to the corpus cavernosa of the penis. The corpus cavernosa is made of several spongy tissues and when these tissues are engorged with blood, the penis becomes hard as in an erection.
However, like with most drugs, there are side effects and disadvantages when using Viagra. One such disadvantage is that the patient must continue to consume Viagra each time he wants to get an erection. In other words, no Viagra, forget about getting an erection. This can be an expensive affair and not to say, the many cumbersome trips to the doctor's office to get them.
For some people, consuming Viagra can cause headaches and dyspepsia. Prolonged usage of this blue pill can result in loss of peripheral vision and even total blindness. There have also been reported cases of men having heart seizures when having sexual intercourse under the influence of Viagra. Because of these side effects and disadvantages, medical experts as well as consumers are actively seeking for alternatives to Viagra.
This trend led many drug manufacturers to produce erectile dysfunction supplements made from natural herbs which were used to treat male impotency in various ancient cultures. This alternative is generically called herbal viagra is made by mixing just the right amount of herbs and then blending them to obtain the perfect dosage. Although it is called herbal viagra, it has nothing to do with Viagra per se except to produce erections in men.
The some of the common herbs used in various brands of herbal viagra may include Panax Ginseng, Rosemary, Ginkgo Biloba, Tongkat Ali and Tribulus Terrestris, just to name a few. What the herbs do is to improve blood circulation in and around the penis which in turn causes harder erections. Another important function is to help the body to produce more testosterone which can increase a man's libido and also getting better erections.
However, herbal viagras have not undergone the stringent tests for it to be recognized medically and it is mainly for this reason amongst others, the uses of herbal viagras are skeptically being dismissed by the mainstream medical fraternity. However, the idea that herbal viagras are relatively safer, cheaper and more readily available than the original Viagra do appeal to many people who are suffering from erectile dysfunction.
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