Malaysian ginseng works. No doubt about that. And in that respect it is in one league with such heavyweights as yohimbine, sildenafil citrate, or cabergoline.

But malaysian ginseng also is different from all the above. It’s not that (as I have read) one would have to use it over a period of time until it will have an effect. Usually, the advice that one has to use something for a while to have an effect is reserved such “something” that are all hype and no substance: the likes of argenine, DHEA, muira puama, ginkgo biloba, damiana, avena sativa, or ginseng.

OK, I don’t doubt that damiana helps menopausal women, and that ginkgo biloba is healthy for the brain of aging men, and that ginseng is good for the kidneys or the gallbladder of I don’t care whom. But from the perspective of sexual enhancement, these herbs are mere placebos. Like all substances that work for sexual enhancement, malaysian ginseng has an effect that can be felt after one or two hours, or one has obtained a preparation that is malaysian ginseng only by name.

Unfortunately, almost all the malaysian ginseng on the market in the US is worthless. The effective dose of malaysian ginseng is about 50 gram of root. Just look at what is sold in US health food stores: 30 capsules of 300 mg root powder. I have to laugh. This is the equivalent of 9 gram of malaysian ginseng. Swallowing all these capsules in one go will still be underdosed. If root powder, or chipped roots, were to be used, they would have to be cooked for at least half an hour to release the alkaloids that make for the sexual enhancement qualities of malaysian ginseng.

But the right way to go anyway is not root powder but an extract. I myself became convinced of malaysian ginseng’s qualities only after I tested the 1:50 extract that has been provided to me (without charge) by the Indonesian company Sumatra Pasak Bumi. I have been using 1 gram of their extract on a good number of occasions, and I am now prepared to summarize my experiences.

First of all, what malaysian ginseng is not. It is not a substitute for sildenafil citrate for most men beyond 50, who typically have weak penile plumbing, like I do. I did try to go without the sildenafil citrate after David reported that he felt so confident on malaysian ginseng that he no longer needed it, but David may be in better shape. For me, sildenafil citrate is unsurpassed if the task is to assure erection-causing blood supply to the corpora cavernosa of the penis. But sildenafil citrate by itself is a bore. It causes erections upon tactile stimulation of the penis, but typically, leaves libido trailing far behind.

read the rest of the article at:

Malaysian Ginseng