Horney Goat Weed improves the libido in a natural herbal form.

Horney goat weed is a herb that contains a combination of components that will improve sexual efficiency, the ingredients improve a number of mechanism that together improve libido and sexual performance.

The horney goat weed plant is in the genus epimedium. The aphrodisiac properties of horney goat weed were (according to legend) discovered when a chinese goat herder noticed his goats were more sexually energetic right after eating the plant, whether this is true or not there is certainly science behind the properties if this unique plant.

The science behind the claims.

Icarin is the active ingredient of horney goat weed. The mechanisms affected by Icarin are very similar to those mechanism modern drugs utilise to help thos with sexual impotence problems and to help improve sexual efficiency such as sildenafil (Viagra) and vardenafil (Levitra). Icarin improves the bodys ability to make bio active nitric oxide as well as inhiibiting the activity of PDE-5. These are the mechanism modern medications like Viagra and Levitra affect. PDE-5 inhibitors block the degradation action of enzymes within the muscle cells that line the blood vessels in the spongy tissue within the penis. Nitric oxide dilates blood vessels and therefore allows for an increase in the flow of blood in the penile blood vessels. Horney goat weed therefore closely replicates the mechanisms modern drugs utilise to treat erectile dysfunction and improve sexual performance and stamina, but in a natural herbal form that does not require a prescription, is safer and is available at much lower prices.

There are various horny goat weed products available, many include additional ingredients (such as Maca) to further enhance the effectiveness of the natural plant extract.

For a further information about the plant and the mechanisms at work please visit horney goat weed on Wikipedia.