The exact formula for Extenze Male Enhancement Supplement's 17 herbs, amino acids, complexes, and nutrients is a company secret. Alternative and herbal medicines are used worldwide. Compounds that act as aphrodisiacs and as male enhancement supplements have been recognized by different cultures and used for centuries. Today, clinical trials are underway for a large amount of herbals, as scientists are acknowledging their uses and effects on a wide variety of disorders.
The ingredients do accomplish at least one of several different actions:
Increase sperm production
Increase blood flow
Increase stamina
Increase libido
Strengthen metabolism
Today, no other company can duplicate or match the Extenze formula. Some of the ingredients include:
Astragalus Has a diuretic effect, which would lower blood pressure and cause blood vessels to relax. In a recent news release Geron Corporation and Rita Effros from UCLA discussed the possibility of an herbal extract called TAT2 (Cycloastregenol) to be used to help combat HIV, as well as infections associated with chronic diseases or aging.
Calcium Calcium is needed for muscle contraction, blood vessel contraction and expansion, the secretion of hormones and enzymes, and sending messages through the nervous system
Catuaba An extract of the bark is used in traditional Brazilian medicine as an aphrodisiac and as a central nervous system stimulant. A journalist for the Discovery Channel claims that "reports in scientific journals and at conferences have supported catuaba's use for sexual enhancement. In catuaba, a group of three alkaloids dubbed catuabine A, B and C are believed to enhance sexual function by stimulating the nervous system."
Cayenne
Capsaicin temporarily causes various neurotransmitters to release from these nerves, leading to their depletion. Without the neurotransmitters, pain signals can no longer be sent.
Ginkgo Biloba Extract Research results show that, Ginkgo extract may have the following effects on the human body: improvement in blood flow (including microcirculation in small capillaries) to most tissues and organs, protection against oxidative cell damage from free radicals.
Ginseng-Eleuthero Siberian Eleuthero Ginseng products are made from the Gaia root. The root contains a mixture of components, common to many plants but occurring together in Siberian Ginseng, called eleutherosides. Among the other ingredients are chemicals called polysaccharides, which have been found to boost the immune system and lower blood sugar levels in laboratory studies using animals.
L-Arginine Arginine plays an important role in cell division, the healing of wounds, removing ammonia from the body, immune function, and the release of hormones. Arginine, taken in combination with proanthocyanidins or yohimbine, is a treatment for erectile dysfunction.
L-Arginine stimulates the synthesis of nitric oxide (NO), stimulates of the release of growth hormone, improves immune function, reduces healing time of injuries, and Alleviates male infertility, improving sperm production and motility Increases circulation throughout the body, including the sex organs
Maca Extract
You read that Inca imperial warriors ingested maca before their battles. Their legendary strength was supposedly caused by the massive quantities of maca, they ate, making them fearsome warriors. After a city was conquered, the women had to be protected from the Inca warriors, as they became massively virile from eating such quantities of maca.
Small-scale clinical trials performed in men have shown that maca extracts can heighten libido and improve semen quality. In addition, maca has been shown to increase mating behavior in male mice and rats
Muira Puama Historically, Brazilians used muira puama for sexual dysfunction and as a preventative for baldness. In Brazilian herbal medicine, the muira puama still is a well regarded sexual pick-me-up with a reputation as a potent aphrodisiac. Muira puama has been in the Brazilian Pharmacopoeia since the mid 1900s. It is used as a neuromuscular tonic for sexual impotency, weakness and paralysis, dyspepsia, chronic rheumatism - applied topically, and central nervous system disorders.
Stinging Nettle
Because it contains 3,4-divanillyltetrahydrofuran, certain extracts of the nettle are used by bodybuilders in an effort to increase free testosterone by occupying sex-hormone binding globulin.
Oat Straw This herb strengthens metabolism and circulation and relieves symptoms of depression, prevents and relieves spasms, softens and soothes damaged or inflamed surfaces, like gastric mucous membranes, strengthens activity of the nervous system, and supports the entire body. It has strengthening effect on the entire body, which helps raise your energy levels for sexual activity and therefore boosts your sexual performance.
Sarsaparilla In alternative and herbal medicine, sarsaparilla is used in combination with other herbs for its detoxifying, blood purifying, and lymph-cleansing properties. In retail stores and products, it is found as an ingredient in various herbal remedies made for libido enhancement, hormone balancing, and sports nutrition formulas.
Saw Palmetto
King's American Dispensatory (1898) describes the extract as:
...Its most pronounced effects appear to be those exerted upon the urino-genital tracts of both male and female, and upon all the organs concerned in reproduction. It is said to enlarge wasted organs, as the breasts, ovaries, and testicles, while the paradoxical claim is also made that it reduces hypertrophy of the prostate. Possibly this may be explained by claiming that it tends toward the production of a normal condition, reducing parts when unhealthily enlarged, and increasing them when atrophied.
Tribulus Terrestris
It is now being promoted as a booster for the purpose of increasing sex drive. Its use for this purpose originated in Eastern Europe in the 1970's. It was popularized in America by 1970's strong-man Jeffrey Petermann. Independent studies have suggested that Tribulus terrestris extract slightly increases hormone levels, though leaving them in the normal range.
Yohimbe
Yohimbe, is often popularly referred to as a "weak MAO inhibitor" although no sources are cited for this. Pharmaceutical preparations of yohimbine do not indicate that the drug, which is approved in the US for treatment of impotence (under such brand names as Yocon,Yohimex, Aphrodyne and Viritab), is an MAO inhibitor. Its main action is as a alpha-adrenergic antagonist, by which yohimbine may increase genital bloodflow and both sexual sensitivity and excitation in some people.
Zinc Zinc is an essential trace element, necessary for sustaining all animal life and is thought to help plants resist drought and disease. Concentrations of zinc in humans are highest in the eye, kidney, liver, muscle, and prostate. It is particularly rich in semen and is a key factor in prostate gland function and reproductive organ growth.
