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Horny Goat Weed / Epimedium Sagittatum (yin yang huo) 淫羊藿

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NATURE:

Warm; pungent and sweet; attributive to kidneys and liver.

CHARACTERISTICS:

Leaves of a perennial herb, oval in shape and grow in clusters of three leaflets. It is a general herb prescribed mainly for its aphrodisiac properties. Scientific studies have confirmed that the herb is a direct stimulant to semen production and sexual drive in males.

THERAPEUTIC EFFECTS:

Invigorate kidney and strengthen yang to treat impotence, male and female infertility; strengthen tendons and bones and expel wind-dampness with numbness in extremities, muscular spasm; relieve cough and asthma; strengthen nerves; lower blood pressures; treat coronary heart disease.

 


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