Herbal Remedies for ED Treatment: Pros and Cons

Nowadays pharmaceutical market can offer a wide range of drugs claiming to treat erectile dysfunction and enhance sexual desire both in men in women. These medications are mainly represented in the form of patented prescription drugs, generics and herbal supplements as well as nutraceutical remedies. Although professional health care providers tend to be skeptical about miraculous efficiency of the herbal pills, many people are convinced that nutraceutical supplements are a new word in ED treatment practice. However, there exist many questionable over the counter medications based on "herbs" whose manufacturers conceal the active ingredients of the remedy. Hidden facts regarding pills nutritional information arouse suspicion about their safety. In this article we would like to dwell upon the phenomenon of herbal ED treatment drugs, their benefits and disadvantages.

Herbal Remedies Types
There are hundreds of herbal sex enhancing pills ubiquitously advertised on the TV, in magazines, newspapers and on the Internet. With such a wide array it can be a real challenge to find the one which will suit you the most. Over the years many of these come and disappear. In order to see the full picture of the existing impotence treatment nutraceutical remedies let’s determine their major types.

First of all, these pills vary in the promised effects, although lots of them have a "complex" action. So, herbal drugs (on the contrary to the typical pharmaceutical ED treatment medications) can promise to:

• provide strong erection and maintain it for a long time;
  
• prevent premature ejaculation;
  
• bring more resistance;
  
• improve orgasms;
  
• enlarge male genitals;
  
• bring more sexual pleasure in general.

To do this, different herbs, nutrients and vitamins are used in these pills manufacturing. It is known, that herbs have been used for centuries by different societies and cultures to improve men’s health. Nowadays these are used in nutraceutics. Among the most popular herbs used for this purpose are: yohimbe, damiana, tribulus, muira puama, horny goat weed, maca, eurycoma, catuaba and others.

Natural medications can be also divided into those based on extracts and those on powders. Decades ago, most of these pills had a form of capsules with crushed herbs in them. Over the recent year the production process has become more sophisticated and manufacturers switched to extracts. Extracts are better in terms of dosage and concentration level. However, some scientists believe that certain herbs are more effective when in plain form, and others - when in extracts.

Thus, when choosing a natural ED treatment medication patient must pay attention to selecting right herbs in right form (powder or extract) and proper dosage from trusted raw materials distributors. The same herb may perform different effect depending on the quality of the raw substance, source and dosage.

Benefits and Disadvantages
From the first glance natural supplements seem to be the most sound and safest way to treat the problem. Actually, they are. But only in case the drug container does contains pills with natural extracts or herb powders. Let’s list the most advantageous sides of the nutraceutical approach to ED treatment.

• No Side Effects. Manufacturers claim that their products do not cause any adverse reactions like synthetic drugs do.
  
• Complex Action. Pharmaceutical drugs, like Viagra or Cialis influence only on the erection quality, while natural drugs pretend to enhance sexual drive as well as to enlarge male genitals and improve the overall health state of the patient.
  
• The Price. Brand name pills can be too expensive for an average consumer. Their price is around 14$ per pill. Herbal medications are cheaper.
  
• Easy to Get. To get prescription drugs you need to get a doctor’s consultation first, but speaking about intimate problems can cause discomfort to many men. When you herbal supplements in online pharmacies or drugstores you don’t need to describe your problems in detail.
  
• Faster and Better. These pills are considered to work faster in comparison to traditional synthetic drugs. The patients report better performance because of rejuvenation feel which is tied to the complex action of the herbal pills.

However, natural supplements, like other drugs, have some drawbacks:

• A lot of "natural" herbal dietary supplements promising strong and long lasting erections are simply Viagra knock offs. Manufacturers do not display information about ingredients on the package labeling. Thus, be attentive when selecting one.
  
• Being nutraceutical remedies, these pills do not undergo rigorous tests and researches like real pharmaceutical drugs do. That is why possible side effects or allergies caused by the medications are unpredictable.