Ingredients

Libido1 is composed of a proprietary blend of herbs known around the world for their aphrodisiac qualities. The active ingredients are listed below, along with a short description of their sources and properties.

Yohimbe

Pausinystalia yohimbe, Corynanthe yohimbe.

What Is Yohimbe?

Yohimbe is an evergreen tree of the Rubiaceae family. It is native to West Africa, where its bark has traditionally been used to reduce erectile dysfunction and increase sexual stamina.

What Does It Do?

Yohimbe is a main ingredient in many prescription medicines used to treat erectile dysfunction and orgasmic dysfunction. It is also used in many alternative treatments to increase the sex drive and combat impotence, and can stimulate the testes and increase semen volume. There is some clinical evidence that Yohimbe can also encourage fat loss in athletes.

Tribulus

Tribulus terrestris. Also known as yellow vine, puncturevine, goathead, devil's thorn, devil's weed, devil's eyelashes, bindii, burra gokharu, cat's head, and caltrop.

What Is Tribulus?

Tribulus is a flowering plant from the Zygophyllaceae family. It is native to warm climates on a number of continents, including Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. In addition, it has been cultivated extensively in North and South America. In fact, it is so prolific that in some places it is considered a weed.

What Does It Do?

Tribulus has long been used in traditional Chinese medicine as well as in the classical world as an aphrodisiac and a muscle builder. It increases levels of several of the body's natural hormones, including testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone. These hormones are essential to sexual health in men, and also have a wide range of other functions in the body.

Muira Puama

Ptychopetalum olacoides, Ptychopetalum uncinatum. Also known as potency wood.

What Is Muira Puama?

Muira Puama is a flowering tree or shrub from the Olacaceae family. It grows in the Amazon rainforest, where it can reach heights of up to 15 feet. The people of the Rio Negro region have long used the roots and bark of Muira Puama to treat a variety of disorders.

What Does It Do?

Mura Puama is an aphrodesiac and stimulant, and is used in a variety of herbal treatments of various kinds of sexual dysfunction.

Maca

Lepidium meyenii; Lepidium peruvianum. Also known as maca-maca, ayak willku, ayak chichira, and maino.

What Is Maca?

Maca is a tuber of the Brassicaceae family. It is grown high in the Andes Mountains of South America. In appearance it is somewhat similar to a turnip. Until recently it has been virtually unknown outside of its native habitat, although the indigenous peoples there have been using it as a food staple and a medicine for centuries.

What Does It Do?

Maca has no direct effect on sex hormone levels, but it contains a number of compounds vital to the health and functionality of the endocrine system. Because of this, it has a number of beneficial effects on sexuality. Clinical studies have established that can heighten libido and alleviate SSRI-induced sexual dysfunction. In addition, it improves all facets of semen quality, including production and motility, and also increases semen volume. Some studies have also shown beneficial effects on energy and mood, including an ability to decrease anxiety and increase a feeling of well-being. As an unexpected side benefit, Maca has been shown to help reduce enlarged prostate glands in some lab tests.

Damiana

Turnera diffusa.

What Is Damiana?

Damiana is a shrub in the Passifloraceae family native to Texas, Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean Islands. It bears aromatic flowers and sweet fruits similar to figs, and has a strong but pleasant odor. The indigenous peoples of the region have long used it to make both tea and incense, and it is prized for its abilities to soothe the soul as well as its properties as an aphrodisiac. It is also used in a number of alcoholic beverages, including traditional Mexican liqueurs, and is an ingredient in some margaritas.

What Does It Do?

Like Maca, Damiana is both a relaxant and a sexual stimulant. It can increase stamina and has been shown to combat sexual exhaustion and even some kinds of impotence. It can also be used to help with problems such as premature ejaculation.