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Maca Herbs Improve Fertility, Stamina and is a Medicinal Food! Maca herbs improve fertility, stamina and is a medicinal food! WHAT IS Maca Herbs? It
is a dehydrated, cruciferous root vegetable, and not a drug. It is a
benign, medicinal food which has been in use for 10,000 years, possibly
more, and has had ample time to be judged effective. Today, dried roots
are ground to powder and sold in drug stores in capsules as a medicine
and food supplement to increase physical stamina and fertility. Initial
analysis of Maca herbs indicates that it contains glucosinolates which
have a positive effect on fertility. Proteins, as polypeptides, make up
11 per cent of the root; calcium makes up 10 percent and magnesium and
potassium are present in significant amounts. other minerals include
iron, silica and traces of iodine, manganese, zinc, copper and sodium.
Vitamins in maca are thiamine, riboflavin and ascorbic acid. The amino
acid proteins in maca include aspartic acid, glutamic acid, serine,
histidine, glycine threolline, cystine, alanine, arginine, tyrosins,
valine, methionine, isoleucine, lysine, proline, hoproline and
sarcosine. BENEFITS OF Maca herbs •Menopausal symptoms: hot flashes, tender breasts, sleeplessness and emotional upsets, "brain fog", vaginal dryness. American and Peruvian doctors have brought this extraordinary remedy to the attention of the Western world. Once in a decade a remedy used by native peoples for thousands of years comes to our attention and it seemed so important to health that we wonder how we ever got along without it. Now women have an alternative to hormone replacement therapy drugs. It works in an entirely different and more satisfactory way for most women than phytoestrogen herbs like black cohosh and liquorice root. And men, too, find that maca can counteract the difficulties they may experience in maintaining good sexual relationships as they age, due to a general slowing down in the output of the endocrine glands. RESEARCH on maca herbs Peruvian medical doctors say that the root works in a fundamentally different way than HRT, promoting optimal functioning of the hypothalamus and the pituitary, thereby improving the functioning of all the endocrine glands. They isolated four alkaloids from the maca root and carried out animal studies with male and female rats given either powdered maca root or the alkaloids. females receiving either root powder or alkaloids showed multiple egg follicle maturation, while in males, significantly higher sperm production and motility rates were noted than in control groups. They established that it was the alkaloids in this root, not its plant hormones, that produced fertility effects on the ovaries and testes of the rats. "These effects are measurable within 72 hours of dosing the animals," they said. They deduced that the alkaloids were acting on the hypothalamus-pituitary axis, which explains why both male and female rats were affected in a gender-appropriate manner. This also explains why the effects in humans are not limited to ovaries and testes, but also act on the adrenals, giving a feeling of greater energy and vitality, and on the pancreas and thyroid as well. Implications of the discovery of the pituitary-stimulating effects of it are enormous. What it means is that hormone replacement therapy - even the natural varieties - will no longer be the gold standard for optimizing health from a holistic point of view. NATURAL VIAGRA Doctors Malaspina, Muller and Chacon, as well as doctors from the USA and Canada, also have good news for men who are suffering age-related sexual dysfunction. They can forget expensive, possibly dangerous Viagra. Maca works extremely well, and safely. Dr
Jorge Aguila Calderon, Dean of the Faculty of Human Medicine at the
National University of Federico Villareal in Lima, prescribes maca for
a wide variety of conditions, including osteoporosis and the healing of
bone fractures in the very elderly. He says, Dr Calderon has also helped patients overcome male impotence, male sterility and female sterility by employing maca therapy. Additional problems he treats with maca are rickets, various forms of anaemia, menopausal symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats, climacteric and erectile difficulties in men, premature ageing, and general states of weakness, such as chronic fatigue. Another health professional using maca is Dr Garry F. Gordon, President of the International College of Advanced Longevity Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He said: "Using maca myself, I experienced a significant improvement in erectile tissue response. I call it ‘nature’s answer to Viagra’. "What I see in maca is a means of normalising our steroid hormones like testosterone, progesterone and oestrogen. Therefore, it has the capability to forestall the hormonal changes of ageing. It acts on men to restore them to a healthy functional status in which they experience a more active libido. Lots of men and women who previously believed their sexual problems were psychological, are now clearly going to look for something physiological to improve their quality of life in the area of sexuality. Of course, as someone interested in longevity, I’m aware that mortality comes on much sooner for those individuals whose sexual activity is diminished or nonexistent. I believe that people who engage in sex twice a week, or more, live longer. I’ve found sexual activity to a reliable marker for overall ageing." The Importance of Maca in the History of Peru Maca’s
cultivation goes back perhaps five millennia. It was an integral part
of the diet and commerce of the high Andes regions. When they
controlled that particular South American area, the Incas found it so
potent that they restricted its use to their Royalty’s court. Upon
overrunning the Inca people, conquering Spaniards became aware of this
plant’s value and collected tribute in maca roots for export to Spain.
It was used as an energy enhance and for nutrition by the Spanish
Royalty as well. But eventually knowledge for maca’s special qualities
died out, being preserved only in a few remote Peruvian communities. In
the 1960’s and later in the 1980’s, German and North American
scientists researching botanicals in Peru, rekindled interest in maca
through nutritional analyses of what was designated as ‘the lost crop
of the Andes’. The publication of a book by that name introduced maca
to the world. At an international conference in 1991, the Food and
Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United nations recommended that
Peruvians should return to eating traditional, native Andean foods.
Maca was included in the FAO list as a means of combating nutritional
problems being caused by people switching to processed foods and
high-sugar drinks. The reintroduction of maca has established healthy
eating once again in the Peruvian diet. Maca, (Lepidium meyenii) is a root vegetable related to the potato and Mexican yam that is cultivated high in the mountains of the Peruvian Andes where, due to the extreme conditions there, very little else will grow. The tenacity of this amazing plant is perhaps what gives it its strength and the properties of enhanced endurance it gives to those who ingest it. One of the chief attributes of Maca Herbs, according to the Peruvian Indians who grow it, is its ability to enhance fertility. When the Spanish conquistadors first began to raise sheep in the higher regions the sheep were reproducing poorly. When the Indians suggested Maca, the results were so amazing that the Spanish began to demand Maca as payment from the colonies. Maca’s fertility enhancement may be due to its rich content of iodine (essential for thyroid balance), zinc (important for prostate function), amino acids (precursors to hormone production) and vitamin C. It is also high in essential minerals such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and iron. It contains vitamins B1, B2, B12 and E and is a source of glycoside steroids, making Maca herbs a natural and safe alternative to anabolic steroids for weight lifters. It is an adaptogen, meaning it helps to restore balance or homeostasis to the body. Other adaptogen herbs are ginseng and astragalus. Maca has traditionally been used to increase energy and to promote improvement in stamina and endurance in athletes. Unlike caffeine, It is a healthy choice for increasing physical and mental energy because it is not a stimulant, making it ideal for students, professionals, writers, sports enthusiasts and anyone who needs a lift. It has been especially helpful for those with chronic fatigue. While
Maca herbs has a reputation for increasing libido in both men and
women, it has enjoyed immense popularity with women who suffer from
both PMS and menopausal symptoms, including hot flashes, depression and
vaginal dryness. Since thyroid imbalance can result in both infertility
and the premature onset of menopause, Maca has been found to be
beneficial in enhancing fertility and prolonging the onset of
menopause. This may be due to its high iodine content which is
essential to proper functioning of the thyroid. Maca has also been
effective in restoring hormonal balance to women who have had
hysterectomies. Because Maca acts through the hypothalamus and
pituitary, it also has a nourishing effect on the adrenal glands. Maca herbs mania is sweeping over the alternative medicine world. This "King's Herb", also known as "Peruvian gin¬seng" (although it is not in the ginseng family), helps balance the entire endocrine system, of which the sexual and reproductive functions are important components. The many compounds in this herb, originally grown in the Andes above 11,000 feet, have a broad nutrient spectrum and give vitality and libido a lift. Maca herbs appears to work by stimulating the pituitary gland (the master gland in the head), and responding to the individual's specific needs regardless of age or sex. Thus Maca presents a true alternative to replacement of hormones, which has its drawbacks in some individuals. The body almost always uses negative feedback loops to regulate hormone levels, so taking in more hormones causes the pituitary gland to shut down its own natural stimulation of endocrine gland hormone produc¬tion. If the glands, such as the ovaries, for example, no longer have the capacity to make progesterone and es¬trogens, some people argue that it is better to replace the hormones and avoid all the aging and disease conse¬quences of being low in these hor¬mones. But Maca gives us a way of stimulating the pituitary with nutrients and phytochemicals (plant chemicals) for well-rounded hormonal stimulation. Not just the ovarian hormones but also adrenal, thyroid, pancreas and testicular hormones may be enhanced. Cultivation
of it dates back to the Incas 2,000 years ago. Although scientific data
is not abundant, both historical and anecdotal superlatives abound.
Maca herbs have been used for hundreds of years to enhance fertility in
humans and animals. After the Spanish conquest in South America, the
conquerors had difficulty with their livestock reproducing at the high
elevations. Local indigenous people of the high Andes suggested feeding
them Maca herbs. The results were so spectacular that Spanish
chroniclers wrote glowing reports.
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