Guest guest Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Yea, I've tried Tongkat Ali for PSSD. It works my stimulating your testes to produce more testosterone. It does work, however it was like I was going through puberty all over again. My voice started getting deeper and cracking, I developed acne and also since male pattern baldness runs in my family (its usually inherited through the maternal grandfather, meaning if your mothers father is bald or balding then you probably have inherited that as well) I began balding and my hair started thinning prematurely at the crown of my scalp. It was bound to happen anyways but, the Tongkat Ali made it start early. I was only about 23 at the time. After I stopped taking Tongkat Ali my hair began to grow back but, not to its original thickness. I have to use Rogaine and am trying an herb called saw palmetto to keep it under control. Also, it can cause your prostate to enlarge, if prostate cancer runs in your family it may predispose you to prostate cancer or BPH (benign prostatic hypertrophy/enlarged prostate). Tongkat Ali boost your testosterone levels, but it certainly isn't worth the side effects. I'm 27 now and am going bald. It happened within 2 weeks of me taking tongkat ali, everyone noticed it and asked why i was loosing my hair suddenly. I also have recurrent prostate pain. To: SSRIsex Sent: Wed, August 25, 2010 10:05:12 AMSubject: Re: tongkat ali Has anybody else tried Tongkat Ali? Eurycoma longifolia Jack enhances libido in sexually experienced male rats Ang HH, Sim MK. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Science Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. Abstract The effects of Eurycoma longifolia Jack were studied on the libido of sexually experienced male rats after dosing them with 200, 400 and 800 mg/kg body weight twice daily of different fractions of E. longifolia Jack for 10 days. Results showed that E. longifolia Jack produced a dose-dependent increase in mounting frequency of the treated animals with 400 mg/kg of chloroform, methanol, water and butanol fractions resulting in mounting frequencies of 5.3 +/- 1.2, 4.9 +/- 0.7, 4.8 +/- 0.7 and 5.2 +/- 0.1, and 800 mg/kg further increased them to 5.4 +/- 0.8, 5.4 +/- 0.8, 5.2 +/- 0.6 and 5.3 +/- 0.2 respectively but there were no erections, intromissions, ejaculations or seminal emissions during the 20-min observation period which allowed for the measurement of sexual arousal reflected by mounting frequency uninfluenced by other behavioural components. This study provides evidence that E. longifolia Jack is a potent stimulator of sexual arousal in sexually vigorous male rats in the absence of feedback from genital sensation. PMID: 9353636 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Effects of Eurycoma longifolia Jack (Tongkat Ali) on the initiation of sexual performance of inexperienced castrated male rats. Ang HH, Cheang HS, Yusof AP. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University Science Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. Abstract We studied the effects of Eurycoma longifolia Jack, commonly known as Tongkat Ali in Malaysia, on the initiation of sexual performance and the weights of sexual accessories in inexperienced castrated male rats. The doses of 200, 400 and 800 mg/kg body weight, which were extracted from E. longifolia Jack, were orally administered to the rats twice daily for 10 days prior to the tests and continued throughout the test period. Testosterone was used as a positive control after injecting 15 mg/kg daily subcutaneously for 32 days. Results showed that E. longifolia Jack produced a dose-dependent increase in sexual performance of the treated animals, but the E. longifolia Jack groups showed lower sexual performance in mounting, intromission and ejaculation than the testosterone group. Further results also showed that E. longifolia Jack promoted the growth of both ventral prostate and seminal vesicles as compared with the control, but the growth of sexual accessories at 800 mg/kg of butanol, methanol, water and chloroform fractions of E. longifolia Jack was less than that of testosterone treated group. The present study therefore gives further evidence of the folkuse of E. longifolia as an aphrodisiac. PMID: 10803359 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Effects of Eurycoma longifolia Jack on sexual qualities in middle aged male rats. Ang HH, Ngai TH, Tan TH. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University Science Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia. hhang@... Abstract The effects of Eurycoma longifolia Jack were studied on the sexual qualities of middle aged male rats after dosing them with 0.5 g/kg of various fractions of E. longifolia whilst the control group received 3 ml/kg of normal saline daily for 12 weeks. Results showed than E. longifolia Jack enhanced the sexual qualities of the middle aged male rats by decreasing their hesitation time as compared to controls with various fractions of E. longifolia Jack produced 865-916 (91-96), 860-914 (92-98), 850-904 (93-99), 854-890 (95-99), 844-880 (94-98), 840-875 (94-98), 830-870 (94-98), 825-860 (94-98), 820-850 (96-99), 800-840 (93-98), 750-795 (94-99) and 650-754 sec (82-95%) in contrast to controls which produced 950 (100), 934 (100), 910 (100), 900 (100), 895 (100), 890 (100), 885 (100), 880 (100), 855 (100), 860 (100), 800 (100) and 790 sec (100%) throughout the investigation period. Besides these, there was a transient increase in the % of the male rats responding to the right choice after chronic administration of 0.5 g/kg E. longifolia Jack, with more than 50% of the male rats scored right choice after 2 weeks post-treatment and the effect was more prominent at the dose of the observation period. However, there was no sexual enhancement of the middle aged male rats which consumed normal saline since only 45-55% of the male rats responded to right choice throughout the investigation period. Hence, this study shows that E. longifolia Jack enhanced the sexual qualities of the middle aged male rats, further supports the folkuse of E. longifolia Jack as an aphrodisiac. PMID: 13678248 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Sexual arousal in sexually sluggish old male rats after oral administration of Eurycoma longifolia Jack. Ang HH, Lee KL, Kiyoshi M. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University Science Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia. hhang@... Abstract Eurycoma longifolia Jack commonly known as Tongkat Ali in Malaysia, has been used in Malaysia to increase male virility and sexual prowess. The objective of this study is to evaluate sexual arousal in sexually sluggish old male rats, 24 months old and retired breeders, receiving 200, 400, or 800 mg/kg of various fractions of E. longifolia Jack, twice daily, for 10 days. Control rats received 3 ml/kg of normal saline. The aphrodisiac effect was monitored by the act of yawning and stretching because yawning, either alone or associated with stretching, is considered an ancestral vestige surviving throughout evolution that promotes sexual arousal. The results showed that 800 mg/kg of E. longifolia Jack increased yawning by 50% and stretching by 16.7% in sexually sluggish old male rats, by 676-719% and 31-336%, respectively, in sexually active male rats, and by 22-44% and 75-100%, respectively, in middle aged, 9 months old and retired breeders. We conclude that the results of this study support the folk use of this plant as an aphrodisiac. PMID: 15803965 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Effect of Eurycoma longifolia Jack on libido in middle-aged male rats. Ang HH, Lee KL. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University Science Malaysia, Minden, Penang, Malaysia. hhang@... Abstract The effect of increasing doses of various fractions of Eurycoma longifolia Jack extracts on libido was examined in middle-aged male rats. The results showed that a high dose (800 mg/kg) of all E. longifolia Jack extracts significantly increased mount frequency (MF) (P < 0.05) over that of untreated controls, but had no effect on the frequency of intromission or ejaculation. Methanol, chloroform, water, and butanol fractions exhibited MF of 2.5 +/- 0.1, 2.6 +/- 0.3, 2.5 +/- 0.1 and 2.6 +/- 0.2, respectively, in adult, middle-aged male rats, and retired breeders versus 2.3 +/- 0.1 in untreated controls. This translated to a minor increase in MF of 8.7%, 13.0%, 8.7%, and 13.0% for these fractions, respectively, during the 20-minute observation period. The results of this study show that E. longifolia Jack extracts can increase libido in middle-aged male rats. PMID: 12670032 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Eurycoma longifolia increases sexual motivation in sexually naive male rats. Ang HH, Sim MK. School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Science, Malaysia, Minden, Singapore. Abstract The aim of this study is to provide evidence on the aphrodisiac property of Eurycoma longifolia Jack. An electric grid was used as an obstruction in the electrical copulation cage in order to determine how much an aversive stimulus the sexually naive male rat for both the treated with E. longifolia Jack and control groups were willing to overcome to reach the estrous receptive female in the goal cage. The intensity of the grid current was maintained at 0.12 mA and this was the intensity in which the male rats in the control group failed to crossover to reach the goal cage. Results showed that E. longifolia Jack continued to enhance and also maintain a high level of both the total number of successful crossovers, mountings, intromissions and ejaculations during the 9-12th week observation period. In conclusion, these results further enhanced and strengthened the aphrodisiac property of E. longifolia Jack. PMID: 9868556 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Influence of Eurycoma longifolia on the copulatory activity of sexually sluggish and impotent male rats. Zanoli P, Zavatti M, Montanari C, Baraldi M. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Section of Pharmacology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, 41100 Modena, Italy. zanoli.paola@... Abstract AIM OF THE STUDY: The root of Eurycoma longifolia Jack, native to South East Asia, has long been used as a male aphrodisiac remedy to treat sexual disorders. In the study we evaluated the influence of Eurycoma longifolia Jack on sexual behavior (including both motivation and copulatory performance) of sexually sluggish and impotent male rats. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The root powder of the plant was orally administered to adult Sprague-Dawley male rats, classified as sexually sluggish or impotent taking in account their behavior in pre-experimental tests. Groups of 8 animals each were submitted to three different types of treatment: (1) acute at 3 dose levels (250, 500 and 1000 mg/kg); (2) subacute (daily for 6 days) at the dose of 500 mg/kg and (3) subchronic (daily for 12 days) at the same dose (500 mg/kg). Mount, intromission and ejaculation latencies and post-ejaculatory interval were recorded during the mating test in order to evaluate sexual performance. In addition the partner preference test was used to assess sexual motivation. Testosterone serum levels were measured in subacutely treated rats and compared with the values of controls receiving vehicle. RESULTS: Concerning the copulatory activity of sexually sluggish rats, both acute (dosed at 500 and 1000 mg/kg) and subacute treatments with the root powder significantly reduced ejaculation latencies, increasing also the percentage of mounting and ejaculating animals; in addition the subacute administration reduced post-ejaculatory interval. In impotent rats both subacute and subchronic treatments increased the percentage of mounting and ejaculating rats. The motivational behavior of sluggish rats during the partner preference test was not affected by the treatments. Testosterone serum levels were increased in rats subacutely treated in comparison with controls. CONCLUSION: Eurycoma longifolia root improved sexual performance but not motivation in sluggish rats after acute or subacute administration. The effect could be mainly ascribed to increased testosterone levels. PMID: 19703544 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] >> In case anyone's interested, I recently gave tongkat ali a very limited try. > > I was only on it for maybe 10 days, and I was taking the minimum recommended dose. That said, it did seem to have a slightly positive benefit for libido. It wasn't as "awe-inspiring" as the adverts would have you believe, but I do believe something was taking place. And remember, I was only on it for 10 days and at a very low dose. Supposedly it has to build up in your system over a month or two. > > I suffer from some neurological symptoms (totally separate from PSSD). Migraine/vertigo, etc. I felt like the tongkat ali was exacerbating those symptoms so I stopped. Might have just been a bad week, but I felt like giving it a rest for a bit. Others may experience absolutely no side effects. Anyways, thought I'd mention it. Some of you may want to give it a try. > > Good luck!> > -M> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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