Epimedium grandiflorum

Epimedium grandiflorum
Family:Epimedium grandiflorum; Antiasthmatic; Antibacterial; Antirheumatic; Antitussive; Aphrodisiac; Hypoglycaemic; Tonic; Vasodilator.
Common name:Barrenwort
The aerial parts of the plant are antiasthmatic antibacterial antirheumatic antitussive aphrodisiac hypoglycaemic tonic and vasodilator. Its use lowers blood sugar levels. It is used in the treatment of impotence seminal emissions lumbago arthritis numbness and weakness of the limbs hypertension and chronic bronchitis. It has an action on the genitals similar to the male sex hormone and can increase the weight of the prostate gland and seminal vesicle it has increased copulation in animals and increases the secretion of semens. The leaves are used as an aphrodisiac. Administered orally the leaf extract increases the frequency of copulation in animals.

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