Abstract

Medicinal herbs in the management of male infertility

Highlights

  • Organisms strive to exist and preserve own genetic characteristics through subsequent progenies owing to their reproductive potencies

  • Sexual dysfunction in men can be explained as the failure to accomplish normal sexual intercourse, inability to respond to erectile stimuli or sustain an erection, retarded ejaculation, decreased libido, unregulated sexual behavior etc

  • The Ayurvedic herbal drugs can be classified in varied ways, and one such simplified classification according to their functions on male reproductive health is as follows [20]: Herbs increasing the quantity of semen or stimulating semen production, for example, Polygonatum verticillatum, Mucuna pruriens, Microstylis wallichii, Roscoea procera, and Asparagus racemosus

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Summary

Introduction

Organisms strive to exist and preserve own genetic characteristics through subsequent progenies owing to their reproductive potencies. In this aspect, human being is one of the most successful survivors on earth. Aphrodisiacs, agents to arouse sexual desire and performance, when derived from herbs, have been observed to directly been able to excite male sexual libido, contribute to sustenance of reproductive activities, restore healthy tissue functioning and aid the neuroendocrine regulation for exhibiting required sexual strength with content state of mind and body [9]. This review, with the aim to highlight the healthy longterm remedy of male sexual problems, concentrates on the scientifically tested herbs which have been reported to accentuate male fertility

Overview of male reproductive disruptions
Herbal therapy and male reproductive health
Some common Ayurvedic herbs to improve male fertility
Butea superba
Curculigo orchioides
Cynomorium coccineum
Chlorophytum borivilianum
Epimedium koreanum
Eurycoma longifolia
Tribulus terrestris
Mechanism of action
Conclusion
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