Natural Men's Health Support
Four Herbal Traditions in One Range
Drawing on four traditions at once, maca and damiana from the Americas, ashwagandha, tulsi and gokshura from Ayurveda, nettle root from the Western cabinet, with ginkgo and pumpkin seed.
Crafted in three forms: capsules, loose-leaf tea and tincture.
Men's Health
Which Herbs Are Traditionally Used in Men's Formulas?
Maca is Lepidium meyenii, a root vegetable grown in the Peruvian Andes above four thousand metres, where few other crops survive. It's a staple food in the region, dried and stored, and has been cultivated for at least two thousand years. It comes in yellow, red and black varieties, which are traditionally used somewhat differently.
Yes, gokshura is the Sanskrit name for Tribulus terrestris, and tribulus is the botanical one. It's a classical Ayurvedic plant, and the fruit is the part used. The English name puncture vine comes from the seed case, which is spiked hard enough to go through a bicycle tyre.
They come from the same plant, Urtica dioica, but are used quite differently in herbal practice and aren't interchangeable. Nettle leaf is the mineral-rich green part used in teas. Nettle root is the underground part, and it's the one that appears in men's formulas across European herbal writing.
Ginkgo biloba is a living fossil, the last surviving species of a lineage essentially unchanged for around two hundred million years, with no close living relatives. It interacts with anticoagulant and antiplatelet medicines and carries seizure-threshold cautions, so speak to your GP or pharmacist before taking anything containing it.
Damiana is Turnera diffusa, a small aromatic shrub native to Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. The leaf is the part used. It has a long place in the herbal practice of that region, recorded by Spanish writers in the seventeenth century.
Any urinary symptom, changes in flow, frequency, urgency, discomfort or anything unfamiliar, should be seen by a GP rather than managed at home. The same applies to persistent fatigue or any change you can't account for. Herbal preparations sit alongside medical care, not in place of it.
Ask your GP or pharmacist before starting, particularly because every product in this collection contains ginkgo. Our Medical Herbalists can also talk through what's in each formula and suggest alternatives.