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The following is a list of the most common herbs prescribed by both physicians and herbal specialists.







Simply click on the herbal images presented below for comprehensive information on the respected herb:


Ashwaganda
(withania somnifera)		  
Avena sativa (Wild oat)


Black cohosh (Cimicufuga racemosa)

  
Bladderwrack (Fucus vesiculosus)

Blessed thistle (Cnicus benedictus)		  
Cayenne pepper (Capsicum frutescens)

Chitosan		  
Chromium chelate

Chrysin (Passiflora coerulea)		  
Cobalamin (Viatamin B12)

Colostrum		  
Damiana (Turnera aphrodisiaca)

Dandelion (Taraxcum officinale)		  
Ephedra (Ma huang)

Epimedium (Yin yang huo)		  
Fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum)

Folic acid (folate)		  
Fo ti (Polygonum multiflorum)

Garcinia cambogia (Hydroxycitric Acid)		  
Ginger (Zingiber officinale)

Ginko biloba (Ginko biloba)		  
Ginseng (Panax ginseng)

Green tea (Camellia sinesis)		  
Hawthorne berry (Crataegus oxyacantha)

Hops (Humulus lupulus) 		 
Kava (Piper methysticum)

Kola nut (Cola vera, Cola acuminata, Cola nitida)		  
L-Arginine

L-Histidine		   Maca (Lepidium peruvianum chacon) - is cultivated in the heights over 3400 up to 4800 meters in the mountain range of the Peruvian Andes. Maca is a tubercle that grows a few centimeters above ground in form of perennial dense bush, producing a small pale flower and a 8-9 cm rays that is the beneficial part of the plant. Interestingly, the Maca is cultivated with seeds of biennial form, collecting the harvest between the 6 and 9 months after its plantation. Research as verified that the Maca was cultivated more than 2000 years in the Peruvian plateau of Chinchaycocha, and was also cultivated in the pre-Columbian period in the zone of Junín (Peru).(click for more info on this herb)
Maca (Lepidium peruvianum chacon)

Menthol		  
Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca)

Naringinine		  
Niacin (Vitamin B3)

Phosphatidylserine (PC)		  
Sativari (Asparagus racemosus)

Saw palmetto (Serenoa repens)		  
Schizandra berry (Schizandra chinensis)

Siberian Ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus)		  
Tyrosine

White willow (Salix alba)		  
Tribulus terrestris (Puncture vine)

Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa)		  
Yerba mate (Llex paraquarensis)
Found native to southwestern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, and the Congo, the bark is stripped of the bark of an African tree (Corynanthe yohimbe or Pausinystalia yohimbe). These trees can reach height of ninety feet with a circumference of some forty feet. Yohimbe bark has traditionally been used in western Africa as a sexual aphrodisiac, especially in male erectile disorders.
Yohimbe (Pausinystalia yohimbe)