Alternative Medicine: Increase Sex Libido With Asian Herbs

I got the chance to taste "kopi Tongkat Ali" for the first time when I was invited to attend a home party organized by the MLM agent. Since that day, whenever I hear or see Tongkat Ali products, an old memory starts to crawl in my mind.

My room mates and I were on the way to our classroom one morning when one of them nervously said his "thing" has been awaked for the whole night. He confessed that he has been drinking coffee mixed with water extract of brewed Tongkat Ali's root.

All of us almost broke into laughter when we heard about. We've no idea from where he got the Tongkat Ali root. But, one thing for sure, he has sneaked it out from the forest area in where we were used to have our forest management study.

This incident happened many years ago, when we were in our junior year at one of the public colleges in Malaysia and also in the year in which nobody has seriously commerciliazed the potential of Tongkat Ali.

Tongkat Ali is an evergreen, medium-sized slender tree that could grow up to 15 meters. This plant is a native of Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand. Its Latin name is Eurycoma longifolia and belongs to the family of Simaroubaceae.

Tongkat Ali is also known as Pasak Bumi and Longjack in English. It has been used for generations by local folks as the traditional medicine to cure boils, malaria and dysentery, pyretic, fever and to increase sexual desire and libido.

This plant is a symbol of man's ego and strength and has been dubbed as the "Asian Viagra" because of its aphrodisiac properties that improve strength and power during sexual activities, increase male virility and sexual prowess and also able to cure erectile dysfunction.

Tongkat Ali contains plethora of beneficial compounds that could increase the level of testosterone hormone in order to maintain energy level, mood, fertility and sexual desire. The presence of these enhancing properties have encouraged bodybuilders to supplement their diet with this herb to increase their muscle mass and strength.

In the past, people consumed Tongkat Ali by brewing its roots for a long hour to get the bitter extract. Today, Tongkat Ali extract made available using latest scientific techniques. The extracts are then blended with other ingredients such as coffee to produced canned drink and premixed coffee that are packed in tea-bag form and sold in the market as energy drink

Currently about 200 Tongkat Ali related products are produced in Malaysia alone and most of them emphasizing its aphrodisiac properties and to vitalize and to rejuvenate or energy. Most of these products are sold in drug stores, pharmacies and also available online.