Business agency August 23, according to the World Health Organization, about 70% of adult men will encounter erectile dysfunction (ED) and other sexual disorders in the middle-aged stage. In 1998, Pfizer of the United States first introduced a small pill in the shape of a blue diamond - that is, Viagra (Vietnamese, Sildenafil Citrate), which became popular in the world. In the following years, two other anti-ED drugs (Tadarfi and Waldenafil) were listed one after another. In 2009, the total sales of anti-ED drugs in the world ranged from 5 billion to 5.5 billion U.S. dollars. The ED pharmaceutical industry has become a major category of popular products on the international pharmaceutical market. According to Frost & Sullivan, a well-known US consulting company, more than 23 million people in the world have used Viagra. Although it has been listed for 12 years, Viagra still maintains its position as the global leader in ED medication.

The rise of Viagra and other ED medications has driven a slew of new sexual health products based on plants, of which the most popular is Herbal viagra or Veggie Viagra. According to studies by scholars at home and abroad, there are as many as 100 kinds of medicinal plants that have been found to have ED therapeutic effects so far. However, only a few plants have actually been exploited (ie processed into preparations).

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The earliest developed and listed plant Viagra natural health product was Yohimbe. According to reports, yohimbine is a bush tree native to West Africa. The yohimbine base contained in the bark has the effect of promoting rapid congestion of the cavernous corpora of the penis and treatment of ED. In the past few decades, Yohimbine has been the best-selling plant Viagra product in Europe and the United States. However, due to the long-term use of yohimbine can cause serious consequences such as myocardial infarction, including Canada, Australia, Norway, Finland and New Zealand and other countries have issued a ban on the prohibition of yohimbine Viagra products sold in these countries. However, other countries, including the United States, Britain, France, and Germany, have not yet banned the use of yohimbe as a raw material for sexual health products.

In the early 90s of the last century, a new type of plant Viagra health care product called Maca (MACA) once again set off an upsurge in the international market. The maca is a kind of alpine plant that is more than 4,000m above the Andes range in Chile. It has been used for thousands of years in South American countries such as Chile. Chileans call it "Chile ginseng" and use drugs as roots. Maca contains a variety of special flavonoids and sterols, which can enhance sexual function after taking it. Maca is very safe to the human body, so far there have been no reports of any toxic side effects. So far, Maca has become another internationally-popular plant Viagra health product after Yohimbe. It has good sales performance in Europe and the United States. However, because Maca alone is not as effective as yohimbe in the treatment of ED, the maca plant Viagra in the US market is mostly compound preparations such as maca and icariin, Ginkgo biloba extract, and red ginseng. Hedgehog and other ingredients make up the mixture. It is estimated that the total annual sales of yohimbine and maca plant Viagra are several hundred million US dollars, which shows the popularity of plant Viagra in the international market.

The third plant to be developed and marketed is Viagra, a wild plant native to the European Carpathians. According to European scholars, the plant contains a variety of sterols and other phytochemicals, and it also has a good therapeutic effect on ED. Germany first developed it as a sexual health product. Now, the hedgehog Viagra also has a place in the international market.

Epimedium is a medicinal plant native to Asian countries such as China and India. Studies conducted by scholars in the United States, China, and India have confirmed that the main component of Epimedium is icariin, which can increase testosterone in the testis, etc. The production of sex hormones. Now, icariin has become one of the main raw materials for all kinds of Viagra products in the international market. In the U.S. market, several plant Viagra products contain icariin.

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In addition to the above four classic Viagra, Katoomba, Okra, Brachyria and Tongkat Ali became the best-selling newly-listed varieties in recent years.

Catuaba, a low shrub species found in the rainforests of the Brazilian Amazon, has long been used by locals as a natural aphrodisiac. In Europe and the United States, the product has been developed into a new plant Viagra.

Okra, native to Africa, is used by local Aboriginal people to make it strong. Studies have found that okra contains abnormally rich protein substances and trace elements such as zinc. Zinc is one of the important substances that the body synthesizes sperm and semen, and zinc deficiency in the body can cause impotence. A company in Canada has pioneered the development of a new type of Viagra health care product, which has entered the Chinese market.

Butea Superba, native to the mountains in the north-central part of Thailand, is also a natural aphrodisiac plant used by local residents. The analysis showed that the plant contains a large number of sterols and other phytochemicals that can rapidly increase intravascular blood flow in the corpus cavernosum. The effect is similar to that of Pfizer's sildenafil. It is the most recently discovered role that is closest to Viagra. plant. Now Ziyou has been processed into a Viagra product by Western countries.

Tongka Ali, originally produced in Malaysia, is used by local residents to treat impotence. It is also known as Malaysian ginseng. The main active ingredient is furostanol saponin, which has the effect of increasing the amount of testosterone secreted in the body and treating ED. The international pharmacy community believes that Tongkat Ali is one of the best natural plant raw materials found so far for ED, and its effect is better than that of Yohimbe. Due to unbridled rampage over the past few years, Tongkat Ali’s medicinal plant resources have shrunk sharply. To protect this slow growing rare tree species, the Malaysian government has controlled its exports. Due to tight supply, the price of Tongkat Ali is now being priced at around US$50/kg in the international market, and there is no market available. It is understood that the variety of Viagra products in the United States and Europe contain Tongkat Ali ingredients.

Prospects can be expected

Frequently used on the foreign market, the main components of Viagra are: Ginkgo biloba flavonoid glycosides, Ashwagandha, Phyllanthus emblica, Legume, Asparagus, Chlorophytum extract, Nutmeg, Heart-shaped yellow water branch, Vitex, Yarrow. , Pueraria mirifica, willow extract, jujube extract, alfalfa extract, green tea extract, wild yam extract, saw palmetto fruit, guarana fruit, red ginseng extract, Xianglong blood tree, and so on.

In general, the adverse effects of aphrodisiac drugs on the human body are less than those of chemically synthesized anti-ED drugs. Sildenafil not only causes facial flushing and “blue vision” but also has many reports of accidental death due to taking sildenafil every year. In contrast, the various Viagra-type health products on the market may not be as rapid and strong as Sildenafil, but they must be safe. This can explain why there are three very effective anti-ED drugs on the market, and the sales of the Viagra-type products still go up. In addition, the price of the plant Viagra is much cheaper than the existing three anti-ED pharmaceutical preparations.

The development and production of Viagra-type health care products will undoubtedly have broad market prospects. As Westerners believe in the role of plant-based Viagra health products, the market for plant Viagra is huge, and domestic health care products companies should keep up with the international market trends and introduce as soon as possible including Yohimbe, Hedgehog, Maca and Katoomba. New plant materials like Xianglong Blood Tree and Tongkat Ali.