Epimedium Leaf Extract/Icariin/Epimedium Sagittatum

Model No.: EPM

Product Name: Epimedium Leaf P.E.

Plant Origin: Epimedium Sagittatum Maxim

Specification: Icariin 5%, 10%, 20%, 40% HPLC

 

Epimedium is a genus of twenty-one related plant species. The Chinese refer to epimedium as "yin yang huo", which has been loosely translated by some as "licentious goat plant" and explains why Western supplement companies have adopted the titillating name by which it is known in the U.S: (horny goat weed). Epimedium is grown as an ornamental herb in Asia and the Mediterranean region, and various species are used for medicinal purposes, including Epimedium sagittatum, Epimedium brevicornum, Epimedium wushanense, Epimedium koreanum, and Epimedium pubescens.

 

Action:

1) It stimulates the production of sexual hormones with no found effect on estrogen.

2) It has a pungent flavor has been shown to work mainly with the liver and kidneys.