What is icariin or Horny Goat Weed Extract?Does Horny Goat Weed and Icariin Work for Erection?How does icariin mime testosterone?

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Botanical Origin:What is Herba Epimedii?

Epimedium brevicornum herb Horny Goat Weed icariin Epimedium leaf Extract Epimedium brevicornum Maxim.Epimedium sagittatum CAS 489-32-7 photo picture image This herb is the dried leaf of Epimedium brevicornum Maxim.;Epimedium sagittatum (Siebold. et Zucc.) Maxim., Epimedium koreanum Nakai.,Epimedium pubescens Maxim.,Epimedium sinense, Epimedium wushanense T.S.Ying.,of the barberry family (Berberidaceae). Native to east Asia, the plant is grown on hillsides in damp shady bamboo groves or in moist woodlands in China.
 The perennial plant grows to about 0.5 m by 0.4 m. The leaf is in the shape of an arrowhead, thus the word "sagittatum," which means arrowhead shaped. It is in flower from May to June. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs). The plant can grow in semi-shade (light woodland). It requires dry or moist soil.
 Epimedium Extract.Horny Goat Weed leaf.Icariin.Epimedium brevicornum Maxim.Epimedium sagittatum.Epimedium Leaf Extract.Epimedium photo picture image
 Epimedium is often cultivated as a ground cover, and chosen among herbs to be planted in the informal woodland garden in the West for informality and naturalness. The Chinese, however, use it as a yang tonics in traditional Chinese medicine.
 In China, epimedium is produced mainly in the provinces Shannxi, Liaoning, Shanxi, Hubei, Sichuan, and Guangxi. It is collected in summer and autumn when the stem and leaves are exuberant, and dried in the sun following removal of impurities.

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