Horny Goat Weed
Used For 2,000 Years in Traditional Chinese Medicine
What Is Horny Goat Weed?
Horny goat weed, also known as bishop’s hat, yin-yang Huo (in Chinese) and fairy wings, is a genus of flowering plant from the Berberidaceae family. It is one of the several species of epimedium (in the botanical terms) and is a leafy plant that grows in the wild, mostly at the higher altitudes. This herb has been used for more than 2,000 years in ancient and Traditional Chinese medicine. The majority of this species are found in China, but a smaller number of this species is also found in other parts of Asia and the Mediterranean region.
The leaves of this plant contain a variety of sterols, flavonoids, alkaloids, and polysaccharides that can be used for a variety of health benefits. One of the flavonoids and the one most focused on is called icariin. Icariin is the key active flavonol contained within Horny Goat Weed plant extract.
Discover the Benefits of Horny Goat Weed
May Increase Testosterone*
Increase Muscle Mass and Strength*
Supports Sexual Health*
Menopause Hormone Balancing*
Why Choose Herbolab’s
Horny Goat Weed?
1. Standardized to 10% Icariin
To get horny goat weed extract powder, it has to be extracted from the Epimedium plant. When doing such, the extracted powder will contain various levels of icariin and is measured as a percentage. The percentage can range from 10% all the way up to 98%. Anything beyond 70% and it has been found that the flavonoid of icariin will suffer from composition instability and will lose their effectiveness.*† A safe range is 10% to 60% of standardized icariin.*† The benefit of a standardized horny goat weed with 10% icariin is a good place to start, and you can work your way up from the lower end of the spectrum and increase until you find your sweet spot in dosage without having to buy more expensive and often non standardized products claiming a higher percentage of icariin.
2. ‘Good Quality’ Icariin
There is a good and bad quality of icariin. To know if you are looking at a good or bad icariin, you want to look at the label. Where you see the area that explains the percentage of icariin in the product, check the spelling. A good quality will say ‘icariin’ The bad quality version will say ‘icariins’. “Icariins” are not pure icariin extract. This is a mixed compound of various Epimedium-based substances that are very low grade. Whereas ‘icariin’ (without the ‘s’), when standardized, will contain the specified percentage of actual icariin flavonols.
3. No Blends or “Proprietary Formula”
Our horny goat weed is not part of a proprietary blend like many other products you will find on the market. Proprietary blends allow manufacturers to hide important information about the composition of the product.
With a proprietary formula, the company is required to list only the total amount of the formula, rather than the quantity of each ingredient. This makes it possible to include a long list of ingredients in very low doses (and in many cases ingredients without much evidence for the intended use) with the aim of impressing consumers. Furthermore, the formula may change over time without you necessarily knowing.
At Herbolab, we believe in full transparency and label disclosure because it’s your right to know exactly what you put in your body.
4. Perfect Daily Compliment to Our Other Products
Our herbal supplements are a well-rounded family of some of the best herbal supplements that are sourced from around the world and from the best places where they’re grown indigenously. These powerful adaptogens are non-toxic plants that have been used for centuries to help the body resist stressors of all kinds, whether physical, chemical, or biological. Adding horny goat weed to your herbal supplement stack will allow you to further benefit from the chemicals it contains that promote nitric oxide production. which may increase blood flow and improve sexual function.*† Also, it contains phytoestrogen chemicals that act like estrogen, which may reduce bone loss in postmenopausal women. [13]
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