posted July 07, 2000 05:00 PM            

I've taken it, but i'm also curious to know more, as I haven't researched it lately or taken it in over a year.
When I did take it, I remember feeling tingly and my blood pressure was elevated. When I worked out, I could really tell! Kinda took some gettin' used to, and I didn't really like the feeling, so I stopped taking it. Can't tell ya how good it works. Sorry i'm not much help, but i'm sure someone else here will know the facts!

posted July 07, 2000 05:03 PM            

Yohimbe has been used for centuries as a sexual booster/rejuvenator. The pure extract is made from the inner bark of the Yohimbe tree ( Coryanthe Yohimbe ) which grows in West Africa. Yohimbe expands the blood vessels in the penis causing increased blood flow. This effect is very important for producing an erection. Yohimbe is also used by men who do not have difficulties producing an erection. Yohimbe can make erections be firmer and last longer!

Yohimbe is probably the most underrated recreational drugs around. How do yohimbe and yohimbine feel? If you have enough experience with it to be aware of slight symptoms, you will know that yohimbine is taking over when you notice increased salivation. There will be a tendency for an accelerated heartbeat effected by mental stimulation. There will not necessarily be an increased heartbeat from physical exercise. The capacity for physical exercise will probably be enhanced for many people, with a pulse frequency ordinary for the chosen exercise. Some users have mentioned that they sweat less when on yohimbe. Scientific studies tell us that yohimbine does not raise blood pressure, even though one may feel as if one has an elevated blood pressure because of a certain degree of nervousness caused by the drug. But a dangerously low blood pressure, rather than an elevated one, is associated with a yohimbine overdose.

Yohimbe and yohimbine will make those who have ingested it easier to stimulate sexually and make orgasms more powerful. It will do this by postponing the point of ejaculation, and by making the orgiastic release more strongly felt. On the route to the orgiastic release, there will be a greatly accelerated heartbeat, caused by mental stimulation rather than physical effort. Yohimbe works mentally and physically towards this end, with both aspects strongly interacting. Men who normally have problems having an erection will feel a mental stimulation from the fact that a hard-on comes easy. However, the later can be engineered more reliably by combining yohimbe with Viagra or, to a lesser extent with the herbal ginkgo biloba, though ginkgo biloba alone is a weaker aphrodisiac.

While Viagra may be the medication of choice for plain erectile dysfunction, yohimbe has a better potential in treating impotence overall. This is the case because yohimbine, and even more so the unrefined yohimbe do not just cause a hardening of the male organ but also have psychological effects, making those who have ingested it easier to stimulate mentally, generally more alert, and more agitated. There is a sexual component in these attributes, which is not available from ingesting Viagra. Therefore, while Viagra may be the preferred choice of prescribing doctors because of possibly fewer side effects, yohimbine and yohimbe are not just older alternatives but earn their place in the materia medica in their own right. The real promise of yohimbe actually is not its value as medication of erectile dysfunction in men who indeed suffer from the condition, but its power to enhance sexuality in healthy subjects.

As it is the case with most medications, one will, after a while, develop a certain tolerance for yohimbe and yohimbine. You can expect that after a long period of usage, you can easily ingest double the amount you ingested initially, and you will likely have fewer problems with side effects. Unfortunately, for the desired sexual effect, you will probably still need a dosage at which side effects, such as nervousness and sleeplessness, will again occur. Really seems that you can't have the roses without the thorns.

In some people Yohimbe and yohimbine can have very uncomfortable side effects (Which can include sweating, nausea and vomiting.), and one should always first check one's tolerance with very small dosages. Those taking MAO inhibitors such as tranquilizers, antidepressants or blood-pressure medications should not take yohimbe or any compounds containing yohimbine. Use of yohimbe is also contraindicated for pregnant women as well as persons with kidney disease, heart disease, liver disease, diabetes or ulcers. Persons with a history of psychoses should also avoid yohimbe as it has been known to trigger new episodes of psychic reaction..