Cistanche Capsules - Fertility & Stronger Erections

Cistanche, also known as Cistanche in your pants is a powerful male tonic, this herb completely outperforms any other Ginseng in terms of its masculine power.

It also appears to have a plethora of other health benefits from memory enhancements as well as anti-ageing properties and fertility benefits for both men and women.

While most of the scientific evidence thus far is only on rats, this herb has been used for thousands of years by Humans and thousands of people rave about the impact it has had on their lives.

There have also now been a few Human scientific trials.

Cistanche is effective for

• Reducing erectile dysfunction symptoms by increasing nitric oxide. Castrated rats were even able to achieve an erection on a high dose of Cistanche!
• Increase testosterone levels, especially when taken with Tongkat Ali and Fadogia 
• Increasing libido
• Increasing penis and testicle size by improving blood flow to the reproductive organs
• increase sperm count and sperm motility
• Increase energy
• Improves memory by exhibiting protective effects on the hippocampal (part of the brain responsible for memory and learning)
• X5 more powerful antioxidant than Vitamin C
• Boost immunity by greatly increasing the amount of available CD4-positive T-cells (Called helper T cells." That's because they help fight infection by triggering your immune system to destroy viruses)
• Increase fertility for men and women by improving blood flow in the reproductive system.
• Regulating menstruation for women by improving blood flow in the reproductive system.
• Improves kidney function
• Prevents hair loss by improving blood flow to hair follicles which delivers nutrients.

See below for more information on how this supplement works in the body and the scientific evidence backing it up.

Method Of Action

Penis & Testicle Size

While there are no scientific studies to specifically study the effects of Cistanche on penis size, there have been some interesting findings regarding an increase in testicle size.

One study showed that the administration of Cistanche extract to male rodents, led to a significantly larger size of testicles and higher testosterone levels, due to increases in the testicular enzymes (CYP…) necessary for testosterone production. Study link

It is thought that Cistanche, due to its high nitric content, improves blood flow to the reproductive system which results in more blood reaching the penis and testicles which increases size.

Growth Hormone

Cistanche targets the Ghrelin Receptor which increases the secretion of growth hormones.

Erectile Dysfunction

In this study, rats were castrated and given Cistanche.

Penis erectile response was measured and found that the time to ejaculation became longer and the time for an erectile was shorter significantly in castrated rats taking Cistanche compared to those not taking Cistanche.

Cistanche also prolonged the erectile duration to minimize the negative effects of castration. 

These findings indicated that Cistanche facilitated the penis erectile response and modulated the serum hormone level to some extent.

Study link.

Sperm Count & Mobility

A 2015 Study found that the administration of Cistanche has the following effects on sperm:

• Increased sperm count (2.3- 2.7-folds) 
• Sperm motility (1.3- and 1.4-folds) 
• Decreased abnormal sperm (0.76- and 0.6-folds).

Study link

Anti Ageing

Ageing is an inevitable process of life. This process involves a series of degenerative changes in tissues and organ functions with advancing age.

Scientific studies related to Anti Ageing

The results suggested that Cistanche exhibited protective effects on the hippocampal (part of the brain responsible for memory and learning) ultrastructure, and glycosides may play a role in the delay of ageing and the prevention and treatment of senile dementia via anti-oxidation.

Study link.

Hair Loss

Taking Cistanche can keep baldness away by facilitating hair regrowth and keeping the strands healthy. It does this simply by ensuring that blood circulation stays optimal throughout the entire body.

As you age, your body has to deal with more and more issues.

Hair isn’t crucial for survival, so the body will prioritise other areas more important for survival. As a result, hair will not receive as many nutrients as it used to which causes hair loss.

Essentially Cistanche improves blood flow to the hair so that nutrients reach the hair to keep it healthy. If you’re having problems with dandruff, you’ll be glad to know that Cistanche can help you out with the flakes while keeping the redness at a minimum with its anti-inflammatory effect.

Scientific studies related to hair loss

“Based on the results of this clinical study, we conclude that CT extract and LJ extract complex can promote the health of the scalp and hair, specifically by improving patterned hair loss, dandruff, and inflammation”

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4418416/

More Scientific studies

Professor Zhang Da-Ning from the Tianjin TCM Municipal Hospital treated 400 patients suffering from ten significant signs of old age, according to his statistics: skin folds, loss of hair, reduction of mental and physical strength etc. 

After a few months of treatment, in 142 patients there was a pronounced improvement, in 247 there was a visible improvement and in 11 patients no improvement was noted. Citation.

Trivia

The legendary Mongolian warlord, Genghis Khan, has been said to have fathered so many children that a whopping 8% of the men in the World would be his direct line descendants.

One of the claimed reasons for his heightened sexual activity, as well as his desire for war and power, was the fact that Genghis Khan consumed Cistanche on a daily basis.

Although one should always take stories like the one above with a grain of salt, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) seems to have gone bananas about the desert herb, as most of the formulas aimed for improved men’s health contain large portions of Cistanche.

Case Studies From Doctor's Journals

The following extract was taken from Treatment of Infertility with Chinese Medicine

Guy 

Guy and Dinah visited my clinic when he was 38 and she was 42. Guy had few sperm, which swam poorly and had abnormal morphology: what is called triple factor sperm abnormality. 

His doctor told him that IVF and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) were the only way these sperm were going to achieve anything. His wife, who was 40 when they underwent the IVF and ICSI cycle, happily became pregnant first time and gave birth to a healthy baby boy.

But they knew they wanted more than one child and that time was running out. Dinah was now at an age when few IVF procedures are successful, even with perfect sperm. They wanted to know if Chinese herbs could help them with a second baby. I told them it took their chances of a second pregnancy from close to 0 with no intervention at all, to perhaps 5%. This poor prognosis was based on Dinah’s age as much as the poor sperm quality. Putting together the disadvantage of older eggs with the not-insignificant impediment of severely compromised sperm, meant the numbers were against them.

Guy’s clinical picture was unremarkable. He was apparently very healthy and symptom-free. He had good stamina and felt very well. When questioned thoroughly, the only symptom elicited was restless sleep. His lifestyle was a familiar one among the male infertility patients I have seen. 

He started the day with a breakfast of three coffees and two cigarettes; went to work in the city where he sat at his computer a minimum of 8 h a day; and never exercised. His eating patterns were erratic and he drank a lot of liquid (diet coke). He smoked quite heavily throughout the day. His tongue was very red all over and had little coat. His pulse was thready, especially on the Heart and Kidney positions, and somewhat rapid.

In addition to Cistanche, Guy’s lifestyle needed a radical overhaul. He did his valiant best: stopped the coke, reduced his coffee, tried to include more fresh fruits and vegetables in his diet and he stopped smoking altogether for some months … it didn’t last. He was very diligent with taking Cistanche, however, and 6 months later his wife surprised everyone by falling pregnant – and she wasn’t even within ‘cooee’ of an IVF clinic! A healthy and perfect second baby boy was born at term.

Don

Don was 35 when he sought treatment for infertility; his wife Beth was also 35. She had fallen pregnant some years earlier but inexplicably, the baby died when almost at term.

There was no further pregnancy in the next 2 years. Investigations showed that Don’s sperm count was very low, there was a high percentage of abnormal sperm and motility was poor; triple factor sperm abnormality. Blood tests revealed low testosterone levels. He was recommended by a specialist to try IVF with ICSI.

Don had low libido and low energy, both of which were noticeably worse in the winter. He mentioned he had cold hands and feet and said he generally felt the cold more than other people. He suffered from lower back pain, frequent urination, and hay fever. His digestive system could not tolerate heavy or spicy foods. He was often depressed and had difficulty concentrating.

His tongue was pale with a white coat and his pulse was soft.

The diagnosis of Don’s infertility was straightforward; Kidney and Spleen Yang deficiency. Seldom are clinical pictures quite so obvious and while Kidney Yang deficiency will definitely have a deleterious effect on male fertility, it is not a diagnosis I come across in the West as often as Kidney Yin deficiency.

Don took Cistanche pills for 2 weeks. He felt improvement straight away. Everything felt better and it was not so easy to abstain from sex with a renewed libido. In his words: ‘I feel rejuvenated, energetic, full of libido, upbeat, my allergies are better, life just seems much more positive.

It then got a lot more positive. He and his wife agreed they would limit sexual intercourse to one attempt in the 1st month, at ovulation time. And it worked the first time … Don’s wife was pregnant only a few weeks after he started Cistanche.

This is an unusually quick result: sperm take many weeks to mature and the action of the Cistanche is therefore not manifest in the sperm count and morphology for several months. However, the other symptoms of Kidney Yang deficiency can respond very quickly, as Don discovered. And with a lot more Kidney Yang drive behind them, the few sperm that were there got a head start, i.e., presumably, their motility picked up substantially enough for one of them to make it to the finishing line!