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tx
reproductive system
infertility: male
botanicals
primary herbs
Anemone pulsatilla (toxic): nervous, weak (Harper-Shove, p. 111; Felter and Lloyd, p. 1590)
Avena sativa: nutritive (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 37)
Chamaelirium luteum (Helonias): reproductive tonic (Priest and Priest, p. 104)
Cimicifuga racemosa: strengthens reproductive organs (Felter, p. 468)
Cucurbita pepo: provides zinc
Panax ginseng: depressive states associated with sexual inadequacy, may have aphrodisiac qualities. May use with Turnera diffusa and Serenoa spp. in glandular weakness (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 152)
Serenoa serrulata: sex hormone disorders, tones reproductive organs, testicular atrophy, impotence (Felter and Lloyd, p. 1750; Priest and Priest, p. 107; British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 197)
Strychnos ignatii (toxic): atonic reproductive disorders, impotence (Felter and Lloyd, p. 1044)
Strychnos nux vomica (toxic): associated with atony (Felter and Lloyd, p. 1316)
complementary herbs
footnotes