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Yohimbine should not be confused with yohimbe [4] but often is. [5]Yohimbe is the common English name for the tree species P. johimbe (also called Corynanthe johimbe) and, by extension, the name of a medicinal preparation made from the bark of that tree, sold as an aphrodisiac. [6]
Extracts from yohimbe bark are used in West African traditional medicine in the belief that it is a herbal tonic and aphrodisiac. [2] [3] Yohimbe bark and extract are used in manufactured dietary supplements, but there is no scientific evidence they have any effect, and yohimbine levels may vary substantially among supplement products. [2] [3]
Rauwolscine, also known as isoyohimbine, α-yohimbine, and corynanthidine, is an alkaloid found in various species within the genera Rauvolfia and Corynanthe (including Pausinystalia). [1]
Corynanthine acts as an α 1-adrenergic and α 2-adrenergic receptor antagonist with approximately 10-fold selectivity for the former site over the latter. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This is in contrast to yohimbine and rauwolscine which have around 30-fold higher affinity for the α 2 -adrenergic receptor over the α 1 -adrenergic receptor.
ExtenZe packaging . ExtenZe is an herbal nutritional supplement claiming to promote "natural male enhancement", a euphemism for penis enlargement. [1] ExtenZe paid $6 million to settle a class-action false advertising lawsuit in 2010.
Urine therapy or urotherapy, (also urinotherapy, Shivambu, [a] uropathy, or auto-urine therapy) in alternative medicine is the application of human urine for medicinal or cosmetic purposes, including drinking of one's own urine and massaging one's skin, or gums, with one's own urine.
An Indian man smoking through a hookah, Rajasthan, India.. A hookah (also see other names), [1] [2] [3] shisha, [3] or waterpipe [3] is a single- or multi-stemmed instrument for heating or vaporizing and then smoking either tobacco, flavored tobacco (often muʽassel), or sometimes cannabis, hashish and opium. [3]
India, officially the Republic of India, [j] [20] is a country in South Asia.It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous country from June 2023 onwards; [21] [22] and since its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.