02-12-2011, 10:05 PM
Hi sfita,
I use fenugreek myself. In my experience, it stops ED symptoms. Fenugreek was not tested in this study, but another diosgenin containing herb, wild yam, was. What intrigues me is this sentence: "None of the saliva from women reporting consumption of diosgenin containing herbs was found to possess any progesterone bioactivity despite high levels of PR-binding components in some of them (20%-30%)."
So what prevents ED? Is it really necessary to have progesterone bioactivity, or is binding to the progesterone receptor sufficient? I did find other literature reporting higher levels of progesterone in serum after fenugreek use. When in of doubt, believe blood testing, not saliva testing.
I have used red clover for only a limited time period ten years ago, and I drink no more than two cups of licorice or mint-licorice tea a day. I did go up to eight cups of fennel seed tea a day in June, and that caused symptoms of progesterone dominance. You can try it for yourself. I still have a bag of powdered fennel seed just in case, but I suffered ED just once in the last five months, and just increasing fenugreek helped.
I use fenugreek myself. In my experience, it stops ED symptoms. Fenugreek was not tested in this study, but another diosgenin containing herb, wild yam, was. What intrigues me is this sentence: "None of the saliva from women reporting consumption of diosgenin containing herbs was found to possess any progesterone bioactivity despite high levels of PR-binding components in some of them (20%-30%)."
So what prevents ED? Is it really necessary to have progesterone bioactivity, or is binding to the progesterone receptor sufficient? I did find other literature reporting higher levels of progesterone in serum after fenugreek use. When in of doubt, believe blood testing, not saliva testing.
I have used red clover for only a limited time period ten years ago, and I drink no more than two cups of licorice or mint-licorice tea a day. I did go up to eight cups of fennel seed tea a day in June, and that caused symptoms of progesterone dominance. You can try it for yourself. I still have a bag of powdered fennel seed just in case, but I suffered ED just once in the last five months, and just increasing fenugreek helped.