La Maca : un aphrodisiaque efficace ?

[Makaka]

Qui connait cette plante originaire du Perou ?

Au niveau des effets elle serait entre la DHEA et le Viagra mais c'est du 100% naturel.

Elle lutterait contre la fatigue physique, la fatigue mentale, la dépression...

Y'a meme une petite equipe de foot peruvienne qui l'a utilisé avec succès...

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Vos avis ?

[Plasma]

ça me rapelle un sujet que j'avais posté sur une plante miracle d'Amérique du Sud. Faudrait que je fasse un up pour voir si c'était la même.

[Ori]

Au niveau des effets elle serait entre la DHEA et le Viagra mais c'est du 100% naturel.

C'est délicat d'aller s'entrainer en salle après .

[Alban]

Rapidement, sur pubmed j'ai trouvé des études qui disent que c'est bon pour la fertilité masculine, mais que ça ne joue pas sur les niveaus hormonaux...

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Asian J Androl. 2001 Dec;3(4):301-3.

Lepidium meyenii (Maca) improved semen parameters in adult men.

Gonzales GF, Cordova A, Gonzales C, Chung A, Vega K, Villena A.

Department of Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Philosophy and Instituto de Investigaciones de la Altura, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. iiad@upch.edu.pe

AIM: The present study was designed to determine the effect of a 4-month oral treatment with tablets of Lepidium meyenii (Maca) on seminal analysis in nine adult normal men aged 24-44 years old. METHODS: Nine men received tablets of Maca (1500 or 3000 mg/day) for 4 months. Seminal analysis was performed according to guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO). Serum luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), prolactin (PRL), testosterone (T) and estradiol (E2) were measured before and after treatment. RESULTS: Treatment with Maca resulted in increased seminal volume, sperm count per ejaculum, motile sperm count, and sperm motility. Serum hormone levels were not modified with Maca treatment. Increase of sperm count was not related to dose of Maca. CONCLUSION: Maca improved sperm production and sperm motility by mechanisms not related to LH, FSH, PRL, T and E2.

PMID: 11753476 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]



J Endocrinol. 2003 Jan;176(1):163-8.

Effect of Lepidium meyenii (Maca), a root with aphrodisiac and fertility-enhancing properties, on serum reproductive hormone levels in adult healthy men.

Gonzales GF, Cordova A, Vega K, Chung A, Villena A, Gonez C.

Instituto de Investigaciones de la Altura, and Department of Biological and Physiological Sciences (Faculty of Sciences and Philosophy), Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, PO 1843, Lima, Peru.

Lepidium meyenii (Maca) is a Peruvian hypocotyl that grows exclusively between 4000 and 4500 m in the central Andes. Maca is traditionally employed in the Andean region for its supposed aphrodisiac and/or fertility-enhancing properties. This study was a 12-week double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized, parallel trial in which active treatment with different doses of Maca Gelatinizada was compared with a placebo. The study aimed to test the hypothesis that Maca has no effect on serum reproductive hormone levels in apparently healthy men when administered in doses used for aphrodisiac and/or fertility-enhancing properties. Men aged between 21 and 56 Years received 1500 mg or 3000 mg Maca. Serum levels of luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, prolactin, 17-alpha hydroxyprogesterone, testosterone and 17-beta estradiol were measured before and at 2, 4, 8 and 12 weeks of treatment with placebo or Maca (1.5 g or 3.0 g per day). Data showed that compared with placebo Maca had no effect on any of the hormones studied nor did the hormones show any changes over time. Multiple regression analysis showed that serum testosterone levels were not affected by treatment with Maca at any of the times studied (P, not significant). In conclusion, treatment with Maca does not affect serum reproductive hormone levels.

Publication Types:

* Clinical Trial
* Randomized Controlled Trial


PMID: 12525260 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]



Je n'ai rien vu au sujet de la fatigue / dépression. Donc, pour moi, pas d'intérêt a priori.

[Nicky75018]

Le Maca est bon aphrodisiaque naturel mais sur le moyen terme.
Pour les impatients, le miel aphrodisiaque me semble plus approprié.
Enfin l'huile de sangsue peut être utilisée mais uniquement en usage externe.