21-04-2013, 19:30
(This post was last modified: 21-04-2013, 23:42 by surferjoe2007.)
Most studies are done for 2-4 months. I forget but I think the one for fertility took 4 months.
Note that prolactin and estrogen, commonly imitated in NBE herbs, will cause male infertility by shutting down the pituitary. I doubt any amount of maca will change that. 1,000 mg or more 100:1 tongkat ali extract might help by partly blocking them in the pituitary but I doubt that will be enough until the influx of prolactin and estrogen stops. The best way is to stop taking in the estrogen, and to both stop taking in the prolactin and to counteract its lingering effects with a prolactin blocker or a source of dopamine. Vitex at 500 mg and above blocks prolactin. Mucuna pruriens at 5-10 grams (or an extract with about 100-400 mg L-Dopa) provides L-dopa which becomes dopamine. Don't get 98-99% L-Dopa MP extracts because MP contains more than L-Dopa and L-Dopa alone can create imbalance issues with mental chemicals. If you take both vitex and MP you might not need as much MP. Too much MP can cause problems for some people, but it's not as bad as pure L-Dopa and IIRC pure L-Dopa is now an over the counter drug.
Note that prolactin and estrogen, commonly imitated in NBE herbs, will cause male infertility by shutting down the pituitary. I doubt any amount of maca will change that. 1,000 mg or more 100:1 tongkat ali extract might help by partly blocking them in the pituitary but I doubt that will be enough until the influx of prolactin and estrogen stops. The best way is to stop taking in the estrogen, and to both stop taking in the prolactin and to counteract its lingering effects with a prolactin blocker or a source of dopamine. Vitex at 500 mg and above blocks prolactin. Mucuna pruriens at 5-10 grams (or an extract with about 100-400 mg L-Dopa) provides L-dopa which becomes dopamine. Don't get 98-99% L-Dopa MP extracts because MP contains more than L-Dopa and L-Dopa alone can create imbalance issues with mental chemicals. If you take both vitex and MP you might not need as much MP. Too much MP can cause problems for some people, but it's not as bad as pure L-Dopa and IIRC pure L-Dopa is now an over the counter drug.