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Treatment of PE - Herbs and vitamins

Men seeking relief from premature ejaculation have options, a number of them being found in the areas of herbal and vitamin therapies. Practitioners of Chinese and Indian medicine (known as Ayurdvedic), African herbalists, and traditional healers from a wide range of cultures have many centuries of knowledge regarding the use of herbal medicines to treat a wide variety of medical problems and to promote optimum health and functioning. Many of the maladies and conditions common to human beings have cures that have been known by herbalists for many centuries. The condition of premature ejaculation is no exception to this. Such ingredients 5-HTP, kava kava, damiana, cornus floida, cuscuta, schisandra, and epimedium are just a few of the herbs used in herbal treatment of premature ejaculation.

Of course, most herbal formulas created to treat premature ejaculation are combinations of various herbs. Particular combinations of herbs produce higher effects. Knowledgeable herbalists can give you particular combinations that enhance each ingredient to give you the results you want. Getting an expertly blended herbal remedy can help reduce the suffering of premature ejaculation.

The most prominent benefit from using herbs to treat premature ejaculation is the ability to avoid drugs. Many drugs have side effects, some of them unpleasant and some of them even dangerous. For example, a class of antidepressants known as SSRIs -- which includes Prozac, Paxil and Zoloft have shown some evidence that they can delay ejaculation. However, these well known anti-depressent drugs also have known serious side effects. One of those side effects being decreased sexual desire and performance. Herbal remedies promise treatment for premature ejaculation without harsh drugs.

Herbs work in several ways. In a way, sexual health can be seen as a sort of 'barometer' of overall systemic and psychological health. Men who are healthy, fit and confident about themselves and about life usually report a vigorous and satisfying sex life, no matter what their age. In many cases, sexual dysfunction or sluggish sexual responses may be caused by poor systemic health, stress, the build up of toxins and unhealthy lifestyles. Simple herbal remedies or basic vitamin intake can increase general health and thus help with premature ejaculation. In addition, vitamins that promote general health and energy, such as the B vitamins and trace minerals, also will help with premature ejaculation.

In addition to this indirect or secondary therapies, there are direct therapies where specific herbs target the specific problems of premature ejaculation. For example in some areas of East Asia, SS Cream (a combination of nine herbal ingredients) has been shown to desensitize the penis, decrease the vibratory threshold, and help men with premature ejaculation to significantly delay their ejaculatory response. Unfortunately, SS Cream is not yet approved by the FDA here in the United States. Other herbal remedies are available however.

Combined with behavioral and mechanical techniques such as the Semans pause maneuver, or the Masters and Johnson pause-squeeze technique, herbal treatments can help with premature ejaculation symptoms. Such techniques are harmless, painless, and have high success rates ranging from 60% to 95%.