Barrenwort (Epimedium Grandiflorum) Liquid Extract 4 Oz (120ml)

Epimedium is also known as Rowdy Lamb Herb, Barrenwort, Bishop's Hat, Fairy Wings, Horny Goat Weed, or Yin Yang Huo. This plant has bright red stems with green heart shaped leaves which are slightly hairy on the bottom. It is an ivy-like ground shrub of the higher and drier areas of China and Tibet. The name of the herb in Mandarin, yin yang huo, roughly corresponds to "weed for licentious goat." Legend has it that a goat herder discovered the properties of epimedium by observing his billy goats' uncontrollable sexual appetites after they grazed on the herb. Barrenwort has aphrodisiac characteristics due to the presence of icariin, which can be found in standardized extracts from 5% up to 60% potent. Icariin is purported to work by increasing levels of nitric oxide, which relax smooth muscle.