Effectiveness and safety of herbal medicine for impotency

The aim of the study was to find out the effect of different natural herbal products on patients having impotence of unknown cause. A descriptive study. This study was conducted from January,2002 to December, 2003 in SOPD of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi. This was hospital base study conducted in 50 patients of age ranging from 25-60 years attending Surgical Out Patients Department [SOPD] of Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, Karachi. The catchments area of hospital is mostly the district central Karachi with poor socio-economic status of the patients. The subjects included in the study were married active and healthy men. All individuals were proper clinical history along with examinations was recorded on proforma. Some specific investigations were done to rule out any cause of impotence and side effects were also recorded. Data collected was analyzed by statistical tests. The results were analyzed which showed that out of 50 patients 39 [78.0%] got benefit from the product, 08 [16%] had improvement in their symptoms while 03 [06%] had no improvement at all. These products Anacardium occidental, Asparagus descends, Cureuligo orchiodes, Orchis mascula and Macuna pruriens are natural herbal products gather in capsule known as Successor, which can be safely given to the patients having impotence of unknown cause. It has also been observed that there was some increased in sperm count on semen analysis seen in oligospermia cases. It can results in increase the motility and sperm count