Ginger: friend or foe ?

I’ve read many posts here by posters saying that ginger is good for penis health. So I went into googling its benefits. Indeed I’ve found some good effects from it regarding it’s anti-inflammatory actions. But I also found a study in which ginger suppressed PGE2 and Nitric Oxide which are our friends when it comes to erection. So what is your take on it ?

There a couple of studies which state that ginger inhibits nitric oxide , one of them is this one : Anti-inflammatory properties of red ginger (Zingiber officinale var. Rubra) extract and suppression of nitric oxide production by its constituents - PubMed

"Anti-inflammatory properties of red ginger (Zingiber officinale var. Rubra) extract and suppression of nitric oxide production by its constituents."

Thank you. This is news to me.

I don’t know. I can say that sometimes I’ll drink a ginger cayenne tea concoction, and I have better EQ if I stay with it for 3 or 4 days. Can’t say if that’s the ginger, the combination, or placebo.

I’ve read a few things that said it increases peripheral circulation, which would be good for erections. I won’t be using it though if it suppresses NO2.

Well this would dispute all those asian beliefs that ginger is a male potency enhancer. Some people paying thousands of dollars just to acquire well aged unique strains of it.

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Not necessarily. Nitric oxide is just one part of the process of an erection. If it hurt that part a little, but had a huge benefit for other parts, it could still very well be an erection booster.

Nitric oxide stimulates cGMP synthesis. All erection drugs like viagra work by inhibiting the degradation of cGMP by interfering with phosphodiesterase. So how come it could be an erection booster if it suppress nitric oxide , the base of erection process ?

You know, when I read the title I thought you were talking about red heads.

http://www.lieb ertonline.com/d … 9/jmf.2009.1084

This is also red ginger which is only one strain of ginger available. Every strain will have different qualities, just look at marijuana.

Inducible activity of ginger rhizome (Zingiber offifinale Rosc.) on the mRNA expression of macrophage-inducible nitric oxide (NO) synthase and NO production in a macrophage cell line, RAW264.7 cells - PubMed <— This study finds one type of ginger induces NO production over a 2-24 hour time span.

The peptide pt-141 does not work via that pathway yet is a potent erection booster.

The three prescription meds commonly prescribed for ED are pde5 inhibitors, but to assume that that is the only way to ‘boost’ an erection is incorrect. I agree that if ginger could suppress nitric oxide to any major degree (70-90%) then none of its other properties would matter one bit. But is that the case? Very doubtful.

Also, the study only refers to RAW264 cells (aka Leukemic Monocytes, whatever they are) in regards to NO and PGE2 inhibition.

Almost every cell in the body would be affected somehow and I’m sure they would all act in their own unique way.

Oh god, I thought this was going to be a thread about redheads with porcelain white skin.

I never looked into the ginger part of the cayenne/ginger supplement but, I always thought of the ginger as helping calm the fire that the cayenne produced.

Lately I have just taken the cayenne half, along with L-arginine and get a very noticeable increase in night and morning wood and EQ levels.

http://www.goog le.ro/#hl=ro&q= … 4aae47cde4a4417

Just look at how many sources state that gingerol(the compound found in ginger) inhibits nitric oxide production in a variety of cell types. They can’t be all wrong, right?

Big disappointment, eh? :)

I’m all for them!