Tongkat Ali?

It has given me more energy and has made my morning erections more powerful so far…

From my experience with tongkat ali and herbs in general I’d like to stress two aspects:

- cycle tongkat ali - prefer short cycles (such as 5 on 3 off)

- take the smallest dose possible which brings results and stick to that - don’t try to build up for the sake of it. More is often less, and vice-versa ;)

I have been on this product, cycling it, for the past three months. I do not notice any detrimental side-effects, but was curious to hear others reports that have used this product for a year or more?

I am trying to track down a weird symptom I am having (Only when working out at the gym). My ears are popping, like I have pressure on my sinuses in my head. Wondering if this may be the cause.

- Thanks!

I get Tonkat Ali and Tribulus mix at Buy Tongkat Ali, L-Arginine, L-Dopa, HGH & Weight Loss Pills - 50:1, price is right, taste (powder form) is horrible - but I’m about to wear my wife out! The T/A Trib stuff is used with Viagra and Magna Rx - and hard-core pumping - all this in treatment for severe advanced ED.

Seems to work, just ask my wife.. ;)

Yes that Tongkat Ali/Tribulus mix is an excellent product. TASTES awful, I mix it with black coffee.

I’ve had that happen to me before, and I’m not on any of this stuff. Don’t know what causes it though. And it happens only in the gym. Weird.

Maybe it has something to do with the cooling/heating system at the gym.

I’m interested to hear about the positive results you might have noticed in the gym. And how much are you taking. It is supposed to work by raising free testosterone levels. I haven’t used it in months ($$$$) but am thinking about getting some as a sports supp.

Definite plus at the gym. Allows me to stay focused to the tasks at hand. I have a trainer, and he has me switching from core to strength training back and forth upping the intensity as I reach levels.

I was cycling 1 pill (100:1) in the morning & one at night(Sometimes before & sometimes after the gym) for 5 days & 2 off. It builds up in your system, so I don’t think it is critical when you take it. I now am trying a less is more approach, taking only 1 per day.

Still pretty effective.

I know this is an old thread, but I thought I would post this link to a website that lists legitimate sellers and also does a price comparison, since there are so many people out there selling garbage.

Tongkat Ali Reviews

beyond a century. I know the stuff is legit, because it tastes like ASS.

I have a very low sex drive, if any at all. I have never morning wood, and I’m only 26.

A month ago, I ate tongkat and horny goat weed. I had more energy and was more difficult to fall asleep and maybe a bit more sex drive.

Now I have started eating horny goat weed again, because I thought that was what made the difference but I notice nothing. So now I have ordered tongkat again. I hope it can give me more energy, libido and better erections.

From wikipedia, Horny Goat Weed is a >very< weak PDE-5 inhibiter - iirc 100x less effective. Thus primarily useful for those who don’t have access to the usual ED meds, or perhaps need just a tiny boost.

The problems with Tongkat include that it’s very much in demand thus expensive; peer-reviewed tests of its efficacy are pretty much non-existent; the active component(s) aren’t really known; the stated extraction ratio must be taken on faith; and the nearest to a reputable supplier is UD Sumatra Pasak Bumi - the POM number on the bottle does appear on the Indonesian Dept. Of Health site, and the caps are each marked with their ID. Oh, there are unscrupulous sellers who lace the brown powder with a bit of a usual PDE5 inhibitor, thus convincing the customer they’re selling the good stuff.

The early lab-rat studies suggested that about a gram per kg of weight seemed to increase libido. UD Sumatra suggests 1500 mg of their “200:1” extract daily. I’ve been using much more than that and they haven’t had to lash me to a pole to keep me from attacking any female lab rats that wander by. I keep using the stuff because it seems to be useful, but that’s the definition of ‘placebo effect’. My free and total testosterone are okay for an old guy but I failed to take my own advice: “get your testosterone measured before beginning to throw money at this thing”. (Note there’s a large diurnal variation in testosterone, so have your blood drawn about the same time of day each time.)

Someone said eurycoma longifolia root powder is the most intensely bitter thing they’ve ever tasted. None of the ones I’ve tasted are particularly bitter, but perhaps they purposely control the extract in that regard.

Nice post CharlenPaul.

I’ve been experimenting with all different suppliers. Recently some 1:200 from Ebay. Stuff is junk.

My simple test. If I can handle it on my tongue and swallow it without gagging, it’s not good quality.

The brand I mentioned, beyond a century longjack 100 is the real deal. You HAVE to parachute it. The stuff is vile as hell and if you do 2 doses of it, you start to feel agitated. When you have set, when your partner touches your cock, it feels like you have a new cock. I’m 43 and a year ago had sex 3x in one day with completion.

There’s a lot of junk out there as far as tongkat ali.

Anybody has ever analyzed the stuff that is sold as tongkat ali? There could be anything in it, from yohimbina to testosterone undecanoate.