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The Viagra Alternative
The Complete Guide to Overcoming Erectile Dysfunction Naturally
Marc Bonnard, M.D., Healing Arts Press, 1999
(Dr. Bonnard devoted two and half pages discussing NuMAN, now known as
BetterMAN®. This book is available at 800-246-8648.)
NuMAN is the name of an herbal product introduced to the U.S. market
in May 1998, but its formula has been used for more than fifty years in
China. Peipei Wu Wishnow, Ph.D., founder of Interceuticals of Marblehead,
Massachusetts, initiated the sale of NuMAN in this country. A research
scientist, Wu Wishnow was born in China where she learned to prepare traditional
remedies.
NuMAN consists of eighteen pure, natural Chinese herbs. These nonprescription
capsules are based on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theories. The
practice of this type of medicine began about 5,000 years ago in the Sheng
Nung period in China. The TCM approach considers the body a whole entity,
with each part inseparable from another. The pills are manufactured in
China under Good Manufacturing Practice conditions and sold in the United
States in health food stores, pharmacies, or by mail order.
In NuMAN, two active herbs are Wu Wei Zi, a dried fruit, and Yin Yang
Huo, a dried plant. The first has a protective effect on the liver and
may improve mental functions and antagonize the central convulsive effects
of caffeine. It also has a direct stimulating effect on the respiratory
center and has a potent sperm-stimulating effect. The second herb, Yin
Yang Huo, works primarily on the cardiovascular system. It lowers blood
pressure and is reputed to have a sexually stimulating effect on males.
It can stimulate development of the prostate, testes, and anus rector
muscle. Both herbs are considered relatively nontoxic. Some patients may
experience some gastrointestinal disturbances, such as nausea and vomiting,
or occasional dryness of the mouth. NuMAN is recommended primarily for
men older than forty.
Forty-five New England men recently took part in a marketing survey after
taking three twenty-day cycles of the capsules; each cycle was followed
by three days without the pills. Forty-five percent of the participants
were between forty-one and fifty years of age; five percent were older
than seventy-one. Seven parameters were measured: erection length; overall
sex life satisfaction; partial or full erections when stimulated; ejaculations
occurring at appropriate time; firmness of erections for intercourse;
level of sex drive; and felt sex drive.
The results of this survey were thoroughly positive. Seventy percent
of the participants stated that the supplement improved either their sexual
or urinary functions. Sixty percent said NuMAN improved their sexual functions,
and 25 percent, only their urinary functions. Fifty-eight percent said
their erections lasted as long as they wished, and 54 percent expressed
an overall satisfaction with their sex life. Ninety percent expressed
the intention to keep taking the product. No one reported any ill side
effects.
A recent survey in China of the product showed that among five thousand
men who took the capsules, 95 percent experienced varying degrees of improvement
in sexual performance; 75 percent reported high satisfaction. In a small
survey of fifty-six, 85 percent reported improvement in urination patterns.
No unpleasant side effects have ever been noted in China after fifty years
of the productÍs use. Ongoing human and animal studies are being performed,
although no additional results are yet available. The U.S. study is important
because a product that works for Chinese men does not necessarily work
for American or European men due to variations in lifestyle, diet, and
weight.
The recommended dosage in one 0.9g capsule taken twice a day, before
breakfast and following dinner, for twenty days, followed by a three-day
break. Results are cumulative and usually require more than one cycle.
For best results, men should repeat three consecutive cycles. After this,
one cycle per month should be followed by a ten-day break.
 
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