They are all scams to improve men's "fighting power"

Sexual health products mainly refer to "male health products". They do not refer to drugs that claim to instantly enhance male sexual ability and increase sexual pleasure, but rather drugs that can achieve the effect of "strengthening male sexual function and benefiting the kidneys" and even enhance physical fitness through long-term use.

From soup ingredients, oral liquids to foot basins, the variety of sexual health products around us is amazing. However, what is perhaps more amazing is the absurd theoretical foundation on which these health and wellness buildings are built.

Most sexual health products stem from a misunderstanding of kidney function

There are many causes of male sexual dysfunction, such as drugs, endocrine problems, vascular diseases, psychological factors, or long-term high blood sugar levels due to diseases such as diabetes, which can cause sympathetic neuropathy and lead to sexual dysfunction. However, according to traditional Chinese medicine, the main reason is "kidney deficiency". Therefore, tonifying the kidneys has always been a major means of strengthening yang in traditional Chinese medicine. Not only is eating animal kidneys believed to benefit the kidneys and strengthen yang, but even foods that look similar to kidneys, such as red beans, are believed to have a kidney-tonifying effect.

Modern medicine tells us that the kidneys do not have a direct impact on sexual function just because they are close to the prostate. The function of the kidneys is to remove metabolic waste from the body, regulate the body's electrolyte and acid-base balance, secrete hormones, and regulate blood pressure, etc. Indulgence will not harm the kidneys, and kidney tonification will not have any effect on sexual ability. Even if a person has problems with kidney function, or suffers from nephritis, kidney stones and other diseases, it will not cause sexual dysfunction. Unless it is in the stage of kidney failure or uremia, it is possible to cause sexual dysfunction due to abnormal hormone secretion, use of blood pressure regulating drugs, etc. Therefore, any health products that combine kidney tonification with aphrodisiac effects, or claim to achieve the purpose of aphrodisiac effects by tonifying the kidneys, can be regarded as a scam.

"Scientific health products" are also deceptive

Of course, the various sexual health products on the market are no longer so primitive. Various products that are advertised to be purified and refined with modern technology are emerging in an endless stream, such as American ginseng oral liquid, cordyceps lozenges and the other old three. In addition, there are "ant products" such as Yilishen, or special nutrients claimed to be extracted from seahorses, "active ingredients" extracted from certain trees or certain grasses, etc. Because they are covered with a high-tech coat, these health products are very misleading. However, as long as you remember that "tonifying the kidneys cannot improve sexual performance", you can avoid being fooled by a large number of these products.

The nutrients that the human body obtains through food are nothing more than water, carbohydrates (sugar), protein, fat, vitamins, dietary fiber, and trace elements. It is enough for a healthy person to obtain these nutrients, and these nutrients can almost all be provided by a McDonald's meal plus a glass of milk, without the need for special supplements. Moreover, the human body is similar to a closed system. After food is eaten, it is first converted into these nutrients and then absorbed and consumed by the human body, rather than the donkey penis being directly absorbed by the genitals or the pig ears being directly absorbed by the human ears. In other words, from a nutritional point of view, whether you eat bird's nest, cordyceps, ginseng or cabbage, its function is nothing more than to provide the human body with carbohydrates, amino acids, dietary fiber, vitamins and trace elements such as calcium, iron, potassium, etc. After the digestive system breaks down and absorbs these nutrients, the remaining things (which can be called "digestive residues") are either excreted from the body or remain in the body such as mercury, lead, etc., and cause harm to health after long-term accumulation.

So is it possible that the “digestive residues” of precious supplements contain substances that can enhance sexual performance? No matter how much the sellers of bird's nest products and cordyceps products boast about the scientific evidence for their aphrodisiac effects, science has not yet proven that they can actually enhance male potency.

So why do many health supplements seem to be effective?

The most common reason is probably the placebo effect. As the saying goes, "heart disease needs heart medicine", sexual function depends to a large extent on the psychological state. If a person firmly believes that the health products he takes can enhance sexual ability, then just because of this psychological suggestion, generally speaking, it is likely to produce a significant improvement in sexual ability in the short term. A century or two ago, stimulating drinks such as coffee and whiskey were common "medicines" used by Western doctors to promote marital relationships. Because they made the users excited and energetic, people naturally mistakenly believed that this would also promote sexual excitement. But now people believe that they have only negative effects on sex, because caffeine stimulates the sympathetic nerves, while the nighttime physiology, erections, and other sex-related parts are controlled by the parasympathetic nerves. When the sympathetic nerves are excited, the parasympathetic nerves are suppressed.

Secondly, due to the chaos in the market, ineffective health products can get away with it by adding sex hormones. For example, many sexual health products secretly add Viagra to achieve the effect of helping with erections. The most well-known example of adding Viagra is the now-collapsed Yilishen health product.

In short, instead of buying sexual health products, it is better to go to a regular hospital and listen to what the doctor says.