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| Reference #: | 463 |
| Submit Date: | 19 Jan 2003 |
| Browse Category: | aphrodisiac |
| Author: | none |
| Email Address: | none |
| Treatment used: | sea horse |
| You can buy this remedy at: | your local chineses herbalist |
| Remedy will cost you: | a ounce of dried sea horse |
| Country of Remedy: | china |
| Remedy Source: | US News & World Report, !-20-2003, p 66. |
| More Links about this Remedy: | http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/earth/stories/s36905.htm |
| # Comments posted to this remedy: | 0 |
| Complaints Reported: | 0 |
| # of times remedy read: | 15,271 |
| Dosage Info: | |
| Typical Dosage: | unknown |
| Dosage should be related to weight: | unknown |
| Dosages used in clinical trials are significant: | unknown |
| Maximum dosages in relation to side effects and serious side effects: | unknown |
| Other foods/nutrients/medications that can affect absorption or utilization: | unknown |
| Foods that provide the nutrient recommended as a remedy (or reference giving same): | unknown |
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| Total # reviewers: | 0 |
| Average Rating: | 0.00 |
| Effectiveness: | 0.00 |
| No Side Effects: | 0.00 |
| Ease of Use: | 0.00 |
| Effective after long term use: | 0.00 |
| Cost Effectiveness: | 0.00 |
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Traditional chinese medicine uses dried sea horses as a cure sexual
dysfunction. However, sea horses have been recently listed by the UN as a Endagered Species. Sea horses are believed to lower cholesterok , cure incontinence, asthma, skin disease, and help mend broken bones. The roman historian Pliny the ELder recorded their use for leprosy and baldness. More than 25 millin sea horses are caught dried and sold for use in traditional chinese medicine and as decorative curios, or sold live to acquiriums worldwide. Sea horses sell for as US acquarium pets. They are also as dried curios in USA Michaels sotres. Sea Horse populations have plunged 15% to 50% from 1990 to 1995 and continue to decline, says Amanda Vincent, worlds leading expert on sea horses. Consequnetly, the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) will require all 160 CITES signatories to measure their sea horse catch, then set export quotas to procted threatened species. CITES may also require minimum size limts and encourage countries to set up marine sanctuaries. About 95% of the sea horse catch go to chinese apothecaries. According to Amanda Vincent shippments of seahorses to asian ports rose from 40 metric tons in 1995 to 70 metric tons in 2000. In the Philippine village of Handumon, the sea horse catch has declined 70% from 1985 to 1995. Sea horses mate for life. The female also impregnates the male. He fertilizes the eggs, and later gives birth to 1,500 baby sea horses. Their terrority is small, they usally stay in one square meter or to a single "holdfast". So when a diver captures a partner, it can take months for the remaining partner to find another mate. Research funded by Viagras maker, Pfizer, on apothecaries in Hong Kong, has found a 4.5% decline in sea horse sales, after Viagras introduction. However, Chinese prefer herbs to pills, so viagra will not save the sea horse. Editor: However, their are herbal alternatives to dried sea horses used for sexual dysfunction: yohimbe bark and egyptian blue lotus flower. which are effective and cost considerably less than viagra. Research also has to be done as to why the seahorses are effective remedies. more links on seahorses... http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/seahorse/ http://www.cnn.com/TECH/science/9812/28/project.seahorse/ http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/earth/stories/s36905.htm |
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