Epimedium/Icariin - hard to find sources that aren't crap
I don't know about the others on this board, but I've tried for years to find an epimedium with a respectable amount of icariin that wasn't total garbage. I have never, ever found a 10 or 20-percent concentration that did a DAMN thing in the way of PDE5 inhibition, and or nitric oxide response.
I recently bought some Powder City 40% icariin, and I swear it's tribulus. It's IDENTICAL to my Liftmode tribulus in appearance, taste, texture and smell. I took 3x the dosage and didn't really get any noticeable results.
That's disappointing, because not only is icariin a potent natural PDE-5 inhibitor (or so I'm told by people who have had LEGIT 98%) but it's also a documented testosterone mimetic and has some androgenic benefit.
From what I've learned about epimedium, the higher the concentration of icariin, the more pale and/or yellow it is. The shitty, low-grade stuff is brown like tribulus and gets paler as the concentration increases. The supposed 40% from Powder City is brown as dirt. But I happened to check yesterday and Swanson just started carrying a 50% icariin, which is a huge surprise.
They had pictures of the capsules, and sure enough, it's to the yellowish side, suggesting it's most likely legit. It's on sale for $19.95 right now, which is a steal if it's really 50%.
10 grams of 98% will run you around $90.
The suggested dosage on the 98% is 30mg, 3x daily, for a total of 90mg per day.
Swanson sells you 30, 300mg capsules. If it's roughly half the strength of the 98%, the math would make sense. The order is in, we'll just have to wait and see what it does, if anything.
Who around here has tried an icariin-based product that was legit?
Epimedium/Icariin - hard to find sources that aren't crap
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Originally Posted by
WesleyInman
This was definitively 98% grade. If you inspected the caps...and I did..they were bright yellow..super high quality. Plus it had DAA and some other goodies in it.
The cockstrong was better then Cialis imo. I would hands down choose it over it. It had far superior results for me and I have a script for Cialis. I do love cialis. Cialis is prob easier to get then 98% legit epimedium. Thing is..cockstrong was $30 bucks for 30 caps. Compared to Cialis, if you dont have health insurance it is 30 bucks for a 20mg caps, unless of course you use "altnernate" means to acquire it.
So cockstrong was superior and legal. Cialis script is solid alternative of course. Levitra too.
Is pn going to bring back c*ck strong?? I'd love to give it a go..
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Epimedium/Icariin - hard to find sources that aren't crap
Thanks for the info.. Sucks the pharm companies can just crush anyone they feel is a threat. Bogus!!
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Epimedium/Icariin - hard to find sources that aren't crap
Amazon has some^^. Claims 98%. By lift mode.
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