Comment · Sat, October 10, 2020 · ND Owner
Tongkat Ali and Libido
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clementehling · 11 points
Am I the only one on whom Tongkat Ali has no or very little effect on libido?
I started taking Tongkat 10% a week ago and I have good effects on stamina and a little bit on confidence but nothing on libido.
I even feel like I had a better libido before I took it.
It's a good point for me because I practice nofap but I still wanted some advice.
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xyz679 · 1 points
It's cheaper than any other source out there, though... Why is it not a good value?
Yeah I mean there of course isn't anyone selling it at a better value than you but I just mean relatively to the 10% pills the 2% powder is actually more expensive per amount of eurycomanone and then ofc I would imagine if the 10% extract was available in powder jars it would be significantly better value than pills due to the costs of making those vs the powder which for me really offer no benefit over powder and only extra cost. I would really like 10% powder so that I could get the best bang for my buck and not waste any money on pills when I'd much rather toss it into capsules myself.
Sure, but eurycomanone is not the only active compound. It's just the best one to use as a marker compound in tongkat. Taking 10mg of eurycomanone will not feel the same as taking 100mg of a 10% extract.
Yeah I know, have you tried it pure actually? I wonder what the effects are like, it would no doubt be different but maybe it would still be an interesting product? Would be cool if you can try it and see how it compares and if the price of the synthetic pure eurycomanone vs effects would make sense as a standalone product... Or even an enriched 2% extract? Mix the 2% extract with pure erycomanone and then you have a much cheaper 10% or w/e extract but with the peripheral effects still, assuming of c…
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Yeah I mean there of course isn't anyone selling it at a better value than you but I just mean relatively to the 10% pills the 2% powder is actually more expensive per amount of eurycomanone and then ofc I would imagine if the 10% extract was available in powder jars it would be significantly better value than pills due to the costs of making those vs the powder which for me really offer no benefit over powder and only extra cost. I would really like 10% powder so that I could get the best bang for my buck and not waste any money on pills when I'd much rather toss it into capsules myself.
If eurycomanone was the only active, I would agree. That's just the marker compound, though. There is a lot in tongkat that has benefits.
Yeah I know, have you tried it pure actually?
No, I have not personally tried pure synthetic eurycomanone. I suppose I could do a test with it, though.
Would be cool if you can try it and see how it compares and if the price of the synthetic pure eurycomanone vs effects would make sense as a standalone product... Or even an enriched 2% extract? Mix the 2% extract with pure erycomanone and then you have a much cheaper 10% or w/e extract but with the peripheral effects still, assuming of course synthesizing it could be done cheap. What do you think?
It will be nowhere near the same price. Synthesizing pure eurycomanone is very expensive. It would make more sense to do a more potent extract. We can certainly go higher than 10%. That's just where I drew the line on ridiculousness. We could double it or more if we wanted to. Hell, we could probably do a fractioned extract of 98% eurycomanone. It would just be very expensive, and you would only be getting part of the effects of tongkat.