Testosterone boosting
I have been investigating clinics that offer testosterone replacement therapy but am concerned about possible side-effects that my doctor has warned me of. Is there any alternative way of increasing testosterone in the body without taking drugs?
The single most effective natural agent that works to raise testoerone levels in the body is the Eastern European herb, Tribulus Terrestris - but for maximum potency, you must make sure any supplement you use is made from the leaves of the plant, harvested in Bulgaria.
This is one of the vitality-boosting adaptogenic herbs that help the body normalise its various systems, including hormones, without adverse side-effects. That said, at a therapeutic dosage, it will have an action in the body (there would be no point taking it otherwise) which means you should not mix it ad hoc with any other medication.
What you can safely mix adaptogens with is other adaptogens, since these herbs have now been found to be synergistic with each other; in other words they work together to maximise the therapeutic effects. So you could take both Tribulus terrestris and, for example, Siberian ginseng together. The latter, which is often added to skincare products, can help boost the immune system and is widely used as a general tonic for both sexes throughout the world.
Lifetime’s Manpower provides a therapeutic daily dose of 500mg of Tribulus terrestris from Bulgaria and Solgar makes a single supplement of Siberian ginseng. You can mail order both supplements from Victoria Health on 0800-413596.