I tested the 60 % icariin hgw and here is a review of the product, hopefully it is useful:
First the effects were obvious after 3 weeks on the supplement , I did not always take three caps (suggested dosage) during the first few weeks.
Very obvious effects :
_ Mood was enhanced.
_ Libido was up.
_ Confidence and drive were up .
_ Lots of hair in the shower.
_ More body hair.
_ Erections were maintained easily (even without stimulation).
_ Penis was fuller.
_ More morning wood.
_ Athletic performances were vastly improved. I normally struggle with exercise induced asthma/allergies, and prompt shortness of breath .
At this time I felt like I could finally run properly and reach my potential.
_ During my first week off it I noticed the positive effects gradually disappear down to none.
Negative effects which could well be attributed to the supplement:
_ Very weird sensations happening in the chest , they were related to breathing (more difficult) and possibly muscles. This happened a few times. It never happened before and has not happened since.
_ One week after discontinuing the hgw , I exercised again, and once I was done, at rest, experienced important tacchycardia to the point of unpleasant sensations in the left arm, some tensions in the jaw despite doing nothing.
This had never happened before and has not happened since ( I have not really exercised though).
What could be attributed to the supplement:
_ Testicles shrank once off the hgw, to a very small size, they may have been bigger while on it.
You should know I had never paid too much attention to them before, but now they're bigger (normal?) again.
_ It seems I'm losing hair, this could have been triggered by the hgw among other stuff (little tweaks in diet and supplements)
I highly doubt the effects on erections were connected with the pde5 inhibitor role of icariin as I had tried 10 mg cialis a few times with little to no success.
It was only a while after discontinuing the hgw that I became aware high dose and/or long term use of hgw is connected with respiratory arrest and tachycardia (although the last one is not 100 % proven from the little I read).
Edited by Wagner83, 08 January 2016 - 02:01 PM.