APHRODISIAC PROPERTIES OF POLYHERBAL FORMULATED TEA (Zingiber officinale, Allium sativum, Moringa oleifera, Curcuma longa, Syzygium aromaticum, Citrus limon)

ABSTRACT

Medicinal preparations known as polyherbal formulations are made by combining many different herbs or botanical components. They are created by combining several therapeutic plant mixes. As a result, they have a variety of bioactive ingredients that work together in the formulation to enhance therapeutic efficacy. The study aims to evaluate the aphrodisiac effectiveness of the poly-herbal-formulated tea . In this experiment, 20 male rats were divided into 5 groups of 4 rats in each group. Group 1 received distilled water; groups 2 and 3 received 5mg/kg and 10mg/kg of an aqueous extract of tea respectively; group 4 received 5 mg/kg of sildenafil; and group 5 received 20 mg/kg of carbamazepine orally for 14 days. Testosterone levels were assessed in addition to the mating and orientational behavior of each rat.The results demonstrate that 5mg/kg of aqueous extract of the polyherbal tea and 5 mg/kg of sildenafil enhances the mount frequency and intromission frequency when compared to water control and Carbamazepine (p<0.01). For ejaculation, 5mg/kg of the aqueous extract  and 5 mg/kg of sildenafil increased the ejaculatory frequency while only 5mg/kg of the aqueous extract caused increase in ejaculatory latency when compared to water control and carbamazepine (**p<0.01; *p< 0.05). and 5 mg/kg of sildenafil significantly increased the number of anogenital sniffing, licking, and genital grooming when compared to water control (**p<0.01; *p< 0.05). For the testosterone analysis, 20mg/kg of carbamazepine, 10mg/kg of the aqueous extract and 5 mg/kg of sildenafil increased testosterone levels when compared to water control and 5mg/kg of the aqueous extract (**p<0.01; *p< 0.05). The weight of the testis remained unaltered