By Serge Kreutz Version 4.0, July 2003
Pasak bumi is a herbal medication (Jamu) widely used in Indonesia as an aphrodisiac for men. In Malaysia, the same medication is know as tongkat ali (Ali’s stick).
Even though it is largely unknown in the US and Europe, the pro-sexual effect of pasak bumi is actually well documented in Western science. Anybody can check this for himself at the Medline database.
To search for scientific information, one has to use the plants scientific, Latin name, eurycoma longifolia. The plant is also a proven therapeutic and preventive medication against malaria, so in order to focus the search on the pro-sexual properties, one should use the additional search term “sexual”.
I have tried several pasak bumi and tongkat ali products. I had no effect from the El Jack or Long Jack pills available in the US that claim to be a 1:100 extract. I have my doubts on that as I have seen documents on the FDA website that show that the people marketing these pills have just applied for a registration of tongkat ali powder in pill form, not of extract in pill form
I have also tried tongkat ali powder as it is sold in Malaysia. I had good sex at that time, but am not sure to what extend to attribute it to the tongkat ali.

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