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Tribulus Terrestris
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Tribulus Terrestris
(Arma thorny land)
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Tribulus Terrestris whose name comes from Latin and its meaning or rough translation would be: Weapon thorny ground, for its peculiar and characteristic shape, and belongs to the species trials.
The Tribulus Terrestris is a silver, belonging to the species of flowering plants, which in turn belongs to the family Zygophyllaceae, native to tropical places, generally mild and hot spots of the old world and old world.
Tribulus Terrestris is usually found in southern Asia, southern Europe and also northern Australia mainly. As a salient feature of stress in this plant is its adaptability as it can be found in harsh climates and extreme as in the hottest desert or barren soils.
Common Name Tribulus Terrestris
As a plant that survives in extreme weather is normal therefore easily proliferate in some parts of the world, is generally regarded to Tribulus Terrestris a weed, because you have so many names in the world.
Some of the names most commonly known of Tribulus Terrestris
Burdock, Goat Horns, Abarajo, shadamshtra Mormaga, gokshura, algae, Jetty, Trikanta, Rosa, Abreojos, Stitch, Abrepies, Maltese Cross, Abrul, Isihoho, Cairell, Wolf Mueller, Goss, Devil's Weed, San Antonio Cruz , Devil's Horn, Sasilarra, Cabeza de Gato, Gokhroo Burra, Burra.
Tribulus Terrestris is a perennial and annual herbaceous plant that grows like a plant-summer season, ie summer growing in climates where the heat is seasonal or annual periods. Tribulus Terrestris is a plant that has the ability to develop long, leafy stems, they can range from 1 cm to 1 meter. Or rather, it tends to spread and watered in the area where it is further developed to grow vertically, except if you have adjacent plants or trees that provide support in any way to ascend or climb, which is considered a flat floor and low but I usually grow a little more if they are dark and densely populated areas by other species, simply by instinct or innate survival mechanism of the plant.
Tribulus Terrestris leaves are pinnate and made up with short leaflets that do not exceed 7 mm long. Their flowers usually range from 4 mm to 10 mm expansion or wide, yellow or lime green strong with 5 petals. For every flower that germinates on the ground often these produce 4 or 5 small, oval seeds found inside the fruit in a very particular and somewhat prickly, the latter plant defenses and hard enough or sharp enough to pierce compact wheels of a bicycle or crossing the skin without any problems of a human being or animal that walked on without noticing.
Cultivation of Tribulus Terrestris
Tribulus Terrestris is a highly invasive, well regarded for its strength and wide dissemination in Australia and America especially in USA However it is used by some farmers and health food industry for its many therapeutic uses. Tribulus Terrestris should be sown preferably at stations where there is no frost in the night or at dawn, so that germinate or are born healthy plant that can exceed 40 days of life, during which the plant Tribulus Terrestris Often very vulnerable, because they are still in early development stage.
The seeds of this plant should be planted very shallow soil, or simply scattering them on the ground and sprinkling a thin layer of sandy soil as Tribulus Terrestris preferably grows and grows best in moist, sandy soil. Tribulus Terrestris is highly desired by cattle in the summer, however, by a plant that has many thorns in its fruit is not recommended for small mammals such as sheep and goats. Since such thorny fruits cling like ticks to sheep wool and small hooves of goats, thus spreading the seeds of the plant at the cost of the discomfort of their hosts by surprise ruminants.
Tribulus Terrestris as food, dietary supplement and even aphrodisiac
Tribulus Terrestris is widely used as a general energizing tonic especially sexual health. Since ancient Ayurvedic medicine has used for aphrodisiacs, known by those with the Sanskrit name of Gokshura. It is also ingested as tea and topical preparations by way of ointment. Tribulus Terrestris has been used for centuries in traditional medicine and herbal China and also the Ayurvedic pharmacopoeia in India. In traditional Chinese herbology is used to correct complications or urinary disorders and to counteract the lack of milk in nursing mothers to increase milk production. Moreover, the traditional Indian medicine known as Ayurvedic medicine is used as a powerful aphrodisiac, among other lesser known applications.
Tribulus Terrestris as Aphrodisiac Sexual Enhancer
Currently advertises the use of Tribulus Terrestris to counteract impotence. Such use or implementation has been given to this plant since the early 70s. When in Eastern Europe, specifically in Bulgaria, several studies Tribulus Terrestris where it was observed that temporarily increased their intake levels of certain hormones, especially testosterone, returning later to the normal range, so it is attributed of sexual libido enhancers.
Tribulus Terrestris Vrs. Panax Ginseng
Some people compared the tonic properties of multiple Tribulus Terrestris with the results obtained after ingestion of the famous Ginseng, however it is clear that it is plants that have completely opposite mechanisms of action. Also it is confirmed that Tribulus Terrestris increases testosterone levels by raising blood levels of HDGN: Trigger of gonadotropin hormone, the HDGN also turn stimulates or induces in any manner the secretion and / or production of LH and increased production of FSH: follicle stimulating hormone, known as FSH.
Important functions of testosterone and its relationship with Tribulus Terrestris
- Muscle hypertrophy (increase in construction and size of muscle tissue)
- Promotes male and female fertility indirectly by inducing secretion of other hormones and prohormones predominant and / or responsible for the fertilization process: As the sperm motility, spermatogenesis, volume, quantity and quality of seminal fluid in women as a side effect of standardization or regulation of the menstrual cycle and other important direct and indirect contributions in the sexual and reproductive health.
- Testosterone also directly influences the immune processes to positively stimulate bone marrow production and processing of red blood cells known as erythrocytes, a process which is called erythropoiesis, which promotes the body's immune response.
Different studies on the effects of ingestion of Tribulus Terrestris
Furthermore recent studies suggest that Tribulus Terrestris does not increase blood levels of testosterone or LH in young people, especially adolescent males. Another recent study shows that the Tribulus Terrestris I do not usually powerful enough to raise testosterone than androstenedione alone SupplementWatch, says that there is insufficient scientific evidence to verify that the Tribulus Terrestris promotes growth or hypertrophy of muscle tissue. Suggest that the use of Tribulus Terrestriscan be very useful, but in patients whose levels of the hormone testosterone are below normal, as often occurs in malnourished or very restrictive diets particularly low calorie diets and / or too physically exhausted athletes overtraining.
Active protodioscin or basic principles of Tribulus Terrestris and Active
The active ingredient Tribulus Terrestris is the chemical called protodioscine (PTN), related to the Pro-hormone DHEA (Dehidroepiandorsterona). Recently in a laboratory with mice, Tribulus Terrestris proved very useful in improving sexual performance of rodents, particularly male erection, including improved Testosterone cypionate, how they are administered to rodents regularly this principle to great effect at the level of response time and durability of the erection in them.
However, still not very convincing results of these studies on the subject, but if we must recognize that natural resource is a very promising versus testosterone cypionate, the latter which is nothing more than a (synthetic ester) with potent activity in tissue but no specific studies on possible side effects. The compound to be effective, it must enter the animal's system within which they must integrate and / or modified to be usable or actionable by the rodent's body, must also be taken daily for 2 to 3 times per week. Moreover there is still no comprehensive studies on the Tribulus Terrestris and possible long-term side effects, but what is known and / or at least show some of the people who have used, are upset stomach and that these liquids in some cases it is recommended to take with meals keep the digestive system looks hurt.
Fumigation and eradication of Tribulus Terrestris
As mentioned earlier in some parts of the globe this plant grows very easily and thus can be considered a weed or pest, so it is common for the fumigated, pruned, and even booting using biological solutions, but the reality is that it is difficult to eradicate it or totally, because the seeds Tribulus Terrestris remain dormant for a period of 3 to 7 years or so.
Other Ways to Eradicate Tribulus Terrestris
Another way to slow to eradicate this weed by those who consider it is planted and desirable plants surrounding the alleged weed so deplete the plant's nutritional resources and consequently the plant dies, but the problem with this technique is that as this plant is creeping is very possible that she is alive to overcome the barrier of the surrounding plants and reproduce elsewhere through their seeds, which would be disseminated in a different area.
Fungicides and their mechanisms of action against the Tribulus Terrestris
The control chemicals or pesticides are often recommended for its eradication, but this is usually not very effective, among the few insecticides are available to oryzalin, trifluralin and BeneFin, which can be controlled in some form or part of the germination seeds. Commonly used pesticides such usually in late winter and early or mid-spring season.
Fungicides or pesticides to combat Post-Germination Proliferation of Tribulus Terrestris
Other pesticides used in the Post-germination, ie when the plants have sprouted from seed that contained dormant, are the different types of Glyphosate Dicamba and Dicamba 2.4 Wil, who are usually more effective, but unfortunately are highly toxic killing not only the species considered weeds by some, as in this case Tribulus Terrestris But also can kill, poison, eradicate or cause serious poisoning in adjacent or neighboring plants and animals or human beings that should come to eat. Hence, in some countries of the world are prohibited from using this type of highly toxic pesticides.
Event or Note Curious about the Tribulus Terrestris
As a curious fact should be mentioned that the Tribulus Terrestris, Tribulus Terrestris is often called because it is a contraction or abbreviation of the words open eye, touching and warning to their spines, hence many species of plants that have thorns are denominated thistles in many parts of the world especially in her Spanish-speaking community.
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