Since a few years ago Pasak Bumi was known as an aphrodisiac. In fact, according to Ir Nurliani Bermawie, Ph.D., a researcher at Research Institute of Spices and Aromatic Plants (IMACRI), Cimanggu, Bogor, since ancient tribal societies Banjar in South Kalimantan using Pasak Bumi as a tonic. According Nurliani, the efficacy of pasak bumi that most trusted is pasak bumi which from the interior of West Kalimantan's. This efficacy has been proved by Prof. Madya Dr. Mohd Johari. Saad, Ph.D., who conducted research in several male and female rats. According to the study, male rats were given extract of the earth peg showed more aggressive behavior toward female rats. This was reinforced researcher Dr H. H Ang from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University Science Malaysia.
Ethanolic extract contained in the pasak bumi to increase the amount of male hormone testosterone. Ethanolic stimulate the working of chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), which could help the formation of testosterone.
The roots of the pasak bumi apart as well as potent aphrodisiac for malaria disease that destroys red blood cells is caused by plasmodium that lives in mosquitoes anopeles female. Kuasinoid compound
on pasak bumi roots can paralyze falcifarum plasmodium. In addition to
the root kuasinoid pasak bumi also contains