All About Maca Root

Sources Medically Reviewed on 08/17/2020 Reviewed by Minesh Khatri, MD on August 17, 2020
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Cleveland Clinic: "How Maca May Help Your Find a Healthy Balance (Infographic),” “Natural Products: Western Herbs Traditional Chinese Herbs Supplements Vitamins & Minerals.”
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center "Maca.”
Texas Stroke Institute: "Maca.”
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health: "Ginseng.”
U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health: "Ethnobiology and Ethnopharmacology of Lepidium meyenii (Maca), a Plate from the Peruvian Highlands.”
Texas Children's Hospital: "Is Maca Root The Viagra For Menopausal Women?"
Phytotherapy: “Adaptogenic Plants.”
Maturitas: “Maca (Lepidium meyenii) for treatment of menopausal symptoms: A systemic review.”
Reviewed by Minesh Khatri, MD on August 17, 2020
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