Product: Maca Root Extract 10:1

Manufacturer/Vendor: Botanical Zen

Website: http://www.botanicalzen.com/maca-extract-

Cost: $10.00

Fat Sam’s Legal High Rating

General Product Info

Given this product was only $10, I was not expecting too much, so I was pleasantly surprised to see a professional foil sealed package of the stuff show up. In fact, it isn’t hard to tell that Botanical Zen cared about even their smaller 30 gram orders, still making freshness as a top priority. The Maca extract was a light tan powder, smelled good, felt soft, with no hard clumps or signs of expiration. It was very clearly marked and had the correct number of grams I ordered and product label on the package. I hadn’t used any Botanical Zen products, so this is officially my first Botanical Zen review.

Product Administration

Maca extract of this potency I have heard does not require so much. I have read many people eating Maca, and a few people smoking it; But when I was trying to decide how to take my Maca extract, I decided to go with the sublingual method first and oral method second (stirring into a tea).

For my first experiment, I placed 1 gram of the extract under my gum line and a little under my tongue and let it sit for about 20 minutes. I then added another half a gram, ignoring my mouth’s general numbness (not from the extract but from having to keep my jaw still so long and clamped shut. This 1.5 gram sat very uncomfortably in my mouth, producing almost unbearable saliva nonstop for about 20 more minutes. Finally I spit it all out. I repeated this dosage about an hour later, and again about 30 minutes after the second dose was complete. A total of 4.5 grams was taken within 3 hours, sublingual.

For my second experiment, I consumed 3 grams of Maca Extract 10:1 from Botanical Zen mixed in a glass of cold water. I drank it all straight within 10 minutes and began to read a bit of Aldous Huxley’s “The Doors of Perception.” I did not consume anymore in this second session (days apart from the first).

Product Effects

The first experiment was kind of gross, as it is not really fun to keep an extract of this micronized size in the mouth for so long. Having so much saliva production is also very difficult to deal with. The effects were maybe a little light stimulation, but mostly, I did not notice any euphoria, no bursts of energy, no libido boost..nothing that you would expect from an extract of this quality. That is a little depressing, but I figure the sublingual method may have not been good enough for absorption.

Thus, I tried also the oral method, for experiment number two. After about 30 minutes from when I consumed the tea, I did feel a little horny. But other than that, for about an hour or so, I did not notice much. Still, it was a “sample,” I feel of what Maca can do in the bedroom. I believe if I drank a lot more, I’d probably feel a lot more of a libido boost. I have heard though that it can work a lot better when combined with other ingredients, as it can be “better activated” when other ingredients are also doing their thing.

Final Thoughts

Maca extract is much better when it is combined with other ingredients and used in a supplement form. I have tried a couple other Maca extracts, and many other Maca-based supplements and gotten really good mood-enhancing, sex-enhancing, and energizing-stimulation effects from it…but I was having trouble getting this to work well with this particular extract. Some products and extracts are selective in whom they metabolize properly for. And usually administration method matters a great deal (which is why I tried two different methods for this one). Still, Botanical Zen seemed to be an authentic dealer and I would be open to trying other products from them in the future and may purchase something else soon.