Eriosema kraussianum are used mainly for the purpose of curing or alleviating impotence.Hot milk infusions of Eriosema roots and/or pounded boiled root decoctions of the plant are taken in small doses in the morning and at night for impotence.As with oral Viagra taken with a fatty meal, oral administration of an infusion or decoction of Eriosema roots with milk probably delays or reduces the rate of absorption of the bio active compounds from the patient’s gastrointestinal tract, and thereby prolongs the duration of action of the compounds in the body.
It has been suggested that for maximum benefit, milk infusions and decoctions of Eriosema kraussianum roots are to be taken two to four hours before any anticipated sexual intercourse, and the effects (achievement and maintenance of penile erection sufficient for satisfactory sexual intercourse after penetration) of the plant extracts have been reported to last for four to six hours following oral dosing of the milk infusion or decoction of the root extracts.