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increased testosterone, reductions in prolactin, not surprising. Prolactin is a hormone that's involved in milk letdown, it's in lactating mothers. It's involved in feelings of peace and generally is antagonistic to sexual desire in both men and female. So it's really interesting that things like Mucuna pruriens which are L-DOPA reduce prolactin, increased sperm motility, increased testosterone, subjective wellbeing.
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It also can reduce a particular hormone called prolactin. Dopamine and prolactin tend to be in somewhat push pull fashion. When dopamine is up, prolactin is down and vice versa. ... Macuna Pruriens is often used a blunt prolactin, and they're actually a couple of studies showing that it can indeed do that.