- Tongkat ali increases testosterone in males, and is used in many parts of the world as an alternate treatment for low testosterone levels.
- Because of the increased testosterone produced by tongkat ali, many bodybuilders use it to help build muscle.
- Tongkat ali has shown some antipyretic qualities, and has been used by some "alternative medicine" doctors to help lower fevers.
- Certain studies have come to suggest that tongkat ali can induce apoptosis in cancer cells, causing said cancer cells to die while stopping the spreading of other cells.
- Tongkat ali is widely used as an aphrodisiac. In fact, if taken properly in the right doses, it works as a rather effective erectile dysfunction treatment.













