Miura Puma is also known as Potency Wood , no pun intended .

In Brazilian herbal medicine, muira puama still is a highly-regarded sexual stimulant with a reputation as a powerful aphrodisiac. It has been in the Brazilian Pharmacopoeia since the 1950s. It is used as a neuromuscular tonic for weakness , paralysis, dyspepsia, menstrual disturbances, sexual impotency, and central nervous system disorders.