The composition of the present invention comprising Cucurbita moschata,
Carthamus tinctorius, Plantago asiatica and Lonicera japonica has a
follicle-stimulating hormone reduction action. Based on this action, the
composition is usable as a preventive, remedy, health food or functional
food for diseases, for example, climacteric disturbance, primary
hypogonadism (including ovarian hypofunction and testicular deficiency),
Turner's syndrome, Klinefelter' s syndrome, gonadotropin-producing tumor,
testitis, and primary ovarian amenorrhea and/or hormone-producing tumor.