If that seems to be the case, take heart! You might find just the sexual pick-me-up you need in Mother Nature’s cupboard among the foods and herbs known as natural aphrodisiacs.
What is an Aphrodisiac?
An aphrodisiac is a food, drug or beverage that increases or stimulates sexual desire. People have used aphrodisiacs for thousands of years for arousal of the libido and to intensify physical desire.
The word “aphrodisiac” was derived from the Greek name for their Goddess of Love and Sexuality, Aphrodite.
Some of the aphrodisiacs used in ancient cultures and still used today in certain parts of the world seem fairly unlikely to really increase sexual desire to any noticeable extent.
Rhinoceros horn, for example, has been widely used by males for many centuries to enhance libido and sexual prowess. However, this seems to be due to nothing more than the phallic appearance of the rhino horn rather than any actual properties it may possess to enhance sexual vigor.
On the other hand, there are foods and herbs that appear to have basis in actual fact for their claims of being able to boost the sex drive and make sexual intimacy more pleasurable.
Here are a few that fall into this category:
- Oysters: Although some believe that oysters, like the horn of the poor rhinoceros, owe their fame as natural aphrodisiacs to their shape instead of any real scientific benefits; many others swear by these mollusks as a way of ensuring a hot time in the bedroom. Oysters are very high in zinc, which plays a vital role in fertility, so it sort of makes sense that if they help with fertility they’ll help with the rest of the reproductive process, including making it more likely to occur.
- Ginkgo Biloba: Widely known and used as an herb to sharpen mental processes, it works by increasing blood circulation to the brain. Since this increased blood circulation isn’t limited to the brain alone but finds its way to the nether regions as well in male and female genitalia—why wouldn’t it increase your sex drive as well as enhance your sexual pleasure?
- Peppermint Extract: This one is for the ladies only but has many devotees who say it results in arousal and also brings them to much higher planes of pleasure during sexual intercourse. Forget the faux peppermint or peppermint scented products…it has to be the real thing to be effective.
- Cinnamon: Cinnamon is believed to lower blood sugar. As high blood sugar restricts blood flow to various parts of the body, including male and female genitals, it makes sense that it would help spice up your sex drive and heat things up in the bedroom over time.
- Saw Palmetto: Here’s one for the guys. If your lagging libido is due to an enlarged prostate, Saw Palmetto is an herbal solution that might get you back in the game!
L-Arginine: This natural remedy for a low sex drive or impotence works a lot like Viagra by enlarging and opening the blood vessels that lead to your heart and your penis, without the scary side effects. It’s safe for women, too. - Potenzhi: is a powerful male tonic and supplement to revive your passion and vitality in the bedroom. It contains power-packed, highest potency and quality of Eurycoma longifolia Jack (Tongkat Ali) and Butea superba extracts, which are well known to boost up male physical strength.
If you are unhappy with a sex drive that isn’t getting you out of the garage, much less back in the race, try using natural remedies before prescription drugs that often come with extremely harmful side effects.
Besides, those drugs aren’t addressing the problem; they’re merely treating the symptoms while the underlying problem that is causing the sexual problems goes on untreated.
Let Mother Nature get you on the fast track to a stronger sex drive and a passionate, satisfying sex life!
