Sexual Stimulant Supplements
Sexual stimulants claim to arouse or increase sexual
desire, or libido. A broader definition includes products that
improve sexual performance. Aphrodisiacs, named after Aphrodite,
the Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty, the list of
supposed sexual stimulants includes anchovies and adrenaline,
licorice and lard, scallops and Spanish fly, and hundreds of
other items. Here is a very partial list of some herbal
ingredients commonly found in sexual enhancers/stimulants:
Avena Sative (Wild Oats)
Avena sativa, or oats, have long been used by breeders to
help male animals "sow their oats" or boost their fertility.
Avena Sativa is one of the best remedies to feed the nervous
system when under stress and strengthen it to handle the
situation. It works to calm down performance anxiety.
Brazilian Catuba Bark
Brazil's most famous and highly regarded libido booster. It is
considered a central nervous system stimulant and used for
sexual weakness and lowered libido in both men and women.
Horny Goat Weed (Epimedium)
This Chinese herb is also known as Goat Sex Herb. It has been
used for centuries to help improve sexual functions. It has
androgen-like effects. Androgens are involved in sexual desire
in both men and women. Horny Goat Weed may help improve
circulation and kidney function.
Longifolia Jack (Tongkat Ali)
A popular Malaysian tree, it is proper for it's aphrodisiac
properties for both men and women. The researched focus is
towards improved desire and sexual initiation.
Maca
Grown high in the mountains of Peru, Maca root tends to
significantly boost libido and sex drive in men and women by
enhancing the endocrine function. The endocrine system includes
all of the glands, and the hormones they secrete, that exist in
the body and that control such conditions as fertility, sexual
function, digestion, brain and nervous system physiology, and
energy levels.
Mucana Pruriens Extract
A rare and powerful Ayurvedic herb that has unusally high levels
of naturally occuring L-Dopa. L-Dopa is an amino acid that has
been the subject of over 25 years of extensive scientific and
medical research. It may help with improving sexual dysfunction,
loss of libido, stimulating arousal, and increasing intensity
and frequency of orgasms for both men and women.
Muira Puama
Found in the Amazon, this extraction is very potent and has an
impressive research history of helping restore libido and has
been used to help prevent erectile dysfunction.
Tribulus Terrestris
Also known as Puncture Vine and Gokshura, may help to increase
seminal fluid, not by volume but sperm count, and at the same
time may increase sexual desire, arousal and performance in men
and women. Tribulus may help to increase the duration of
erection and assist in acheiving orgasm in those previously
unable.
Yohimbe
A tree that grows throughout the African nations of Cameroon,
Gabon and Zaire. (A similar plant in South America is called
Quebracho). The bark has been smoked as a hallucinogen and has
been used in traditional medicine to treat angina and
hypertension. The herb is a sensual stimulant for healthy men
and women.