Men's Sexuality - are there aphrodisiacs that work:

Alcohol is a powerful aphrodisiac, but often this is clouded by the other effects it has on the body...Fancy an alcoholic drink?

"It provokes and it unprovokes; it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance." (Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act II, Scene III.)

Are there aphrodisiacs that work:

Alcohol can have aphrodisiac effects, which comes as little surprise. Many of us having sneaked a drink in before the big date to calm nerves... but just what does it do to our libidos?

Alcohol is known and proven to reduce anxiety and release inhibitions, especially for strongly inhibited people, but take care or the sedative effects soon will be dominating. More than half a gram of pure alcohol per kilo bodyweight should be avoided by anyone wanting to retain full 'lovemaking' capabilities. At 75kgs this corresponds to half a bottle of wine before an 'event'!

To be continued below...

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A 1994 study published in the British scientific journal Nature claimed that intake of alcohol would raise the testosterone level in women. Normally, women produce about on tenth the amount men do. According to Dr. Weil "additional small amounts can dramatically increase the libido." For women who lack sexual interest and desire, the treatment can be life-changing." The emphasis being on 'small amounts' - easy does it!

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Alcohol as an aphrodisiac continued...

Absinthe

Alcoholic drinks can be especially potent. Absinthe was extensively used at the end of the last century as an aphrodisiac by many European, especially French, artists and intellectuals. The driving force behind this Bohemian absinthe cult was the French poet Paul Verlaine.

Absinthe is largely an alcoholic extract of wormwood, Arthemisia absinthium, a plant, which is rich in quite toxic compounds, such as the essential oils thujon and thujol. The main culprit is thujon. Its use on a moderate scale as a remedy against intestinal worms might be justified, (hardly an aphrodisiacal thought) but habitual use on a large scale can be devastating and result in blindness, cramps and nerve injuries. Absinthe was prohibited in France on 16 March 1915 and is now banned in most European countries because of its toxicity and habit-forming
properties. In the UK, most bars limit absinthe to two shots per person. Trust me - this is all you will need!

Beer

One could have expected that beer, being a nourishing drink with an alcohol content low enough to make it easy to avoid over consumption, quickly would have gained a solid reputation as an aphrodisiac, but alas! The only exception appears to be stout. According to Michael Jackson's Beer Companion, stout is seen as an aphrodisiac in some countries.

A possible explanation might be that beer (like all alcoholic beverages) lowers the production of the hormone vasopressin in the body. This hormone controls, inter alia, the resorption of primary urine; less vasopressin results in less resorption and thus in frequent trips to the toilet, especially when large quantities of liquid have been consumed.

Some special beers have a local reputation for increasing the libido. A favourite beer of ours during hot summer days is the Belgian white beer, Hoegaarden. Served with a slice of lemon it will cool your exterior and heat your interior! Recently, the European Magazine reported "oyster stout is being launched as an aphrodisiac drink by Murphy's, the Irish brewer. The brew contains extracts of oysters from the west coast of Ireland."

Hmmmn, Oyster Beer - we'll keep you posted on that one ...

Liqueurs

Several liqueurs developed in old monasteries have been attributed aphrodisiac effects. These liqueurs include chartreuse (especially the green variety) and Benedictine. Why monks should be so interested in aphrodisiacal liqueurs is beyond me. In Guadalajara in Mexico a liqueur is produced from the allegedly aphrodisiacal plant Turnera diffusa under the name Creme de Damiana. The liqueur is supposed to increase libido and counteract impotence.

Port wine

White port wine is held to be a far more powerful aphrodisiac than could be explained by its alcohol contents alone, especially when consumed together with strawberries, preferably of the wild variety. In contrast, red port wine appears to act as any ordinary alcoholic beverage.

Wine

Wine can be a potent aphrodisiac. Red Burgundy wine mixed with ginger, cinnamon, cloves, vanilla and sugar is known as Hippocras' aphrodisiac and was recommended by the French author Rabelais in Gargantua and Pantagruel.

Aqua Mirabilis was used during the 17th century as strengthening tonic but
also as an aphrodisiac. It was prepared by letting finely ground cinnamon, galingale root, ginger, nutmeg, rosemary and thyme steep in claret for one week, then straining the wine. A suitable dose would be 1/4 bottle (180 ml) a day. On the basis of this observation it is reasonable to assume that also glögg or glühwein would have similar properties.

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