Category: Ingredient 1. Origin: Asia, Middle East, India History: 5000-2300 BC Sumerian cuneiform writings The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi “Bridegroom, let me caress you, My precious caress is more savory than honey, In the bedchamber, honey filled, Let us enjoy your goodly beauty, Lion, let me caress you, My precious caress is more savory [...]
Category: Ingredient 1. Origin: Africa, Uganda History: no specific dates to treat “sexual impotence and erectile dysfunction, leaves of Cannabis sativa, to chew VO[taken orally]. or to smoke, inhaling fumes” vernacular name: njayi ( Luganda), njaga (Runyankore), mbangi (Swahili) Technique: cultural/myth Effect: cure impotence; erectile dysfunction 2. Origin: Asia History: no specific dates earliest mention [...]
Category: Ingredient 1. Origin: Asia, Europe History: also known as “Artic root,” “Rose root” and “Hong Jing Tian” Technical: Effect: 2. Origin: ASia, Europe (Siberia) History: no specific dates- present day in mountain villages of the Caucasus and Altai mountains, a bouquet of roots is given to newlywed couples to ensure fertility and the birth of healthy [...]
Category: Ingredient 1. Origin: Asia History: The first written record of its use as a medicinal agent, although not necessarily an aphrodisiac, appears in Shennong Bencao Jing (Classic Herbal of Shennong), written around 100 A.D Ginseng was so valuable in ancient China that the Qing Dynasty rose to power in the mid-sixteenth century supported by money [...]
Category: Ingredient Origin: Asia History: a “living fossil,” existing essentially unchanged for 270 million years.The oldest native tree populations are in Asia, specifically China and Japan; also known as the “Maidenhair tree.” Technique: cultural/myth; medicinal Effect: promotes blood flow/supports erection; anti-aging Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginkgo_biloba#Medicinal_uses Ratsch, Christian Berkeley, CA Ten Speed Press 1997 Nickell, Nancy L. California The Crossing Press [...]
Category: Ingredient 1. Origin: Europe, Italy, France History: Mentioned in the Salerno Book of Health (Salerno Sanitatis Salernitanum), written by faculty at the Salernum. The earliest Italian Medical school in Salerno, it incorporated elements of Classical, Jewish, and Arab medicine. “Within the stomach, loins, and in the lung Praise of hot ginger rightly may be sung. It [...]
Category: Ingredient 1. Origin: Africa, Uganda History: no dates specified to treat “sexual impotence and erectile dysfunction, stem, bulb, leaves, roots of Allium sativum, to chew, to cook, VO[taken orally] in H2O and in in food” vernacular name: tungurusumu (Rukonjo) Technique: cultural/myth; medicinal Effect: cure impotence and erectile dysfunction 2. Origin: Asia, India History: An Indian [...]
Category: Ingredient 1. Origin: Asia, Middle East History:listed as lead ingredient to cure impotence, Nefzawi wrote: “To cure the tying of aiguillettes you must take galanga, cinnamon from Mecca, cloves, Indian cachou, nutmeg, Indian cubebs, sparrow-wort, cinnamon, Persian pepper, Indian thistle, cardamoms, pyrether, laurel-seed, and gilly-flowers. All these ingredients must be pounded together carefully, and one drinks of [...]
Category: Equipment Origin: Asia The oldest known sex manual, the first-century classic
Category: Equipment Origin: Asia History: Vatsyayana’s Kama Sutra is compiled into its modern form. The last verses touch on the different aphrodisiacs that can be employed in lovemaking. Kama Sutra, the famed fourth- century Indian sex manual, states, “Even if one manages to subjugate someone, but is unable to consummate the relationship, there will be no [...]
Category: Equipment Origin: Asia History: Islamic sex manual, The Perfumed Garden, ca. 1410–1434, contains many aphrodisiac recipes for use by married men.
Category: Ingredient 1. Origin: Asia, Middle East History: 300 BC to the 200 AD Heavily traded along Incense Road Technique: Commodity/luxury Effect: 2. Origin: Asia, Middle East History: c. 10 C. BC The Queen of Sheba used Frankincese and Myrrh to seduce King Solomon and secure the freedom in incense road. Technique: cultural/myth; smell; commodity/luxury Effect: [...]
Category: Ingredient 1. Origin: Europe History: Rome 8th century Phallic statues were carved from the wood of fig trees, and the tree itself was dedicated to Bacchus. Figs also represented the festivals of Priapus. All phallic statues were made from fig and baskets of figs featured heavily in the processions. Technique: Cultural/myth Effect: lust/desire 2. Origin: Asia [...]
Category: Ingredient 1. Origin: Europe, Greece/Mediterranean; Asia, Middle East History: Also know as “Giant Fennel” Technique: physiological; biopsychological; psychological Effect: influences estrogen/progesterone level 2. Origin: Americas, North America History: It was a main ingredient in Lydia Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for “female complaints” (19th C.) Original formula was as follows: Unicorn root (Aletris farinosa L.) 8 [...]
a Tunisian physician who was the immediate source of Constantine’s prescriptions. touts ginger as aphrodisiac of choice also touts benefits of galangal
Category: Expert the most famous scientist philospher of Islam he built upon the teachings of Galen (Latin name Claudius Galenus ?130-?200 AD), the Greek physician, anatomist, and physiologist, or his teachings or methods **Maybe should be listed as historical figure??**
Origin: Europe; Asia History: Consider the Communal aspects of PUNCH: In 1750 one Dr Short, “a physician of great ability and repute”, declared with the sort of swelling effusion one might associate with a person newly refreshed: “Punch is an admirable liquor – the best liquor in the world. The universe cannot afford a better liquor for [...]
Category: Ingredient Origin: Asia, China History: The use of the dried penis of deer, tigers, seals, and beavers are used in Chinese sex tonics Technique: Cultural/myth; medicinal Effect: libido; stimulant Reference:
Category: Ingredient Origin: Asia, China History: Used for centuries in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Recorded in Shen Nong’s Herbal Classic (Han Dynasty) Technique: medicinal; cultural/myth Effect: well-being; analgesic Reference: Nickell, Nancy L. California The Crossing Press 1999 pp. 35-36 http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/dong-quai-000238.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica_sinensis
Category: Ingredient Origin: Asia, China History: no specific dates used to treat impotence in Traditional Chinese Medicine, where it is called “Tu Si Zi” used in a long term medication, wherein constant use improves and strengthens the sexual functions of both male and female users. It has been known to balance and tonify the kidney yin and [...]