About the Book
Ever since the invention of sex, doctors, medicine men, witch doctors, shamans, druggists, chemists and ordinary people have concocted cures, potions, extracts, tinctures, and creative preparations and compounds of every variety to make sex either more likely, more pleasurable, or just more possible. Aphrodisia doesn't rely on magic or mysticism or an advanced degree -- just artful combinations of time-honored natural ingredients that together get the mojo flowing.
Table of Contents:
Ashwaganda Withania somnifera, Indian ginseng, Winter cherryCardamom Elettaria cardamomum, True cardamomChili pepper Capsicum sp.Chocolate Theobroma cacaoCnidium Cnidium monnier She chuang ziCola nut Cola nitida, Kola nutDamiana Turnera diffusaEpimedium Horny goat weed, Yin yang huoGinger Zingiber officinale, Root gingerGinseng: Panax ginseng, Asian or Korean ginseng; Eleutherococcus senticosus, Eleuthero or Siberian ginseng; Panax quinquefolia, American ginsengJasmine Jasminum officinaleMaca Lepidium meyeniiMango Mangifera indica, Indian mangoMucuna pruriens Velvet bean, Cowage, NescafeMuira puama Potency wood, Ptychopetalum olacoidesNettle Urtica dioicaOrange Citrus sp.Rose Rosa sp.Schisandra Schisandra chinensisShatavari Asparagus racemosusTribulus terrestris Puncturevine, CaltropVanilla Vanilla sp.Ylang-ylang Cananga odorataYohimbe Pausinystalia yohimbe Other aphrodisiacs [short descriptions only; non-plant sources underlined here] Acorus calamus Sweet flag, CalamusAgnus castus Vitex, Chaste tree, Monk's pepperAllium tuberosum Garlic chivesAnaphrodisiacsAngelica shkiokiana Japanese angelica, Shi shi dang guiAnimal partsAreca nut Areca catechuArtichoke Cynara cardunculusAsparagus Asparagus officinalisAstragalus Astragalus membranaceus/propinquus Milk vetch, Huang qiAyahuasca Banisteriopsis caapi, Caapi, Yage Ba ji tian Morinda officinalis MorindaBacopa Bacopa monnieri, Brahmi, Water hyssopBlack cohosh Cimifuga racemosa, Actaea racemosa, Black snakerootButea Butea superba, Red kwao krua Cantharides Spanish fly, Lytta vesicatoriaCasuarina equisetifolia She oak, ironwoodCatuaba Erythroxylum vaccinifolium, Trichilia catiguaCistanche Cistanche deserticola, Rou cong rongClavo huasca Tynanthus panurensis, Clove vineCoco de mer Lodoicea maldivicaCordyceps Cordyceps sinensis, Caterpillar fungus, Dong chong xia caoCurculigo orchioides Common curciligo, Golden eye-grass, Xian maoCuscuta Cuscuta epithymum Dodder, Tu si ziCynomorium songaricum Suoyang, Yang locker Deer antler velvet Lu rongDHEA 5-DehydroepiandrosteroneDong quai Angelica sinensis, Female ginseng Eurycoma longifolia Tongkat ali, Pasak bumi, Eurycoma Ferula Ferula hermonis, Zallouh, Lebanese viagraFigs Ficus carica Galangal Alpinia galanga, Blue ginger, KaempferiaGinkgo Ginkgo biloba, Yin xingGotu kola Centella asiatica/Hydrocotyle asiatica, Brahmi, Chi hsueh ts'aoGuarana Paullinia cupana Honey (bee pollen, royal jelly) Iboga Tabernanthe iboga Jequirity Abrus precatorius Crab's eye, Ratti, Xiang si dou ('mutual love bean')Jujube Ziziphus ziziphus, Red date, Chinese date [or Z. mauritiana, Indian jujube] Kava kava Piper mephysticum L-Arginine, L-Histadine, L-TyrosineLycium Lycium chinensis Niacin (B3 + other B vitamins)Nutmeg Myristica fragrans Oats Avena sativa Palmarosa Cymbopogon martinii, Indian geranium, RoshaPassionfruit Passiflora edulis, GranadillaPatchouli Pogostemon cablinPine nuts Pinus sp.Pepper Piper nigrum Black pepperPolygonum multiflorum Fo ti, He shou wu, Chinese knotweedPomegranate Punica granatumPrickly ash Xanthoxylum fraxineumPumpkin Cucurbita maxima, Winter squashPygeum Pygeum africanum Quebracho Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco Rhodiola Rhodiola rosea, Golden root, Rose root Saffron Crocus sativusSandalwood Santalum albumSarsaparilla Smilax officinalisSaw palmetto Serenoa repensSida cordifolia Indian country mallow, BalaSkirret Sium sisarum, Crummock Truffles (+ oyster mushrooms?) Vetiver, Chrysopogon zizanioidesViagra Wild yam Dioscorea villosaZinc oxide ResourcesIndex
About the Author :
Julie Bruton-Seal has a biology degree from Queens University in Charlotte, N.C., trained as a herbalist with Christopher Hobbs, renowned California herbalist, is a Council member of the Association of Master Herbalists and editor of its quarterly magazine, Nature's Path. She is co-author of Backyard Medicine. Matthew Seal has worked in the UK and South Africa as an in-house and freelance editor and writer for books, magazines and newspapers.
