SPICE UP FOR BETTER FOREPLAY AND SEX
Boost Your Virility: Also known as carom seeds, ajwain has been used as a virility booster for thousands of years. The seeds (rich in thymol) should be crushed and fried in ghee, butter, or olive oil together with an equal quantity of crushed kernels of tamarind seeds. A teaspoon taken with honey and milk before hitting the sack increases virility and is even said to cure premature ejaculation, according to traditional Indian herbal medicine.
Enhance Sexual Appetite: Asafoetida or hing is also known as devil’s dung or ferula. It occurs both as a light brown resin and as a powder. Its piquancy whets the sexual appetite as much as the tastebuds. Love the peculiar taste or hat it, it’s aphrodisiacal when used liberally in cooking!
Increase your Staying Power: Powdered elaichi (cardamom) seeds, boiled with milk, and downed with a spoonful of honey are supposed to be an excellent remedy against impotence and premature ejaculation. But watch that you don’t overdo this one. As herbalists warn that excessive use could lead to impotency.
Up the Feel Good Factor: Clove or Lawang is the dried flower bud of Jambosa caryophyllus. Considered an aphrodisiac in China since the third century BC, cloves also became quite famous in Europe for their feel-good factor. Swedish herbalist Anders Mansson Rydaholm wrote in 1642 that if a man loses his ability, he should stay sober and drink milk spiced with five gms of cloves. Apparently, this would “fortify him and make him desire his wife”!
Stimulate Yourself: Garlic (lahsun) was used as an aphrodisiac not only among ancient Egyptians, but also among the Greeks, Romans, Chinese, and Japanese possibly, most of the aphrodisiacal effect of garlic is associated with the fact that it makes food more appetizing, stimulates the secretion of gastric juices, increases the appetite and, generally contributes to a feeling of well-being. In some cases, it’s also used externally as a paste (crushed and mixed with lard).
Say goodbye to Impotence: Throughout Asia, adrak or Ginger has lived up to its reputation of being a powerful aphrodisiac. Indian literature recommends a mixture of ginger juice, honey, and half-boiled eggs, taken at night for a month, as a remedy against impotence.
Prolong your Pleasure: Nutmeg or jaiphal is the ripe seed of Myristica fragrans. Dried nutmeg is supposed to be a legal hallucinogenic, but the side effects of the high doses required can be severe. Nutmeg is supposed to work as a subtle aphrodisiac in far smaller doses (less than half a nut). Some herbalists claim that a mixture of nutmeg, honey, and a half-boiled egg will prolong the duration of the sexual act in ingested an hour before intercourse.
Spice up your Life: The ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans all used pepper or kali mirch as an aphrodisiac, and the Arabs not only added pepper to food but used it in other ways too. You can chew a few pepper cons before intercourse to spice up the proceeding. Others recommend daily consumption of a glass of milk with six crushed black pepper cons and four crushed almonds. This will also act as a nerve tonic.
Arouse your Senses: Vanilla is the cured, full-grown unripe fruit of an orchid, Vanilla planifolia. The name itself hints at amorous properties, derived from a sit is from the Spanish word vanilla, a diminutive of vaina meaning vagina (or pod). It is a powerful aphrodisiac, acting through its odor as much as through its taste, It is important to use the natural product. Synthetic vanillin is far cheaper but less effective. Vanilla essence (extracted from real vanilla) can be added to your bath to produce a milk-love-arousing effect, especially when you and your partner bathe together.