Looking for ideas and feedback on plants that can be used to enhance a person's sex life.

- Damiana
- Yohimbe
- Salvia (low dose quid of a couple leaves enhances touch sensations)
- Harmalas? (according to the link below)
- Nutmeg? (DFZ may know)

Link: https://archive.org/stre...pediaofse00adam_djvu.txt

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Mucuna is an aphrodisiac. And if I recall correctly, DF0 and I were talking about rue as well having positive benefits in intimate and sexual encounters. I feel like DMT impacts this positively as well, ime (after a journey, not during).

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So many plants have an aphrodisiac effect on me...

Rue: boosts sexual energy and confidence and drive.

Salvia: Really erotic plant, the Salvinorin a containing local species İ discovered is like the ultimate heart opening and sexual energy freeing plant.

Amanita: not much experience, but it did facilitate some extraordinary nights.

Mandrake: This one is like a falling in love plant in my few small doses experience, not necessarily sexual, but it has quite a reputation as an aphrodisiac.

Mistletoe: a "let go and experience the erotic" effect.

Wild Asparagus Root: I only have experience with fresh roots, and it can really get me out of control... I also get psychedelic effects (closed eye visuals) and it is known to be an maoi-a.

Maca.

Salvia!?? I think just about everything is an aphrodisiac, but, having formed a really close relationship with Salvia, probably the closest out of any plant, I would say no way. Maybe, *maybe* after the come down, in the afterglow. But even then, I want to be still and silent.

Sex is everywhere, I guess.

Smoking enhanced leaf is not what I mean by Salvia. That is really something completely different. İ mean chewing or eating or drinking a tea of old style natural leaf. Especially combined with rue, I cannot imagine anybody would be able to miss the sexual effect.

Hey, I mean chewing or making a tea, too. I stopped smoking it a long time ago. I still stand by what I said.

I don't miss the sexual effect. The onset sometimes can be quite erotic. But it seems directly related to the plant spirit and its healing work. With another person? I find it hard to imagine.

I see. Have you tried divinorum with rue?

The aphrodisiac effect of a plant can come during it's acute effect but that's not necessarily what I mean. With rue I also cannot imagine sex. İt's about how İ feel after the experience, in the next days.

Salvia is very sensual for me at lower doses. The sensation of touch os greatly enhanced for me.

A couple quidded leaves or so.

Yes, I have. Very healing. Rue is also very non-sexual to me, most of the time. At lower doses I can see it enhancing things.

But usually nausea and sex don't go hand-in-hand.

How you feel *after* an experience is how you are. A plant is an aphrodisiac when you are feeling the feelins *while on it*.

İt's not just me, everybody İ know has enhanced libido in the days after a rue+DMT experience... İt is the plants effect, just not during the experience. You are still "on it" in a way in the post experience days.

I'm not sure that this is the whole definition of aphrodisiac, and at the very least, even if after some ingested experiences, an after effect that leads to sexual drive, desire, pleasure, attraction, and behavior can still classify the substance as an aphrodisiac because it is a result of the after effects of said ingested experience.

That said, I too feel increased sex drive, pleasure, and drive after DMT and rue.

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I don't think that's fair. Sex drive is part of health. There are countless herbs that make you healthy. If you are feeling healthy and sexy after a plant has helped you heal, that doesn't mean the plant itself was an aphrodisiac.

Otherwise we're just totally diluting the meaning of the term and just about anything then I could argue as an aphrodisiac. I could argue that beef is an aphrodisiac, or kale, or...

For the items mentioned, I meant specifically the ones where people seem to feel aphrodisiac like effects after the initial effects have worn off. So it's still a limited number of things that fit into that category. Never once have I felt a greater sex urge during or after eating beef, or kale, etc. And also, the specific request of the thread was around plants used to enhance sex life, so not just "technical" aphrodisiacs are be spoken of here anyway.

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Sex drive may be part of health but it cannot be reduced to only general health. There are plenty of super healthy plants which after a single ingestion do nothing to the sex drive.

In answer to Loveall's OP, nutmeg as a low dose of the tincture does produce some enjoyable tactile enhancement but you may well experience other lingering effects for three days. For some people it may not work at all as there seem to be both dietary and metabolic effects that influence one's chance of success. It's also vital to stay adequately hydrated otherwise you're likely to feel quite unpleasant at some stage.

Nutmeg+rue+orgasm felt (from my subjective experience) like it might cause brain damage so I'd suggest to be careful with combinations or avoid them altogether. Link to all things nutmeg (on this forum) is in my sig as ever.

Another thing that can get me going is ashwaganda root powder at a somewhat higher than usual dosage level (ca. ½tsp). Quite a few times with this one I've dozed off and woken up an hour or two later in a euphoric state alongside pronounced sexual arousal on a physical level - the combination of which would fit the bill for those who have an aphrodisiacal goal in mind.

This is all from a hetero male perspective; I can't really comment on what herbs might work for anyone else but I've usually relied on personal charm and the ability to give a good foot massage for the most part, and besides feeling disinclined to mansplain any other aspects of feminine arousal I have a complete lack of male-on-male sexual experience with anyone other than myself.

Truth be told, I could probably find an aphrodisiacal side to just about anything which produces an altered state of consciousness so I'm likely a terrible choice for meaningful comment on this subject.

Teasing apart the mental and physical aspects of arousal is another thing, and it maybe relates to the food and nutrition angle: on the rare occasions where I've eaten pork products in recent years it does seem to produce an increased level of sexual arousal but it's not clear whether this comes from a mental or a physical effect, or perhaps a combination of the too.

Preparing a special and delicious meal for a loved one can of course be quite aphrodisiacal in itself.

At this point I also recall the purported efficacy of goji berries in enhancing sexual potency. We could add ginseng and codonopsis root to the list but the boundary between general tonics and actual aphrodisiacs is then breached and it comes to the underlying principle that good nutrition alongside a healthy mind and body is presumably likely to underpin a satisfying sex life. And while there is anecdotal evidence that a pressing existential threat can enhance the libido as well that seems to have nothing to do with the subject of plants.

Does an aphrodisiac really have to be effective from a single dose? Maybe some things are worth working with on a longer-term basis.

Me too.



I get that from pork too, and raw whole milk, eggs, I guess anything that has all those amino acids that provide the building blocks for all those hormones...


That's what I'M sayin!

FFor a modern paychonaught, rue is about psychedelic opening and nausea.

For traditional cultures, rue is widely known as an aphrodisiac and medicine.

For me, I prefer to honor the plant and enjoy the aphrodisia after the experience.

That a plant has such an effect after a single ingestion is just an important distinction. Of course plants that work in the long term is another valid option.

Call me old fashioned if you like but I'm pretty pleased these days to be able to avoid nausea altogether even with rather heavy doses of rue.

I was pondering the notion of 'hono(u)ring the plant' and can see the perspective that rue has far more to offer than simply getting horny with it, even if certain religious doctrines are quite accepting of the sacred role of sexuality. I would certainly vouch for the observation that a greater depth of inner work will be achieved when one is not wholly distracted by sexual activity.

Back to the plants, I've found a few leaves of Salvia nemorosa 'Caradonna' (and/or possibly their combination with Nepeta sibirica) to also have had something to offer in these realms - but. again, my earlier caveat still applies.

I never get nausea from rue alone. With DMT, rarely.