Aphrodisiacs and Alternative Sexual Stimulation

All senses should be taken into account to lend themselves to the libido. Each month in the Aphrodisiacs Section, we will bring you ideas and knowledge which can demonstrate different seduction techniques, help you boost your sex drive, and balance your body in sexual favor.

We will always bring you an immensely credible source for aphrodisiacs, explaining myths and folklore.

We will also enumerate scientifically tested and historically proven methods, and strive to expand your sexuality-based knowledge so you can use what is readily available to make positive changes in your sex-life.

The difference between real and false information is sometimes indistinct, but with once you have the knowledge, you will be able to make informed aphrodisiac choices and greatly improve your sex-life. Whether hidden passions lay in taste buds, tips of toes or anywhere (or everywhere) in between, we’ll work to find your spot and satisfy it.

Some commonly recognized aphrodisiacs date back to ancient civilizations. The lore of sex is passed on from generation to generation. This proves that the human urge to learn about and teach sexuality is inherently powerful. Aphrodisiacs is just one entity of SexHerald that endeavors to consider sex and sexuality from a sociological standpoint, illuminating many dimensions of each aphrodisiac; from sensual to nourishing, obvious to subtle, and from what you’ve heard about to what you haven’t yet dreamt about.

This Month

Pine nuts: Aphrodite's festive treat

The sight and smell of pine cones is reminiscent of the traditional Christmas season. Pine trees are adorned with lights and ornaments. The lighting of our evergreen trees is celebrated soon after Thanksgiving, while wreaths decorated with pine cones embellish our home. If we rethink this common yuletide staple as a tree of life, we may realize its potential as a potent aphrodisiac. Whether it is the huge number of seeds produced or the suggestive shape of the cones, the pine tree has been considered a powerful tool used to enhance sexual desire since the dawn of time. The ancients knew of the stimulating property of pine. Women used the “still green seeds” of the pine in a douche to wash their vaginas. It was thought that by following this ritual, women would experience an instant tightening and greater sensitivity in their vaginal areas.

Salep refers to both an aphrodisiac beverage and orchid in Turkey. Salep flour, which is made from grinding dried tubers of a species of plant related to the orchid, is the main ingredient of this drink. Salep is generally offered as a winter beverage. By boiling a mixture of salep flour with milk, sugar, and spices, the drink has been offered by doctors over generations, under the principle of “sympathetic medicine,” to men who experience fertility or virility problems because of the belief that ingesting objects that look like testicles would bestow the assets of healthy testes. Sometimes referred to as Turkish Delight, salep is also known as cayirotu or cemcicegi and is believed to be an excellent remedy for intestinal disorders, colds and coughs and is thought to improve sexual appetite and increase virility.

“Double, double, toil, and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble. Round about the caldron go…” In Shakespeare’s traditional witch brew of trouble, we are told to place in the cauldron (while boiling and baking) “filet of a fenny snake,” “eye of newt,” “toe of frog,” “wool of bat,” “tongue of dog,” “lizard’s leg,” “scale of dragon” and “tooth of wolf,” among other ghastly ingredients. In love potions, lustful concoctions, and aphrodisiac brews, we are told to drink damiana in tea or to smoke damiana in pipes or to burn damiana incense.

In life, there are many sports to enjoy and excel in. Most of them begin with a ball. In baseball, you bat a ball. In tennis, you hit a ball. In soccer, you kick a ball. In football, you catch a ball. In basketball, you dribble a ball. Sex for sport is no different. To enjoy and excel in the bedroom, try eating a ball. Cooked testicles, also known as Rocky Mountain Oysters, prairie oysters, calf fries, cowboy caviar, swinging sirloin and Montana tendergroin—to name a few—have been considered an aphrodisiac throughout history. However you refer to them, testicles are thought to be a decidedly edible part of many male animals.