TRADITIONAL INTERNAL MEDICINE – DISEASES & FORMULAS
Aphrodisiac & Enhancing Sexual Pleasure
“Substances that have a pungent taste are not (normally) productive
of semen, Long Pepper and dry Ginger do increase sexual potency”.
“Milk strongly increases sexual potency and should be consumed
regularly by anyone who has a regular sex life”.
“After sexual intercourse one should take a bath, drink milk or a hearty bouillon,
and go to sleep—in doing so, one recovers strength and semen”. (Charaka)
Aphrodisiacs are medicines that promote sexual desire. Some warm and stimulate Yang, some have androgenic effects, some work as a general tonic by improving overall health which in turn promotes sexual desire. Some medicines, such as Cantharides, irritate the genital tract and strongly warm the Kidneys, thereby promoting sexual desire.
Clinically, these medicines are of use in Frigidity and Impotence, and some are also effective for Infertility.
“For him who is afflicted by weakness or illness from too much sexual intercourse, Milk is the cure”. (Rhazes)
Western Tradition
Simples
Hazelnut
Borage
Red Behen
Orchis
Asparagus root
Sparrow brain
Chickpea
Bugloss
White Behen
Confected Ginger
Sea Holly root
Pizzle & Testicles
1. “And when someone whose penis is flaccid drinks the water in which a glowing iron has been quenched, he will keep an erection all through the night’. (Rhazes)
Formulas to Promote Lust; Aphrodisiac
Confected Ginger
Confected Sea Holly root
Sea Holly root preserved
Parsnip root prepared
Orchis root preserved
Powder of Ambergis (Diambra) (Mesue)
Sweet Powder of Musk
Electuary of Saffron (Diacurcuma) (Mesue)
Electuary of Steel (Unani)
Mithridate
Powder to Stimulate Venery
Aromaticum Rosatum
Electuary of Orchis (Diasatyrion)
Triphera Saracenica
Triphala Electuary Greater (Unani)
Electuarium Alcharif (Mesue)
Diacameron Magna (Diathamaron) (Nicholas)
Antidote for Cold Kidneys and to Excite Libido
Antidote for Cold Lumbar, Venery, & Defect of Semen
Pills for Coitus (Arnold de Villa Nova)
Oil of Ants
1. Pepper powder 10 grains taken with Milk at Bedtime.
2. Pepper ½ dram, Saffron ½ scruple, Powder.
3. Pepper 1 dram, Nutmeg ½ dram, Salt 1 dram, take with raw Egg Yolk.
4.. Pine nuts
Pistachio
Rocket seed
Sugar
Form a confection.
5. Poppy seed
Tribulus 1 part ea.
Sesame seed. 3 parts
Boil in milk to make a gruel. Take every night to be strong and virile. (Ayurveda)
6. Tribulus
Macuna
Asparagus Shatavari
Orchis
Sida cordifolia
Boil in Milk.
7. Shilajit
Withania
Asparagus root
Nutmeg
8. “The Strongest”
Cantharides, wings removed 2
Cinnamon 1 scruple
Sugar Candy 1 dram
Take with Milk. (Platerus)
9. “If the right (big) toe is annoited with Oil of Cantharides, it provokes Venery.” (Platerus)
10. TO EXCITE LUST IN THE FEMALE
Mix Asafetida and Oil of Jasmine. Leave them to macerate for several days. Use to annoint the penis before intercourse. It causes excitation and strong lust in the woman. (Al-Kindi)
TCM Classification
Kidney Yang Deficiency
Lower back pain, weak legs, coldness in the lower body, difficult or frequent urination, nocturnal enuresis, edema, pale and swollen tongue, slow, deep pulse
Shen Qi Wan (Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan) (Rehmannia 8)
You Gui Wan
You Gui Yin
Kidney Yin Deficiency
Lower back pain, weak legs, sore knees, dizziness and vertigo, tinnitus, night sweats, heat in the palms and soles, thirst, dry mouth, fine and rapid pulse
Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
Zuo Gui Wan
Qi Deficiency
Debility, weak voice, poor appetite, pale face, low energy, loose stool, pale tongue and a weak pulse
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang
Gui Pi Tang
Medicines to Prolong Ejaculation
Prolonging the time of Ejaculation enhances and prolongs pleasure for both male and female. Therefore, certain medicines have been used to retain semen and prolong ejaculation. These may be prescribed for Premature Ejaculation, but also to enhance normal lovemaking.
Unani has a class of medicines which are said to “Increase Semen viscosity” and thereby help Semen retention to prevent Premature Ejaculation. These may be viewed under the medicines that Increase Semen.
Asparagus root
Poppy seed
Orchis
Red Behen
Curculigo
Sida cordifolia
Lizard / Skink
Asparagus Shatavari
Nutmeg
Chlorophytum
White Behen
Blepharis
Mucuna
1. ALMOND PASTE
Soak Almonds in water, beat to a paste and add a little Long Pepper, Ginger and Nutmeg powder, and sweeten with sugar. Take some every day with Milk.
2. ORCHID AND ALMOND POWDER
Orchis (Salep) 1 part
Almond kernel 2 parts
Powder and take 10 grams daily.
3. HYGROPHILIA AND TRIBULUS POWDER
Hygrophila seed
Tribulus
Asparagus Shatavari equal parts
Powder and take with Milk.
4. PILLS
Opium
Nutmeg
Camphor
Henbane seed
Caesalpinia
Saffron
Sugar
5. Orchis (Salep)
Withania
Chlorophytum
Pyrethrum
Pueraria
Tribulus equal parts
6. A POWDER
Withania
Argyreia
Hygrophila
Licorice equal parts
7. PILLS
Pills of equal parts of Opium and Saffron retain semen. (Ayurveda)
Medicines to Tighten the Vagina
Vaginal tone enhances sex for both parties. Some women feel a loss of tone after several childbirths or as they become older. Therefore it is common nowadays to have surgery to tighten the vagina. However, traditionally medicines were applied to the vagina to tighten and tone. These are predominately astringent medicines.
Some of these remedies were to be applied to the vulva only, while others were inserted inside the vagina. Preparations inserted into the vagina are best done by rolling in thin gauze to make a tampon-shaped wad to be inserted. If any sort of powder remnants remain after use, the vagina should be irrigated with a douche, typically a decoction of Pennyroyal.
Western Tradition
1. Beat Galls, adding a little Clove. Boil in red wine, strain and use as a wash.
2. Decoction or Distilled Water of Ladies Mantle applied tightens the womb
3. “The distilled water of Starwort being often injected into the Matrix, will make one scarce know which is corrupted and which is not”.
POWDER TO TIGHTEN THE VAGINA AFTER BIRTH
Dragons Blood
Armenian Earth
Pomegranate peel
white of an Egg
Mastic
Galls, of each 1 ounce
Powder and mix with hot water. Wrap in cloth and insert into the vagina. (Porta, 1669)
ANOTHER:
Gall
Gum Arabic
Egg white
Dragons Blood
Plantain
Mastic
Cypress nuts
Acorn cups
Powder, mix with hot water and apply. (Porta, 1669)
“POWDER TO TIGHTEN LIKE A VIRGIN”
Comfrey
Alum
Pomegranate flower
Myrrh
Frankincense
Mastic
Resin
Red Armenian Earth
Gall
Gypsum
Burnt Deer horn
Round Birthwort, equal parts
Powder them all. To use, the powder is applied to the vulva, left for a while, then washed off with a decoction of Pennyroyal.
FOMENTATION TO TIGHTEN THE VAGINA
Comfrey root 1 oz.
Pomegranate peel
Pomegranate flower ½ oz. ea.
Oak leaf
Plantain ½ handful ea.
Alum 1 oz.
Boil the herbs in water, strain and add the Alum. Apply warm on a cloth or towel for 15 minutes.
PESSARY TO TIGHTEN THE VAGINA
Comfrey roots
Armenian Earth
Dragons Blood
Alum
Pomegranate flowers
Mastic
Galls ½ dram ea.
Make a Powder, and with steeled Water make a mixture, dip a pessary in and insert.
“A WOMAN DEFLOWERED MADE A VIRGIN AGAIN“
Burnt Alum
Mastic
Add a little Vitriol and Orpiment.
This is a traditional type of medicine used to restore the hymen. A little was applied topically which would cause a small wound which, once healed, resembled an intact hymen. Needless to say, this would not be used today. (Porta, 1669)
From Ayurveda
VAGINAL PESSARY
Salt
Pomegranate peel equal parts
Powder and form a pill to be kept in the vagina.
ANOTHER VAGINAL PESSARY
Alum
Gall equal parts
Use as above.
MANGO SALVE
Mango kernel
Powder and mix with Honey and a little Camphor for topical application.
POWDER FOR TOPICAL APPLICATION
Fenugreek
Alum
Symplococos
Tamarix gallica
Powder and insert into the vagina.
PILL FOR TOPICAL USE
Chebula
Galls
Alum
Silk Cotton Tree gum
Tamarix gallica
Jasmine flowers
Form a pill to be kept in the vagina.
