| ISBN: | 0874777240 |
| Publisher: | The Putnam Publishing Group |
| Pub. Date: | Mar. 1993 |
Are there such things as aphrodisiacs? If so, how do they work? Does diet and exercise affect sex drive? Can prescriptions help or hinder libido? If these questions have crossed your mind in any serious form, this book will either answer them for you or point you in the right direction; probably the former. The answers might be unlike anything you've considered.Love Potions discusses the modern medical understanding of the chemistry of desire - what works, what doesn't, and why. It discusses scents, drugs, and pheromones and their effect on sexuality. It analyzes numerous plants that have been used for arousal by one culture or another and what the true effects are. It discusses the effects of exercise and nutrition with the obvious yet interesting conclusion that a healthy body is a sexy body - and many traditional aphrodisiac foods are thereby explained.The book also contains a sizeable list of recipes that make use of the ingredients mentioned, both ingested and inhaled. Perfume recipes specific to attracting men or women are included along with homeopathic suggestions and aromatherapy ideas. Beverages of all kinds, from a spicy vanilla shake to Rosemary Gladstar's complicated elixir, fill the rest of the listings with the promise of restored or enhanced libido.And do they work? Well, step this way. I have something for you to try; and then you can tell me for yourself...|
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