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Ampotah, salep nakatulong di naman…

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. The name “salep” is said to come from an Arabic expression meaning “fox testicles,” because of the orchid’s tubers, which are egg-shaped and resemble testes. It has also been referred to as merely “testicles” and “orchid” throughout history. Most likely, however, the Turkish name seems to come directly from the Arabic name “sahlab” for both the orchid and the 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. Ancient folklore declares that salep orchid was an ingredient in love potions brewed by witches. “Witches were supposed to use the tubers in their philters, the fresh tuber being given to promote true love, and the withered one to check wrong passions,” according to Wisegeek.com. “It was tested recently for cases of nervous debility and has been shown to be a nerve stimulant” and reinvigorating tonic, effective for age-related sexual weakness.

In reality, Turkish Delight is most often used when referring to lokum, which is a sweet dessert made from starch and sugar and often flavored with rosewater, mastic, or lemon. It is said that in an attempt to satisfy his many wives, a famous sultan demanded his confectioner to create a blend of sugar syrup, nuts, dried fruits and other flavorings. Combined with a binding agent, the delicately scented and sugary sweet, known as Turkish Delight, was created. From this moment on, a plate of Lokum was served at daily feasts in the Ottoman court.

Salep itself is native to Turkey, although its popularity spread beyond this location to the Middle East, England, and Germany before coffee and tea became fashionable. However, it was still offered as an alternative beverage in coffee establishments. In England, during the 17th and 18th centuries, British orchid roots, known as “dogstones,” were utilized as substitution for the original Turkish salep orchids.

Europeans also believed that the orchid root could determine the sex of their unborn children. It was said that men who ate the larger root of the orchid would have sons whereas women who ate the smaller root would have daughters. Interestingly, the scent of the orchid species led to the belief that the plant arose from goat semen which fell on the ground during copulation and fermented.

Salep has a long history in Turkey and was originally used there as medicinal beverage and as a binder in desserts. The popularity of salep in Turkey has unfortunately led to a decline in the populations of wild orchids. True salep is now illegal to export out of the country and now instant salep mixes are made with artificial flavorings and substitutes in other parts of the world.

Other desserts made from salep flour include salep pudding and salep ice cream, also known as salep dondurma, or “Maras Ice Cream.” According to a New York Times article, the traditional Turkish salep ice cream is sweetened and flavored with mastic, a sweet-smelling resin, and thickened with salep. The ice cream was most likely discovered when accidentally frozen. Salep ice cream is typically stretched for 20 minutes into an elastic mass, creating a firm and chewy frozen concoction that is cut with a knife. Amazingly, this Turkish specialty is so stretchy it can be used as a jump rope.

Original article by: SexHerald.com

Tagged as: love, sex, aphrodisiac, salep

The study of more than 4,000 nurses showed that those who took aspirin – usually to prevent heart disease reported an increase in their libido by more than 50%.

According to resent research findings woman would become more aggressive prior to menstruation and more that 10% of the 4,000 nurses studied said they found ICU heart patients looked extremely attractive to them during normal rounds in their wards.

This is the first study to find that aspirin can significantly increase the libido in woman “If these findings are confirmed in other clinical trials, taking aspirin may become another simple, low-cost and relatively safe tool to help women with low sex drives.

A few women reported that the aspirin kept on falling out when they would stand up or jog and were not getting the reported benefit with increased aspirin consumption.

The research team studied 4,164 female registered nurses taking part in the Nurses’ Health Study, an ongoing analysis of a wide range of health issues.

Women who took aspirin two to five days a week reported they got horny at least 2 times a day. Six to seven aspirins put this woman into frenzy. Most of the women had already been taking low-dose aspirin to prevent heart attacks and stroke but found the increased dose just drove them crazy.

But there was not enough data on these drugs to give a clear answer as to why the nurses got horny while attending patients in the heart ward. It was reported that one nurse had a heart attack after taking 2 aspirins and using a vibrator. However, researchers could not say if this was asymptomatic or just a blown fuse.

And aspirin can cause stomach bleeding so it should not be taken while woman menstruate

Original article from: www.thespoof.com

Tagged as: love, sex, aphrodisiac, aspirin

Botanical Name:
Elettaria Cardamomum

Other Names:
Cinnamon palm, Cardamon, Bastard Cardamom, Grains of Paradise, Pai-Tou, Sha-Ren, Elachi, Ela, Capalaga, Malabar Cardamom, Cardamom

Cardamom is a member of the ginger family and has a thick fleshy root, a rhizome. It is a bushy plant, about 3 meters tall with straight stems, symmetrical dark green pointed leaves, and lightly colored flowers with white and blue stripes and yellow borders throughout the year. Fruits grow in pods, about 12 per pod.

The aromatic cardamom is another ancient herb attributed to increased sexual excitement. It’s mostly used as spice for food, especially from the Far East, but Arabs have long considered cardamom an aphrodisiac and ingest it in a potion made by breaking down the plant seeds in hot water.

In Asia and Africa, cardamom has been used to flavor food for centuries. It is a very important part of Indian and Arabic cuisine. It is an essential ingredient in coffee in many cultures. For Arabic coffee, seeds are ground and added to coffee grounds before brewing, or pods are steeped in the coffee itself. In Bedouin tradition, cardamom pods are placed in the spout of the coffee pot so just the right amount of cardamom flavor is added as the coffee is being poured. In Ethiopia, coffee beans are roasted together with cardamom seeds and other spices immediately before the coffee is prepared. All of these are parts of important hospitality traditions within their cultures.

In the Far East, cardamom is often used in meals; almost every time in order to condiment them or even preserve them. So, as a consequence, there are a lot of recipes that use cardamom. It is believed that the West got its first taste of cardamom when Alexander the Great brought it back from India.

Cardamom is also used in some Scandinavian and German cookies, pastries and, of course, sausages. Its addition to a dish immediately gives it an Eastern flair.

You can use cardamom as infusion, tincture or decoction. They increase your appetite, but they are also good in fighting bronchitis, bile blockings, breathing problems. They may also improve your liver with certain diseases.

Cardamom gives very nice smelling oil, used in beauty treatments and as a skin tonic. Actually, cardamom acts like a general tonic, creating a good, positive, mood, but be aware: it also gives you a dreaming kind of state, especially when combined with coffee or tea.

Since consuming Cardamom produce good mood, along with a tonic stream, it makes your organs feel better. This kind of action is a lot similar to other natural aphrodisiacs.

According to old beliefs, to encourage a would-be lover, chew some cardamom seeds before talking to him or her. This is also useful in any situation calling for eloquence, when you must charm your audience. Cardamom seeds can also be added to lust drawing sachets.

Cardamom is fragrant and often used in perfumery. Seeds can be placed in sachets and stored with linens to keep them smelling nice. And since Cardamom is an aphrodisiac, their scent might be particularly welcome on your sheets. (If you just want to sleep, use lavender instead).

People who have digestive problems, particularly with gluten, may find it helpful to have a cup of cardamom tea after a meal, or Chai tea, which contains cardamom. It is also excellent for chest congestion.

Drinking cardamom tea after every meal can aid in digestion and prevent gas. Milk boiled with cardamom seeds is excellent with a little honey.

Cardamom should not be used by pregnant women or people with gallstones.

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Okay, “pine”, wat ever…

Latin Name: Pinus edulis. Other Pinus species also

Other Names: Piñon, pinyon

Many nuts are rich in zinc, a lack of which is said to cause impotence and infertility in men. Pine nuts especially have been used throughout the Mediterranean and the East for centuries to make up love potions. The Roman poet Ovid (a vegetarian) in his work ‘The Art of Love’ selected ‘the nuts that the sharp-leafed pine brings forth’ as an effective and powerful aphrodisiac. The Perfumed Garden, (an ancient Arabic love manual), contains many references to pine nuts including this prescription to restore a man’s sexual vigor by Galen in 200 AD: “A glass of thick honey, plus 20 almonds and 100 pine nuts repeated for three nights.” Nuts have also been found to be an effective brain food, due to a substance called boron that increases electrical activity in the brain. “Pine nuts first got their aphrodisiac reputation from the effort required to get them. They’re nestled in the cones of the pine tree, and the best were said to come from the Himalayas,” says Martha Hopkins, author of InterCourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook. Like most nuts, they also offer protective cardiovascular benefits and are especially good sources of thiamin, iron, magnesium, and manganese, explains Mittler. Zinc also helps the immune system and promotes wound healing.

Another curiosity: the pine nut with most aphrodisiac power is the type that comes from the PINUS GERARDIANA, a pine tree who grows only in the NW side of the Himalaya Mountains at a height between 2000 and 4000 meters.

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