Aphrodisiac Herbs
Latin name
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Common name
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Uses
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Alhagi maurorum
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Arabian Manna, Hebrew Manna, Duralabha, Taranjabin, Yavasa, Javasa
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Sweetish bitter extract of the plant (known as yavasarkar) acts as aphrodisiac and restorative when taken with milk; the manna or the sweet exudation on leaves and branches (known as taranjabin) is given with milk as restorative, aphrodisiac, blood purifier and cholagogue (promotes flow of bile); fresh juice in combination with aromatics used for relieving suppression of urine, and used as snuff as a remedy for migraine
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Alpinia galanga
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Greater Galangal, Siamese Ginger, Barakalijan
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Aromatic rhizomes aphrodisiac, stimulant, tonic, reported to be useful for impotency, nervous debility and as an aphrodisiac; recommended for the treatment of diabetes; rhizome has disinfectant properties and used as a deodorant of foul smell in the mouth; seeds have the same medicinal uses as rhizome; leaves and rhizome contain essential oil: methyl cinnamate, cineol and d-pinene
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Amaranthus polygamus
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Prince’s Feather, Chundisag, Cholai-bhajee
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Leaves, root and seed are powerful aphrodisiac and given in impotency; also cooling and demulcent and used for promoting intestinal and urinary discharges
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Areca catechu
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Areca-nut, Supari
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Nut as aphrodisiac and nervine tonic; also prescribed in calculous affection and urinary disorder; nut contains the alkaloids arecaine, arecoline, arecaidine, guvacine, the most important being arecoline
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Asparagus racemosus
A. racemosus var. javanicus
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Adds Kenders, Satavar
Satavari, Devbadni
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Tuberous roots nervine, cardiac and ophthalmic tonic used to treat seminal debility, impotency, pulmonary and urinary complaints and ulcers on tongue
Roots aphrodisiac; also cures diabetes
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Basella rubra
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Poi, Potki
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Leaves seminal tonic, blood purifier, sedative and improve mood
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Bombax ceiba
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Lal-savar
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Aphrodisiac, tonic, cures impotency, sexual weakness, night pollution, atrophy, debility and increases vitality; also cures anaemia, acne, pimples, leprosy and skin diseases
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Ceiba pentandra
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Kapok Tree, White Cotton Tree, Safed Samel
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Gum that exudes from trunk is used as a tonic, alterative and aphrodisiac and is a valuable remedy for impotency; powdered gum with milk is given as a tonic to cure impotency; roots are stimulant, tonic; their juice is highly valued as a cure for diabetes.
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Chlorophyton arundinaceum,
C. tuberosum
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Safed musli
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Roots aphrodisiac tonic to treat impotency and debility: “A touch with this plant can bring an errant wife back to her husband”
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Cocos nucifera
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Coconut Palm, Nariyel
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Improves sexual potency and fertility (fruits, embryo); coconut water or milk found in young fruits contain albumin and is used as a blood purifier, refrigerant, cooling and nutritive tonic given in malnutrition, general debility and urinary disorders; other properties described under Refreshing Herbs
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Convolvulus paniculatus
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Barahi Kand, Bidari
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Restorative aphrodisiac and tonic, diuretic
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Curculigo orchioides
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Kali musli
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Aphrodisiac tonic, cures impotency, epilepsy, asthma and blindness
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Eulophia campestris
E. dabia
E. herbacea
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Terrestrial orchids;
Solam-misri, Bansinghara
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Aphrodisiac, blood purifier, appetizer, tonic, cures impotency, sex debility, cardiac and pulmonary problems (pseudo bulbs, tubers)
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Glycyrrhiza glabra
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Liquorice, Mulhatti
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Root is aphrodisiac, sweet and nutritive; a popular household remedy for cough, bronchitis and other chest complaints, sore throat and hoarseness of voice; also useful in hypertension, cardiac asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, duodenal ulcers; widely used in cough medicines, throat lozenges and as sweetener in chocolates, chewing gums, candies, baked food, and for flavouring cigarettes, chewing and snuff tobacco; its important constituent isglycyrrhizic acid or glycyrrhizin
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Lepidium sativum
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Garden Cress, Chausur
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Seed aphrodisiac, stimulant, alterative, tonic, blood purifier; given as tonic prepared by boiling the seeds in milk for treatment of impotency; in general debility a confection made of the seeds with clarified butter and sugar is a popular remedy
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Mucuna prurita
(= M. pruriens)
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Cowhage, kevatch, Goncha, Kaunch
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Seed and root aphrodisiac, nervine tonic, used to treat impotency, seminal debility, spermatorrhea, madness, facial paralysis, hemiplegia and kidney troubles; remarkable biological activity as hypoglycaemic
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Pedalium murex
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Bada Gokhru, Gokara
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Aphrodisiac, tonic for sex vigour and impotency; increases sperm formation and their vitality and cures nocturnal seminal emissions (leaves, stem & fruits) – edible vegetable
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Salmalia malabarica
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Semal Tree, Silk-cotton Tree, Semal, Shewa
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Stem bark and gum are aphrodisiac, tonic in seminal weakness; fruits also effective in weakness of the genital organs
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Sida cordifolia
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Mahot balais, Country Mallow, Kungyi, Khireti, Mahabala
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Seed and root aphrodisiac, tonic for improving sexual strength, cures impotency, seminal debility and spermatorrhea; root is cooling, sedative, nervous and cardiac tonic; used in insanity, paralysis, facial paralysis and hemiplegia; whole plant, especially the seed, contains the alkaloid ephedrine; reputed as one of the most valuable medicinal plants by Ayurvedic and Yunani practitioners
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Strychnos nux-vomica
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Nux-vomica, Strychnine Tree, Kajra, Kuchla
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Ripe seed and its alkaloid strychnine are aphrodisiac, stimulant, tonic and much used for impotency, sexual debility and spermatorrhea; described under General Tonic Herbs
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Tamarindus indica
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Tamarind, Imli
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Seeds aphrodisiac and cardiac tonic; fruit pulp and flowers are appetizing, refrigerant, antiseptic and excellent corrective for bilious disorders and also an effective gargle in sore throat; other properties described under Refreshing Herbs
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Tinospora cordifolia
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Heart-leaved Moonseed, Giloe, Ambarvel
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Leaves and stem aphrodisiac, alterative, tonic for sexual strength, impotency, sexual debility, spermatorrhea, nocturnal seminal emission, and jaundice (as hepatic stimulant); as a general tonic the fresh juice taken with milk is very useful; reputed as one of the most valuable medicinal plants by Ayurvedic and Yunani practitioners.
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Tribulus terrestris
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Calthrops, Ikshugandha,
Chhota Gokru, Gokru, Trikanta
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Whole plant, especially seed most important ingredient of Ayurvedic preparation as aphrodisiac, cooling, alterative, tonic and diuretic; used to treat impotency, seminal weakness, spermatorrhea, gonorrhoea, urinary complaints and painful micturition; used for centuries in Europe as remedy for
impotence and sexual stimulant in both men and women; other properties described under Refreshing Herbs |
Vanilla fragrans
(= V. planifolia)
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Vanilla
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Fruits (beans) aphrodisiac and brain stimulant; vanilla favour used primarily in ice creams, chocolate, liquors, perfumes and pharma – and nutra-ceutical preparations
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Withania somnifera
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Winter Cherry, Ashvagandha, Asgandh
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Roots aphrodisiac, rejuvenating tonic, useful for sexual strength and general senile or seminal debility, cure sterility in women if taken for a few days soon after the menstrual period; hypnotic to treat epilepsy and insanity; roots contain the alkaloidsomniferine
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Wrightia tinctoria
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Pala Indigo plant
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Seed Aphrodisiac; decoction of leaves and bark is stomachic; flowers & fruits yield a blue dye
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Zehneria umbellate
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Mokri, Gawal Kakru
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Dried roots (2 g a day) with milk given in seminal debility and spermatorrhea; ripe fruits as digestive tonic and stomachic
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Zizyphus jujuba,
Z. mauritiana
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Indian Plum, Chinese Date, Ber
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Seed kernels aphrodisiac; edible fruits rich in vitamin C and contain many rare minerals; fruits reputed to be good blood purifier and digestive
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Dioscorea floribunda
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Diosgenin (a kind of saprogenins) extracted from Dioscorea used as raw material for industrial production of corticosteroids, including cortisone as oral contraceptive;cortisone used in preparation of sex hormones and in treatment of rheumatic arthritis, asthma, nephritis, shock and allergic manifestations; diosgenin & its b-isomer are most important commercially
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Other aphrodisiac herbs:
Abutilon indicum (Indian Mallow, Karandi, Petari): seed aphrodisiac
Abrus precatorius (Bead Tree): described under Cardiac Tonic Herbs
Acacia arabica (Babul, Kikar): bark & gum aphrodisiac; described under General TonicHerbs
Albizzia lebbek (Siris): flowers seminal tonic; described under Refreshing Herbs
Allium sativum (Garlic): described under General Tonic Herbs
Butea monosperma (Bengal Kino, Dhak): described under Anti-diabetic Herbs
Coriandrum sativum (Coriander, Dhania): described under General Tonic Herbs
Crocus sativus (Saffron, Kesar): described under General Tonic Herbs
Hygrophila auriculata (Talmakhana): described under Anti-cancer Herbs
Moringa oleifera (Ben Tree, Sonjana): described under Anti-cancer Herbs
Phoenix dactylifera (Date, Khajur): described under General Tonic Herbs
Psoralea coryfolia (Bawachi): described under Anti-AIDS Herbs
Saussurea lappa (Costus, Kot): described under General Tonic Herbs
Trigonella foenum-graceum (Fenugreek, Methi): described under General Tonic Herbs
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