Journal

how do herbal remedies really compare to pharmaceutical enhancement?

Men’s health is in crisis, and learning simple, approachable, sustainable tools to support overall male health and vitality are more important than ever.

“There’s no such thing as a placebo erection”, says Chris Kilham, author of “Hot Plants”.

Mismatched libidos are incredibly common, bit with understanding and communication, it can be used as an opprtunity to explore what sex really means and ultimately, to connect more deeply.

I’d formally studied herbal medicine since adolescence and had only peripherally heard of Muira Puama before 2019, when I dedicated myself to exhaustively researching the full repertoire of aphrodisiac herbs. I ordered loose cut Muira Puama, an Amazonian tree bark, from two different suppliers and proceeded to acquaint myself with her in much the same way I had countless herbs before - reading clinical trials and materia medica; making it into decoctions, teas and tinctures; taking a *lot* of it. And I quickly fell hopelessly in love, even felt cheated that I’d not found her sooner.

Erectile Dysfunction is on the rise, even among the younger population. It remains a taboo subject, but conversation can help us understanding causes, prevention and treatment. It’s important to remember that ED is part of holistic health, and there’s so much we can do naturally to treat it.

Female sexual energy is one of the most powerful forces on earth, but it is suffering. 43% of women struggle with chronic low libido, and there’s a simple cause that most women overlook - hormones. And how do you re-regulate hormones to revive libido? Herbal medicine has some answers.

What is Maca? How does it work for libido, in both men and women? And fertility? Let’s touch on real data - both clinical and empirical - on the increasingly popular Maca Root.

Are oysters truly aphrodisiacs? Let’s look at the history of this claim and whether or not the nutritional and/ or medicinal compound profile of oysters substantiates this claim.

The World Health Organization has declared infertility a World Health Crisis, with 1 in 8 to 1 in 6 couples struggling to conceive. As we find ourselves most urgently in need of the support of plant wisdom to improve our ever-dwindling reproductive capacity, we are more painfully disconnected from it than ever… There is so much we can do naturally to support our bodies' innate ability to find balance and vitality where reproductive health is concerned, and herbal medicine works to enhance just that - our bodies’ innate fertility - and it does so through a variety of mechanisms.

“…This anecdote from Pliny the Elder is what people assume I’m speaking of when I start talking about aphrodisiacs. Their eyes glaze over with skepticism or more accurately, misconceptions and misinformation about herbal medicine.

Trauma is enormously complex and common. It it one of the leading that women disconnected from sexuality and pleasure. But sex, intimacy and pleasure are simultaneously powerful forces for healing.

Testosterone and low t are occurring at epidemic rates in our male population. So is infertility. Sperm counts are plummeting, and many men don't realize there is so much they can do about it.

Aphrodisiacs are found all over the world, and have been used throughout our human history. They’re a class of herbs that excite desire and enhance sexual energy. But how exactly do they work?