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iQuestions Faculty, Doug Rosenau 
 
 
Question: 
 
Are there any natural aphrodisiacs? 
 
Answer: 
 
I get asked a lot about natural aphrodisiacs, and I think part of what 
people are wondering is, “Is there a chemical? Is there something I 
could take? Yohimbe, ginseng, something?”  
 
But a lot of the research would say some of this doesn’t really do that 
much. There really isn’t necessarily that chemical aphrodisiac.  
 
Some people then wonder if maybe the aphrodisiac is a magical 
technique of some sort—and there really isn’t that. 
 
When I look at natural aphrodisiacs, I look at more like a vacation, and 
I think, “What happens with a couple on vacation, that they usually 
make love more frequently and it’s more exciting and connecting?” 
One thing I think is that they are expecting sex. They are really 
thinking about it. There really is a principle of sex as an inertia, that a 
sex life at rest stays at rest, and one in motion really stays in motion. 
And on vacation, we usually plan to have a sex life in motion. 
 
I think another thing is, on vacation, we really get emotionally 
connected. There really is something about, you know, just a natural 
aphrodisiac about being able to talk, to look into each other’s lives, to 
share time together. So, I think that’s a part of it. 
 
 
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On vacation, we’re thinking about being playful and childlike and just 
really enjoying ourselves and romping, and we bring that into the 
bedroom, too. 
 
So, when I think about natural aphrodisiacs, I think more about what 
we can do—not in chemicals, not in magic technique, but more what 
we can do in the normal place of our love lives.  
 
It was kind of funny, I had a couple that had four children under the 
age of ten, and they said, “You know, Doug, you’re talking about all 
these natural aphrodisiacs. We just went on vacation. We did it once in 
the bathroom, and the two-year-old was knocking on the door.” So, 
they were kind of exploding my natural aphrodisiacs. 
 
But indeed, it is true, when we feel more in love, when we feel more 
connected, when we are really making time for it, that truly does 
enhance our lovemaking. 
 
 
 
 
 
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