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Weeds d'Amour

© Barbara Hall

Ah, Valentine's Day approacheth, and the lovers' thoughts turn to.......well, probably not weeds. But if one starts to make that 'herbs, romance, love, steam' connection, eventually SOMEone in the crowd does a little *wink*, *wink*, nudge, nudge....."Got any APHRODESIAC herbs? Har Har Har...."

So. Predicting that that question will arise, I go surfing about and of course, if you pop 'aphrodesiac' into the search engines you get Viagra, and if you fine-tune 'aphrodesiac, herbs' you get THIS! I'm sorry, but by the time I got down to the UNSOLICITED TESTIMONIALS I had TEARS in my eyes. And then at the very bottom, their FEMALE version is called......Lady V!!!! (I just fell off my chair)

But take a look at this:

"In Switzerland, Dr. Joseph Kovacs and Dr. Frank Berger, in Ohio Dr. Jack Summers, in Hungary Dr. Robert Frenkie, and in India Dr. Saifi Iftikhar all concluded unanimously in independent university studies that Avena Sativa dramatically increased sexual stamina and sensitivity"

and this:

"Avena Sativa stimulates the neurotransmitter pleasure centers to maximum capacity. This greatly intensifies pleasure."

Wow, huh? We all sure want some of THAT, now DON'T we??? Avena Sativa, sounds like some kind of belly dancer (and NOT a Penguette!) Well, let's just look THAT one up, hey. Got your horticultural dictionaries? Keep lookin', I'll wait.......

Does the name Wilford Brimley bring anything to mind? "It's the right thing to do...."

yeah.....OATS.

So let's go back up to those two quotes. They're talking NERVES here. (although that second one IS a little bizarre - conjures up some pretty strange images of the breakfast table....) But nerves, well nourished, unsplit, get-the-message-straight NEUROTRANSMITTERS certainly CAN bring you to the land of stamina and sensitivity - ALL over.

You can,(as I did) go through a whole STACK of herbal healing books and never see them mentioned. But hop over to books by the Wise Women, like Susun Weed and Juliette de Bairacli Levy and there they be. Juliette calls oats "...a strength-giving cereal. Low in starch, high in mineral content (especially potassium and phosphorus, also magnesium and calcium) Particularly rich in vitamin B, with some of the rare E and G also."

Susun recommends a tincture of Oats to help with hot flashes, upset nerves and various menopause symptoms. She lists Oats among her 'sexy herbs' (along with Burdock and Nettles) taken as infusions (strong overnight-brewed teas) to 'find the mood again, even if you think you're beyond help'...and recommends tinctures of Motherwort, Chaste Tree (vitex) Ginseng, Oats or Siberian Ginseng.

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