Indian spices that boost your sex life

Spices are known for their unique taste and flavour when added to various food preparations. Apart from rendering various health benefits, these easily-available kitchen ingredients can work wonders on your sexual health. Right from chillies to garlic to cumin seeds, here’s how to use these seven healthy spices for higher libido and improve sexual vigour in both the sexes.  

Jeera: Being packed with zinc, a mineral that plays a key role in sperm production, jeera or cumin seeds can up your sexual life. It can deal with infertility problems, ED (erectile dysfunction), PE (premature ejaculation), low sperm count and sperm virility. Drink jeera tea (add half a spoon of jeera seeds to a cup of boiling water) regularly on an empty stomach to boost your sex life.
Carom seeds: Known as ajwain in hindi, carom seeds act as a natural aphrodisiac, thereby aiding to spice up your sex life. Apart from acting on the hormones that are responsible for greater sexual virility and higher libido in both the sexes, it exerts a calming effect on the body. Consume a mixture of ajwain, tamarind, honey, ghee and milk every day to improve vitality and libido.

Garlic: It is one of the very few natural aphrodisiacs that are known to have no side-effects. People suffering from a lack of libido, exhaustion caused due to sexual overindulgence or those who are unable to maintain an erection can benefit from this root. To get relief from sexual debility, eat 2–3 crushed garlic cloves on a daily basis.

Ginger: This root not only adds tanginess to the food but also acts as a potent aphrodisiac. Known as adrak in hindi, it relieves the symptoms of conditions such as impotency, premature ejaculation and spermatorrhea (excessive accidental ejaculation). To avail its benefits, consume a spoonful of ginger juice with one half-boiled egg and some honey before bed every day.

Nutmeg: Adding a pinch of nutmeg (jaiphal) powder to your tea or milk shake can spice your sexual life. It causes sexual arousal by imitating the effect of serotonin hormone and also provides a relaxing effect on the body. So, if you suffer from low libido, try adding this spice to your diet and experience the difference!

Asafeotida: Have you ever wondered adding asafoetida (hing) to your diet might aid in boosting your sexual life? This culinary herb has been used since ages to treat impotency in males and is well-known to increase libido.

Chillies: In addition to adding spice to the food, chillies can spice up your sexual life. As they help release of endorphins, pleasure hormones, chillies are known to boost sex drive. You can add them to food preparations or buttermilk to enhance your sexual virility and watch things steam up between the sheets, naturally!




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