10 aphrodisiacs used by ancient people to improve sexual performance

① Wushisan

Taken from Shennongjing. During the Han, Wei and Jin dynasties, a sorcerer made "Wushisan" with cinnabar, realgar, mica, quartz and stalactite. After taking this medicine, the body becomes very hot and needs to wear thin clothes, drink cold water and eat cold food, so it is also called "Hanshisan" or "Fushi" or "Fushi". During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei Shangshu He Yan felt that it had a miraculous effect on fitness after taking it, so it was widely circulated and became a kidney-strengthening aphrodisiac. In Qianjin Yifang, Sun Simiao of the Tang Dynasty fully affirmed the role of Wushisan in replenishing essence and eliminating impotence. "

②Autumn Stone

The clean white crystals extracted from the urine of boys and girls are called "Autumn Stone", also known as Huilong Soup and Lunhui Soup. Chen Jiamo of the Ming Dynasty wrote in "Compendium of Materia Medica Mengquan": "Autumn Stone, you need to take boys' urine in the autumn month, put seven qian of gypsum powder into each jar, stir it with mulberry sticks, settle it, and pour out the clear liquid; dry it on heavy paper and ash, and take it out completely. The light and clear part on top is Autumn Stone." Men who want to replenish deficiency need to take Autumn Stone extracted from girls' urine, and women who want to replenish deficiency should take Autumn Stone extracted from boys' urine. As a traditional Chinese medicine, boys' urine does have a therapeutic effect, but it seems exaggerated to use Autumn Stone as the main aphrodisiac.

③Sulphur

This is a virility-enhancing and rejuvenating medicine advocated by the sorcerer Wei Shanfu in the Tang Dynasty. Sulphur is a hot mineral that occasionally has the effect of enhancing virility, but long-term consumption of sulfur is harmful rather than beneficial. Han Yu, a Tang Dynasty scholar, died after consuming the "Huo Ling Ku" containing sulfur.

④Acantholite

The root of mica is the most valuable in the valleys of Qishan Mountain, Langya Mountain, Yunshan Mountain, and Yangqi Mountain. It is also known as "white stone", "stone", and "sheep stone".

⑤ Dragon Salt

The "Shilin Ji Shi" of the Song Dynasty recorded: "Dragon Salt is known to all scholars and officials. It has some essence left over from the Dragon Fangjiao. It can be soaked in salt and taken to treat deficiency and defeat, and is also beneficial for official business." Hu Pu'an, a scholar in the early Republic of China, said that Dragon Salt is the same as Purple Scented Flower.

⑥ Otter bone

The bone powder of a mountain otter, which has a very strong sexual desire, has the function of strengthening male sexual function. Fan Chengda, a Song Dynasty scholar, said in "Guihai Yuhengzhi": "The nature of the otter is very poisonous. If there is this thing in the mountains, all female animals will avoid it. The otter has no mate and dies hugging a tree." Similar to this kind of aphrodisiac are mountain otter whip, dog whip, and sea dog kidney (ancient name "膃肭臍"). "Wu Zazu" written by Xie Zhaoxun of the Ming Dynasty states: "Mountain otter kidney can strengthen male sexual function. Compared with sea dog kidney, its power is twice as strong as normal", indicating that the power of mountain otter kidney in strengthening male sexual function is stronger than that of sea dog kidney.

⑦ Placenta

That is the placenta, also known as "human placenta", "cloth placenta", "mixed ball", "immortal clothes", and "purple river placenta".

⑧ Trembling and coquettish

A kind of aphrodisiac made from several kinds of herbs such as male cane moth, phoenix fairy, and schisandra chinensis. The Compendium of Materia Medica states: "male cane moth has hot qi and lustful nature. It can strengthen the essence and yang and make intercourse tireless."

⑨Red lead pellets

The red aphrodisiac pills are made from the menstrual blood of young girls, with milk powder, cinnabar, frankincense, autumn stone and other powders added. Wu Za Zu records that "select beautiful and well-behaved girls aged 13 or 14... take good care of their daily life, wait for their menstrual period to come, put it in a silk cloth, or a gold or silver container, and put it in a porcelain basin", and then add the above-mentioned drugs and refine it into "red pills".

⑩Others

Drugs such as ginseng, wolfberry, epimedium, dodder, deer antler, Morinda officinalis, scutellaria baicalensis, and virgin olive all have the effect of strengthening virility and rejuvenation, and are still used today.