A drug used in ancient times to induce the opposite sex to submit quickly or to increase the sexual desire of men and women. Also known as "aphrodisiac". Most of them are deceptive techniques without scientific basis, but they have been circulated for a long time, and some of them are indeed helpful for sexual intercourse, and they are often found in pharmacopoeias and annals.

Sexual elixirs have been around for a long time. As early as before the Qin and Han dynasties, the magicians of the Fang family used herbs and trees to strengthen the body, prolong life, and increase sexual desire. It is recorded in "Sou Shen Ji", "Biography of Immortals" and "Complete Biography of Immortals" that Taoist priests focused on chamber skills and life-enhancing prescriptions, and grinding stones to refine elixirs became a common practice. This was the earliest way in which sex-enhancing drugs appeared. After generations of good people exaggerated and spread it, officials and wealthy people rushed to buy clothes and were eager to try them. Occasionally, those who fulfilled the goal became more publicized and became tribute gifts to please the emperor. As a result, many emperors in the past dynasties became enthusiastic users of sexual enhancement drugs. "Wei Zhi·Wudi Ji" records: Cao Cao of the Northern Wei Dynasty "advocated to stay on the side and reach the evening every day", and recruited alchemists to study Fangzhongshu, and used a large number of palace maids for experiments. The emperors of the Ming Dynasty advocated aphrodisiacs. Some sexual aphrodisiacs, due to their hot and dry nature, could temporarily stimulate sexual desire and promote yang. After the emperors tried and used them, officials followed suit, so the sexual aphrodisiacs were spread from the court to the government and were distributed. Among the people, this is the reason why sexual attraction drugs were produced and spread.

There are many types of sexual enchantment drugs, which can be divided into three types according to their functions: those that charm humans, those that nourish women, and those that aphrodisiac and rejuvenate.

Charming human beings

This is a drug that can quickly arouse sexual desire in the opposite sex after being taken by oneself, and satisfy one's own sexual requirements or allow the other party to take it, causing the other party to have sexual desire for oneself, in order to achieve one's own sexual purpose. The former "fascinates people", while the latter "makes them charming". It was rumored during the Wei and Jin Dynasties that women who took Zhancao or its fruit could gain the favor of men. Not only plants and trees, but also animals, fish and insects can be used as a charm medicine. It is reported that the brain bones of cuckoos have a charm effect, and there are also records that the genitals of male rats can be used to charm people, but these have not been tested. The "Xiaoyao Powder" and "Beauty Dream" that people today sprinkle in the wine, drinks or food of the opposite sex are mostly stimulants or hormone-containing drugs, which are obviously more effective than the ancient charming drugs. But among the sexual charm drugs, the charm drugs are the least.

Female supplements

An aphrodisiac used to replenish women's sexual function, enhance women's sexual desire, and treat women's coldness and other diseases. Most of them are for external use, such as grinding pungent and warm medicines such as croton, cnidium, cassia twig, dried ginger, and honey locust into powder, and using honey or jujube paste to make pills the size of coix kernels, which can be stuffed into the woman's front vagina or vagina, and wait until When a woman becomes sexually active, she can take it out. Some aphrodisiacs that enhance men's sexual desire and sexual function also have effects on women.

Aphrodisiac and rejuvenation

Wushi Powder, Lithospermum, Trembling Jiao, Ginseng, Lycium barbarum, Epimedium, Cuscuta, deer antler, Morinda officinalis, Snake Lezi, Ligustrum lucidum, etc., many of them have the effect of aphrodisiac and rejuvenation, among which Some of them are still used today.