Posted by joe schmoe on July 24, 2011, at 18:07:25
In reply to Women? Re: Genital Anesthesia, posted by sheilac on July 23, 2011, at 7:52:46
> What about for women who are experiencing this from their meds?
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> Would zinc work for a women or is there other things that would work besides lowering the dosage of meds?
>I have no idea, unfortunately. Not being a woman I can't speak from personal experience regarding any of the libido drugs/products that people use. Supposedly women can take tongkat ali, although at a lower dosage than men. In a woman's case it would probably be better to get a 1:50 extract instead of a 1:200 so it would be easier to take much lower doses.
There is another Malaysian/Indonesian herb called Kacip Fatima that is supposed to be the "female Tongkat Ali" but I don't know much about it. Like a lot of sexual enhancing products it has not really been marketed in the West as aggressively as the male ones, so you'd probably have to mail order it to try it.
If you search around you will find a lot of herbs are promoted for female libido like Damiana (which is illegal in Louisiana - I guess it must do something!), Dong Quai, Maca, Ashwaghanda, etc. Just like drugs, I think the only approach is to research them for safety and then try them yourself to see what works for you.
Ginseng and gingko did nothing for me. Tongkat ali and maca on the other hand, definitely work for me. Fish oil seemed to help too but I can't take a lot of it or take it too regularly or there are GI side effects.
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