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Nutmeg Can Spice Up Your Sex Life

  • Spence Cooper
  • June 15, 2009
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Get ready to spice up your love life

We’re all familiar with the use of nutmeg as a spice, but did you know nutmeg is used as a medicine, anti-depressant and aphrodisiac? Alternet’s Ibo Nagano has written an incredibly detailed and well-researched account of the history and uses of nutmeg, a spice from the tree Myristica fragrans which originates from the Indonesian Banda Islands.

While modern uses of nutmeg are confined to mostly pies, cookies, eggnog, and a sprinkled garnish for a few alcoholic beverages like a Brandy Alexander, Harris claims nutmeg has been used to treat rheumatism in Indonesia, Malaysia, England, and China. The essential oil, writes Harris, “is used externally to treat rheumatic pains, limb pains, general aches, and inflammation. In England…a single nutmeg seed [see photo] was simply carried in one’s pocket to ward off the pains of rheumatism…Nutmeg has been used for its sedative effect to treat nervous complaints and to promote sleep in Malaysia and India”.

Aphrodisiac

Nutmeg is added to curry dishes in India as an aphrodisiac as well as in the Near East, Malaysia and Arab countries. The aphrodisiac effects in nutmeg were recently supported by research conducted at the Aligarh Muslim University in Aligarh, India. Read about the research here.

(Aphrodisiac Preparation)
There are some low-dose nutmeg preparations useful as aphrodisiacs or mood-elevators that are quite agreeable. Add 1/4 to 1/2 tsp of nutmeg to a cup of hot chocolate and let it simmer until the surface of the drink becomes oily. This makes for a spicy drink that helps to allay anxiety and imbues confidence and a positive outlook.
Source: Jill Harris

Anti-depressant

“The most promising aspects of nutmeg,” says Harris, “seem to be its potential as an anti-depressant and as an aphrodisiac when used in small doses. I have felt improvements in mood and decreases in anxiety with as little as 1/4 tsp in a cup of chocolate, or with one or two cookies from the recipe…. With knowledge of nutmeg’s mood-elevating properties going back a thousand years or more, further investigation into the potential of nutmeg as an anti-depressant seems merited.”

(Cookie Recipe)
Christian Rtsch and Claudia Mller-Ebeling (2006) offer the following recipe for “Cookies for Preventing Sadness” in their book Pagan Christmas: The Plants, Spirits, and Rituals at the Origins of Yuletide. The recipe is slightly modified for purposes of American baking measurements.

2 Tbsp ground nutmeg
2 Tbsp ground cinnamon
1.5 tsp ground cloves
3 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 sticks of butter
2 eggs
pinch salt
3/4 cup chopped almonds

Mix ingredients and bake cookies at 350F for five to ten minutes. The cookies are sweet, spicy, and they lift the spirits. Perfect for the holidays.
Source: Jill Harris

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