Low desire — interest dimmed by fatigue and stress.
Also known as: low sex desire · कामेच्छा की कमी · इच्छा में कमी
Food Remedies
Main remedy
Ashwagandha in warm milk at night, with soaked almonds and saffron in the morning, is the classical combination for restoring desire and stamina. Sleep and calm matter as much as the herbs.
½–1 tsp ashwagandha powder in a cup of warm milk with a little ghee at night, taken steadily for eight weeks.
Traditional
CautionIf you take thyroid medicine, do not take ashwagandha without asking your doctor — it raises thyroid hormone and can throw the dose off. Not in pregnancy. Its effect adds to sleeping tablets and sedatives. Stop it two weeks before surgery.
सफेद मूसली · Safed musli
½ tsp safed musli powder in warm milk once at night; classically taken with a little mishri.
Traditional
केसर · Saffron
Two or three strands of kesar soaked in a spoon of warm milk, taken at night — a very small quantity is enough.
Traditional
बादाम · Almonds
7 badam soaked overnight, peeled and ground into warm milk with a pinch of saffron, each morning.
Traditional
दूध · Milk
A cup of warm cow milk at night with a pinch of cardamom — the classical anupana for all vitality herbs.
Traditional
घी · Ghee
1 tsp cow ghee in warm milk at night; it carries the herbs into the deeper tissues.
Traditional
खजूर · Dates
Three khajoor soaked overnight in milk, eaten in the morning with the milk.
Traditional
On this page Documented — There are human studies behind this ingredient for this particular complaint. Traditional — Carried by tradition and experience; modern evidence for this particular complaint is limited.
All of this is what others have found — tradition, shared experience and the studies done so far. It is not advice given to any one person. Before changing your diet, and especially if you take any medicine, ask your dietician or doctor.
Naturopathy
Cold hip bath daily; Surya Namaskar and Ashwini mudra. Sleep before ten.
Yoga Nidra for the mind — desire follows rest, not effort.
Bhojanveda
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