Ways to reduce sexual desire

Food, sex and nature are part of human nature, which means that sexual desire is also one of people’s instinctive reactions. Indeed, sexual desire is also very important for individuals. If sexual desire can be well satisfied, it will have a certain promoting effect on people's complexion and health. But if sexual desire is excessive, it can also cause harm to one's health. Below, I will introduce to you in detail some foods that can reduce sexual desire.

1. Lotus Seed Heart

It is cold in nature, bitter in taste, non-toxic, and enters the heart, lung, and spleen meridians. Its pharmacological effects are clearing the heart and removing heat, astringing semen, stopping bleeding, and quenching thirst. It is mainly used to treat symptoms such as irritability, thirst, vomiting blood, spermatorrhea, red eyes, swelling and pain. The bioalkali contained in lotus seed heart has the effects of clearing away heat, calming the nerves and consolidating semen. It can treat high fever, irritability, restlessness, nocturnal emission and spermatorrhea. Modern medical research shows that lotus seed heart has the effect of clearing the heart and reducing desire.

2. Winter melon is also known as pillow melon

It contains cellulose, nicotinic acid, etc. It tastes sweet and is cool in nature. It can reduce sexual desire and clear heart heat. Modern medicine has confirmed that eating winter melon regularly can relieve manic symptoms and eliminate restlessness and irritability. "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Winter melon has the Yin earth energy inside and is invaded by frost and dew outside, so it tastes sweet, has a slightly cold energy and is cold in nature."

3. Water chestnut is also known as water chestnut and sand chestnut

It tastes sweet and is cold in nature. It has the effect of nourishing the spirit and strengthening the will, and can calm the sexual desire of men and women. The "Food Therapy Materia Medica" points out: "Among all fruits in water, this one is the most cold. If you keep it in the cold, it will damage your yang and make your penis wither."

4. Chinese kale

It contains cellulose, sugars and so on. It tastes sweet and is pungent in nature. In addition to its effects of promoting diuresis and resolving phlegm, detoxifying and expelling wind, it also has the side effect of depleting a person's vital energy. Eating kale for a long time can inhibit the secretion of sex hormones. "Bencao Qiuyuan" says it is "sweet, spicy, cold, consumes qi and damages blood."

5. Bamboo shoots

It is a cold and astringent food and contains a large amount of oxalic acid, which will affect the body's absorption and utilization of calcium and zinc. Eating too much bamboo shoots will lead to calcium and zinc deficiency in the body, especially zinc deficiency, which has a very significant impact on sexual desire.

6. Alcohol

Alcohol is extremely harmful to sexual function. Long-term heavy drinking will inhibit the metabolism of male hormones and reduce testosterone production. Male symptoms include decreased libido, impotence, ejaculation disorders, testicular atrophy, and breast feminization; female symptoms include difficulty in sexual arousal, a significant decrease in the number and intensity of orgasms, or even loss of orgasm. It can also cause endocrine disorders, leading to irregular menstruation, premature amenorrhea, menopause, atrophy of gonads and organs such as the breasts and vulva, decreased vaginal secretions, pain during intercourse, indifference to sex, and loss of interest in sex.