Guide to Male Health Products: Regulating Libido and Psychological Balance

Foods with cooling or cold properties can moderate sexual arousal levels and play a role in sexual health in certain special circumstances.

When choosing health foods, people often only focus on foods that increase sexual arousal levels, such as venison, dog meat, dog penis, and sheep penis. However, there is another crucial issue in sexual health: how to maintain sexual health when sexual desire is not satisfied?

In many special circumstances, such as when a sexual partner is away on business, when one is away for an extended period, when a sexual partner has died, or when a sexual partner is ill, the task of sexual health through diet is to eat more foods with cooling or cold properties. These foods can moderate and regulate sexual desire, balance sexual psychology, alleviate inner turmoil, and assist in the treatment of insomnia and other symptoms caused by unsatisfied sexual desire, thereby achieving the purpose of sexual health.

Furthermore, some people (mostly young and middle-aged men) have excessively strong sexual desires, which may even be "pathological." Sexual health through diet is particularly important for these individuals. If they continue to consume warming and nourishing foods that enhance sexual arousal, it will undoubtedly exacerbate the problem. According to traditional Chinese medicine theory, these individuals should consume more cooling and cold-natured foods, such as rabbit meat, black fungus, white fungus, and celery.

I. Rabbit Meat

1. Nutritional Components

Rabbit meat contains lecithin, free amino acids, protein, potassium, sodium, calcium, iron, phosphorus, vitamin B₁, and vitamin B₂. It is high in protein but low in fat.

2. Properties and Efficacy

3. Examples of Sexual Health Applications

For patients with excessive libido:

They can regularly eat "Rabbit Meat with Sichuan Peppercorns." Take 500 grams of rabbit meat, and appropriate amounts of Sichuan peppercorns, Shaoxing wine, salt, MSG, soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, vegetable oil, scallions, ginger slices, and chicken broth.

Debone the rabbit meat, cut it into equal-sized cubes, place them in a container, and marinate with salt and Shaoxing wine until flavorful. Heat vegetable oil in a wok, add the rabbit meat cubes, and fry until cooked through. Remove and drain. In another hot wok, heat sesame oil, add peppercorns and fry until fragrant. Remove the peppercorns, add scallions and ginger slices, stir-fry briefly, then add Shaoxing wine, chicken broth, soy sauce, sugar, and MSG. Add the fried rabbit meat, reduce heat to low and simmer until cooked through. Then, reduce the sauce over high heat until thickened. Before serving, drizzle with a little sesame oil and toss a few times. Remove the scallions and ginger slices before eating.

4. Examples of Combining Food and Sexual Health

Rabbit meat is very tender and a delicious dish.

Curry rabbit, rabbit stewed with lily bulbs and notoginseng, rabbit stewed with reed rhizome, braised wild rabbit, etc., are all very delicious dishes and have health benefits.

The curry rabbit meat chunks, with their appealing yellow color, tender texture, rich flavor, and enticing spicy aroma, are an ideal health food for patients with obesity, hypertension, coronary heart disease, diabetes, and chronic hepatitis.

Preparation: Take one rabbit, and appropriate amounts of curry powder, fine salt, shredded ginger, scallions, white wine, lard, garlic cloves, onion, cornstarch, sesame oil, and MSG. Kill the rabbit, skin it, wash it, and chop it into 5cm cubes with the bones on. Marinate the rabbit with white wine, fine salt, shredded ginger, and scallions for 30 minutes. Remove the scallions and ginger. Fry the rabbit meat in hot oil until light yellow, then remove and place in a serving dish. Heat lard in a separate pan. When the oil is hot, add curry powder and stir constantly. When cooked, add clear broth, onion chunks, shredded ginger, and garlic cloves. Add the fried rabbit cubes, bring to a boil, skim off any foam, and simmer over low heat. Add salt and cover. When almost cooked, thicken with cornstarch slurry, drizzle with lard and sesame oil, add MSG, remove from heat, plate, and serve.

5. Precautions for Use

Rabbit meat should not be cooked with soft-shelled turtle or tortoise; nor should rabbit meat and soft-shelled turtle be eaten in the same meal.

II. Lily

1. Nutritional Components

Lily contains 17 kinds of free amino acids, demethylcolchicine, fructose, glucose, sucrose, protein, starch, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin C, etc.

2. Properties and Efficacy

3. Examples of Sexual Health Applications

Lily is most suitable for patients with strong libido and accompanied by bronchitis cough. It can be eaten regularly as a stew with rock sugar.

4. Precautions for Use

Lily is cold in nature; therefore, those with wind-cold cough, deficiency-cold bleeding, or spleen deficiency with loose stools should not consume lily or its products.

III. Black Fungus

1. Nutritional Components

Black fungus contains sterols, ergosterol, pectin, glucose, xylose, pentose, methylpentose, glucuronic acid, mannan, lecithin, cephalin, sphingomyelin, carotene, vitamin B₁, vitamin B₂, nicotinic acid, vitamin C, protein, iron, calcium, phosphorus, etc.

2. Properties and Efficacy

3. Examples of Sexual Health Applications

For widowed young and middle-aged men and women with excessive libido:

Take 25 grams of black fungus (soaked and washed), 3 grams of lotus seed hearts, and 30 grams of rock sugar. Add water and steam until cooked. Take once daily before bedtime. Continue for 15 days.

4. Examples of Combining Food and Sexual Health Applications

Black fungus can be used in cold dishes, stir-fries, meat dishes, and soups. All dishes are smooth, tender, and refreshing with a unique flavor.

There are many delicious dishes made with black fungus, such as hot and sour black fungus and tofu soup, stir-fried pork slices with black fungus, and stewed old duck with black fungus.

Stir-fried pork slices with black fungus is a common home-style dish. It has a delicious flavor and is believed to nourish the kidneys and liver, strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, and promote blood circulation and stop bleeding. It is especially suitable for widowed young men and women.

Preparation method: Take 25g of black fungus (soaked in water for 12 hours), 20g of daylily (soaked in water for 1 hour), 100g of lean pork, and appropriate amounts of salt, vegetable oil, cooking wine, and scallions. Slice the pork into thin slices, add salt and cooking wine, and mix well. Heat a wok, add a little cooking oil, and when the oil is hot, add the black fungus and daylily, stir-fry until half-cooked, and remove from the wok. In another wok, heat lard over high heat for 2 minutes, add the half-cooked black fungus and daylily, add salt and cooking wine, stir-fry until fragrant, add broth or water, cover, and simmer for about 5 minutes. Uncover, add chopped scallions and MSG, stir-fry a few times, and remove from the wok. Serve as a side dish.

5. Precautions

(1) Individuals with weak libido (including impotence, frigidity, etc.) should not consume black fungus.

(2) Pregnant women should avoid consuming it.