From: kalib g. kersh (non-stick@hotbot.com)
Date: Wed Oct 06 1999 - 22:49:38 MDT
that's funny cause I just read in yesterday's LA Times that licorice is a stimulant for females' sex drive. this seems like a ripe area of interesting receptor/signal transduction research.
wish I had the paper and a proper ref, but I don't. it's in a front page article about farming alternatives.
--- /<.l//. Kalib:>>the Non-Stick Sound System On Wed, 06 Oct 1999 17:18:54 Mike Linksvayer wrote: >Someone wrote in June: >> I'm tired of being dominated by my hormones. I waste vast amounts of >> time and energy thinking about and having sex, and I'm constantly >> being distracted by sexual thoughts. Sometimes I think it would be >> better--now that I've sired all the children I plan to--to just get >> out of the sex game altogether. (I'm 39, married, three children.) >> Castration would be a little extreme (permanent) and I don't know >> exactly what the effects would be. I'm sure there are drugs that can >> help, but I don't know how effective they are, how safe they are for >> long-term use, or even what they're called or how to get them. >> >> Is there any practical relief for this problem available today? > ><http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19991006/sc/health_licorice_2.html> >says > > Three Italian doctors warn in a letter published in Thursday's > New England Journal of Medicine that glycyrrhizic acid, the > active ingredient in licorice, suppressed sex hormone levels in > seven men in their 20s. > > Just 7 grams of licorice a day over four days was enough to > reduce the amount of testosterone by an average of 44 percent. > Hormone levels returned to normal after four days of abstinence, > said the team led by Dr. Decio Armanini of the University of > Padua. > > [...] > > ``The amounts of licorice given to these men are eaten by many > people,'' they said. ``Thus, men with decreased libido or other > sexual dysfunction ... should be questioned about licorice > ingestion.'' > >The complete letter with references is available at ><http://www.nejm.org/content/1999/0341/0015/1158.asp>. > >Many other benefits and very few contraindications are claimed for >licorice. See, for example ><http://www.alternative-medicines.com/herbdesc2/1licoric.htm>. (I >can't vouch for the credibility of this site -- anyone have a favorite >guide to herbal medicines on the net?) > >-- >See From: and Organization: above. Call +1 415 553 6408 for assistance. > HotBot - Search smarter. http://www.hotbot.com
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