Herbal remedy for female reduced libido?

Question

I am 58, postmenopausal, and take several medications (Celebrex, Cymbalta, Felodipine, Lisinopril, Lovastatin, and Clonazepam). I know that some of these may cause a lowering of libido, which is very frustrating.

I do not want to take a prescription Estrogen replacement, and am investigating herbal remedies. I purchased Estroven (which contains soy isoflavones and black cohosh extract). Does anyone have experience with this herbal treatment? Does it help? Is there any other herbal treatment that would be better?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Well, there are several things you can take to help "ignite your passions". The most popular natural passion products are Maca, Horny Goat Weed, Avena Sativa, Tongkat Ali (or LongJax), L-Arginine, and L-Citrulline. Each of those help a different aspect of sexual health, so you might need to try a few.

Although before you try any of these, you should ask a pharmacist if any of these will interact with any of the drugs you're taking. Pharmacists and doctors both have access to a database of drug and supplement interactions, but typically, pharmacists are much more willing to take a look.

On the flip side of that, a few of those drugs are very harmful to too many people and I've seen and heard of many people that get side effects their doctors wouldn't even acknowledge were from the drug. I would personally suggest looking for a homeopathic or natural doctor to see if they can help wean you off of some of them if you can. Good luck with everything!

Answer 2

Horny Goat's Weed for Her is supposed to help.  The plain Horny Goat's Weed is for males.

Answer 3

yes... marijuana!!

lol, well seeing that you're on cymbalta, maybe your doc can add on or switch you over to wellbutrin. wellbutrin is great for libido stimulation, especially for females

Answer 4

In addition to the useful information given here,

there are a few more things you can do and take..

Women's gensing or Siberian ginseng...

Ashwagandha, an indian herb that is very useful..

And getting at least 20 minutes of direct sunlight (no sunscreen) a day.

mild exercise

sauna

weightloss..

Best

Answer 5

This is pretty normal for ANY medications...I was in your same situation and tried everything to restore it.  I switched pills a couple times and gave up, the libido was just not coming back.  I then found a natural herbal enhancer that is supposed to increase your s*x drive and a couple other things.  It's called Hersolution gel, read up about it at herenhancement.com where I saved on it at the time.  However it's like an instant libido rush and as I kept using it my s*x drive was through the roof and continues to be.  The sensation blast is great too, I can't tell you how many times I've had multiple orgasms when before I couldn't even get a single one.  Theres also capsules you can take that I've heard are better but I don't like swallowing many pills throughout the day.  I was skeptical at first but the return policy was so great that the company was offer.  From what I remember you had to try it out for a couple months but then you had time afterwards to return it for a full money back if it didn't work.  I didn't have that problem as you can see.  Well good luck and I hope this helps.