Love Potions [Paperback]

Cynthia Mervis Watson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 21, 1993

From Cupid's arrow to Spanish fly, world cultures are infused with the lore--and the lure--of "magic bullets" that stimulate, increase, and prolong sexual ardor in ourselves and others. This book gives detailed information on effective aphrodisiacs from traditional medical and alternative technologies, explains the facts and explodes the myths about their positive and negative effects.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Tarcher (April 21, 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0874777240
• ISBN-13: 978-0874777246
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #248,441 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent advice, April 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Love Potions (Paperback)

Cynthia Mervis Watson is not only a Medical doctor but a woman as well. This book had many solutions for helping any person suffering from a lagging libido and from many different sources. This boook discusses herbal remedies, exercise, setting the mood,reasons for sexual dysfunction and gives us recipies we can try right in our own homes. I found this to be an excellent reference.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of information, easy to follow, January 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Love Potions (Paperback)

This book is full of information involving herbs, drugs, exercises and helpful advise to inform the reader. I have reread a few times and give it as presents.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Occasionally interesting but too many substantive errors, September 28, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Love Potions (Paperback)

The primary appeal of this book is that it presents many recipes for compounding aphrodisiac elixirs. People who like to cook and bake will likely have some fun trying these, but most of the concoctions are questionably effective and call for ingredients that are not easily obtained. The authors present some good advice, a lot of wacky information, and some "facts" that are clearly wrong. For example, the authors state that both sarsaparilla and wild yams contain "precursors to increase production of testosterones." They also mention using sarsaparilla as a "safe replacement for anabolic steroids in building muscle." I'm a medical doctor who has been lifting weights and reading about this topic for over 25 years, and every author I've read who has discussed sarsaparilla has dismissed its usefulness. Simply put, scientists know that the chemicals in sarsaparilla and yams cannot be converted into hormones in the body. It is unacceptable for an M.D. to make such egregious errors. When the author presents such unreliable information, it makes me wonder if her other information is equally shaky.