Taken from the name Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, aphrodisiacs are things that are believed to contain elements that increase sexual desire in the holder or consumer. Aphrodisiacs may come in the form of foods, herbs, items or drugs. People have used items that they believed contained aphrodisiacal properties for thousands of years.
Most items that are supposed to have aphrodisiacal qualities aren’t anything more than placebos, based on looks or taste or superstitions. Still, despite the numerous of these false aphrodisiacs there doesn’t mean there are ones that don’t work. The idea holds true – there are some items that can make you ready for sex in a way that you just weren’t before.
Oftentimes, a new fruit or food or item would have been considered an aphrodisiac, simply because it was seen as exotic. We couldn’t imagine potatoes seen as something to feed your lover to rev them up now, would we? But that’s exactly what Europeans thought.
