A strong aphrodisiac and enhances potency. Gives pleasant energy-flows throughout the entire body. Stimulates and increases blood flow to the genitals, prolongs and strengthens the erection and intensifies arousal and orgasms. For man and woman. Yohimbe is also a MAO-inhibitor, so do not use it in combination with alcohol or other recreational or prescription drugs. Go easy on the dosage with this one. Yohimbe is a strong herb, so use with care.
Material: The inner bark of a tropical West African tree.
Usage / dose: 6-10 teaspoons of shaved bark boiled 10 minutes in 1 pint water, strained and sipped slowly. Addition of 500 mg vitamin C per cup make it take effect more quickly and potently (probably by forming easily assimilated acerbates of the alkaloids).
Active Constituents: Yohimbe, yohimbiline, ajmaline (indole-type alkaloids).
Effects: First effects after 30 minutes (15 minutes with vitamin C), warm, pleasant spinal shiver, followed by psychic stimulation, heightening of emotional and sexual feelings, mild perceptual changes without hallucinations, sometimes-spontaneous erections. Sexual activity is especially pleasurable. Feelings of bodies melting into one another. Total experience lasts 2-4 hours.
After effects: Pleasant, relaxed feeling with no hangover.
Contraindications: Tannins and alkaloids make tea somewhat bitter and unpleasant. Addition of honey may help. Slight nausea may be experience by some individuals during 30 minutes. Vitamin C lessens this. Note! Yohimbe is a MAO-inhibitor. This means that it may amplify the impact of many (prescription and recreational) drugs even to fatal strength. So, do not take Yohimbe in combination with alcohol or other drugs.
