🌿 Folk Prescriptions

The causes of low libido, according to Western medicine, are related to cortical dysfunction, endocrine disorders, and medication. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, it is closely associated with spleen and kidney yang deficiency, and failing life gate fire. The following are commonly used effective folk remedies and prescriptions for treating low libido.
[Prescription One]
Epimedium 100g, Rehmannia glutinosa 100g, Yangqishi 100g, Guang Gou Shen Jiao 100g, Cuscuta 200g, Prepared Fo-ti 200g, Goji berry 300g, Deer antler 10g, Huangqi 50g, Cistanche 50g, Yang Bian Jiao 50g, Shuimao Bian Jiao 50g. First decoct Cuscuta, Prepared Fo-ti, and Goji berry twice, each for 2 hours, filter, cool, combine, concentrate. Add three times the volume of 95% ethanol, let stand 48 hours, filter, recover ethanol, concentrate into paste. Then decoct Epimedium, Huangqi, Rehmannia glutinosa, Yangqishi, Cistanche twice, combine filtrates, concentrate into paste. Mix with previous paste, dry at low temperature, grind into powder, sieve through 80-mesh screen. Meanwhile, grind Shuimao Bian Jiao, Deer antler, Yang Bian Jiao, Guang Gou Shen Jiao into powder, sieve through 80-mesh screen. Mix all powders evenly, form granules, fill capsules, each containing 0.02g powder. Take 3 capsules each time, three times monthly, one month as a course.
This formula tonifies kidney and strengthens yang, nourishes essence and treats deficiency, suitable for low libido and kidney-deficient impotence.
[Prescription Two]
Nine Fragrant Bug 50g, Plantago Seed 20g, Tangerine Peel 20g, White Atractylodes 20g, Eucommia 40g. First stir-fry Nine Fragrant Bug until half-cooked, lightly stir-fry Plantago Seed wrapped in cloth, lightly char Eucommia. Grind all herbs into fine powder, make into pills the size of tangerine seeds using honey. Take 5g daily, take another 5g before bedtime, swallow with dilute salt water or wine.
This formula tonifies kidney and qi, suitable for low libido due to kidney deficiency, accompanied by inability to achieve erection.
[Prescription Three]
Cistanche, Schisandra, Cuscuta, Polygala, Epimedium in equal parts. Grind into powder, take 6g before sleep on an empty stomach, swallow with yellow wine.
This formula warms kidney and strengthens yang, consolidates essence and calms spirit, suitable for low libido and impotence.
[Prescription Four]
Psoralea 240g (salt-fried), Poria 120g, Allium tuberosum 10g. Soak herbs in aged vinegar, vinegar level should exceed herbs by one finger width. Heat to boiling, remove residue, dry into powder, make into pills the size of tangerine seeds. Take 20 pills each time, twice daily.
This formula warms and tonifies kidney yang, consolidates essence and stops leakage, suitable for reduced libido and impotence.
[Prescription Five]
500g fresh sea shrimp, 80 walnuts, 200g Epimedium, 250ml white wine. First place wine in suitable container, heat. Once hot, add fresh sea shrimp, soak thoroughly, dry until no moisture remains. Remove walnut skins, salt-brine, dry, then coarsely grind with sea shrimp. Divide into 20 packages, take one package daily, split into two doses. Each dose takes 10g Epimedium decocted in 100ml water, use to swallow sea shrimp powder. One month as a course. Abstain from sexual activity during treatment.
This formula warms kidney and strengthens yang, suitable for low libido, impotence due to kidney yang deficiency and weak life-fire.
[Prescription Six]
Rehmannia glutinosa 15g, Cornus officinalis 15g, Goji berry 15g, Cistanche 12g, Cynomorium 12g, Yam 12g, Morinda root 12g, Ginseng 12g, Ziziphus spinosa 12g, Cuscuta 12g, Asparagus 9g, Licorice 9g, Epimedium leaf 30g, Deer antler 6g. Grind into fine powder, make into pills with honey, each pill weighing 9g. Take three times daily, one pill each time, swallow with plain water. Avoid raw, cold foods.
This formula nourishes yin, strengthens yang, tonifies kidney, suitable for low libido caused by deficiency of both kidney yin and yang.
[Prescription Seven]
Rehmannia glutinosa, Yam, Cornus officinalis, Goji berry, Deer antler gelatin, Cuscuta, Eucommia, Angelica, Cinnamon, Morinda root, Cistanche, Yellow dog kidney, each in appropriate amounts. Decoct in water, one dose daily, divided into two doses.
This formula warms yang and tonifies kidney, fills essence and replenishes blood, suitable for reduced libido, spermatorrhea, impotence.
[Prescription Eight]
Allium tuberosum, Ligustrum fruit, Cuscuta, Goji berry, Schisandra, Rubus coreanus, Morinda root, Epimedium, Epimedium, Deer antler frost, each in appropriate amounts. Decoct in water, one dose daily.
This formula warms kidney and strengthens yang, suitable for low libido, aversion to sex.
[Prescription Nine]
One ox penis, 25g Allium tuberosum, 15g Epimedium, 15g Cuscuta, honey as needed. Dry and grind into powder, make into pills with honey, take with yellow wine.
This formula strengthens fire and yang, suitable for low libido and various impotence symptoms.
[Prescription Ten]
Cuscuta, Schisandra, Epimedium in appropriate amounts. Grind into powder, make into pills the size of tangerine seeds with honey. Take 3 pills each time, three times daily.
This formula tonifies yang and yin, consolidates essence, suitable for low libido, impotence, spermatorrhea, and seminal leakage due to kidney yang deficiency and loose essence control.
[Prescription Eleven]
90g Epimedium powder, 150ml Cuscuta juice. Mix both ingredients, apply externally to penis, five times daily.
This formula warms kidney and strengthens yang, suitable for low libido and impotence due to kidney yang deficiency.
[Prescription Twelve]
Yangqishi 30g, Epimedium 30g, Cyperus 30g, Allium tuberosum 30g, Earthworm (charred, without legs) 7 pieces, Large Ficus 3g (shell removed), Musk 3g, Sulfur 3g. Grind into powder, make into pills the size of fingertip with honey, place on navel covered with oil paper, secure with gauze bag.
This formula strengthens fire and yang, suitable for low libido and impotence due to kidney yang deficiency and weak life-fire.
[Prescription Thirteen]
50 sparrows, 150g Epimedium. First kill sparrows, remove feathers and internal organs, boil until soft, discard bones, then decoct with Epimedium into paste, mix with honey to form pills, each 9g, take twice daily, 1–2 pills per time, swallow with warm water or wine.
This formula tonifies kidney and strengthens yang, boosts qi, suitable for impotence due to kidney yang deficiency and low libido.
[Prescription Fourteen]
Rehmannia glutinosa, Cornus officinalis, Schisandra, Ligustrum fruit, Eclipta prostrata, Epimedium, Purple River Car, Yam, each in appropriate amounts. Decoct in water, two doses daily.
This formula nourishes kidney yang, suitable for apathy toward libido.
[Prescription Fifteen]
Danggui, white peony root, bupleurum, cyperus, ligustrum fruit, goji berry, ginseng, poria, licorice in appropriate amounts. Decoct in water, one dose daily.
This formula nourishes blood, soothes liver, regulates liver qi, suitable for low libido.
[Prescription Sixteen]
Cordyceps, ginseng, Epimedium in appropriate amounts, one black chicken. Boil herbs and chicken together, consume once in morning and once in evening, eat meat and drink soup.
This formula nourishes essence and blood, suitable for reduced sexual function due to deficiency of both yin and yang, qi and blood.