Female sexual health - Natural supplements that are beneficial to improve wellbeing and sense of desire and enjoyment

A number of psychological and medical conditions lead to female sexual health issues. For instance, sexual health problems are common for women with rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes. Female sexual health can be improved with natural herbs and pills.

Diabetes and Sexual Health
Women with diabetes have decreased sexual function and increased sexual distress during the luteal, but not the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle. During the luteal phase, patients have higher total testosterone levels and lower estrogen and progesterone levels compared with the controls. The variability of sexual function with different phases of the menstrual cycle may have implications on the clinical assessment in diabetics.

Passion Rx -- Medical Doctor formulated for better female sexual health


Passion Rx is a sexual health product that provides results sometimes seen within a day or two, but continue to improve over several days of use. Our feedback thus far indicates more than 80% user satisfaction by the end of the first week.
   Dr. Ray Sahelian, M.D. and his research staff have evaluated various doses and extracts of dozens of herbs from a number or raw material suppliers to determine the ideal dosage and combination for optimal aphrodisiac properties with the fewest side effects.

The potent herbal extracts in Passion Rx include ashwagandha, catuaba, cnidium monnieri, coleus forskohlii, damiana, horny goat weed, maca, Mucuna pruriens, muira puama, passion flower, pfaffia paniculata, rhodiola, shilajit, tribulus terrestris extract, and tongkat ali. A version of Passion Rx with yohimbe is also available.

Weight loss and female sexual health
Obese women who start to lose weight will also see an improvement in the quality of their female sexual health. Even a moderate weight loss reduced complaints of feeling sexually unattractive and leads to improved desire. Body image has an important role to play in women and their sexual health.

Aging and female sexual health
Biological, psychological, and social factors influence a woman's sexual health as she ages. Some of these may negatively affect the entire sexual response cycle inducing significant changes in sexual desire, arousal, orgasm and satisfaction. In spite of the high prevalence of sexual health problems with increasing age, sexual retirement is not an inevitable consequence of aging and a high proportion of women remains sexually active well into later life, a result of changing attitudes toward sexuality and the availability of effective treatments for sexual dysfunction.

Does abstinence improve female sexual health?
Women who start having sex at a younger or older than average age are more likely to develop sexual health problems later in life. Using data from a 1996 cross-sectional survey of more than 8,000 U.S. adults, Dr. Theo G.M. Sandfort of Columbia University in New York City s found that women who started having sex at a relatively young age were more likely to have certain risk factors for sexually transmitted diseases -- including a high number of sexual partners and a history of having sex under the influence of alcohol. On the other hand, both "early" and "late" starters were at increased risk of problems in sexual health. Delaying sexual activity may cause female sexual health problems by interfering with the development of the emotional, cognitive, and interpersonal skills that are crucial to satisfactory sexual functioning. American Journal of Public Health, January 2008.

Natural hormones and female sexual health
Q. A doctor at a sexual health clinic told me that testosterone works well to enhance female sexual health. Is there a natural alternative to testosterone?
   A. DHEA is a hormone considered the grandfather of testosterone and it is available over the counter, but caution is suggested if you plan to use it. Female sexual health can be improved using androgens such as testosterone or DHEA. However, used hormones only for brief periods.

Q. I was wondering about Passion Rx for my female sexual dysfunction. I have low blood pressure now as it is how it got there I don't know neither does the doctors but I don't feel very sexually active meaning low sex drive. When bending down to pick something up off the floor or gardening the blood vessels bulge out of my side of my head and my head feels like it is going to explode. I have a lot of dizziness, lightheadedness. I am really getting sick of it never had it before until I was involved in a car accident back in 2001 had this problem ever since. maybe I should just take certain herbs for female sexual dysfunction. Can you give me some options?
   A. We can't give any specific advice on which sexual herbs to take, but, for people who have medical conditions, whatever your doctor decides for you try, we recommend using a low dosage, even if it means taking half a capsule.