With the arrival of so many new cannabis products on the market nowadays, people have reported many different ways cannabis can help or enhance numerous facets of our everyday life. When it comes to sex drive and increased libido, dating back to the Stone Age, humans have tried to find anything that could possibly help to enhance their sex drive.

You’ve probably seen bottles of Tribulus Terrestris in pharmacies or gym supplements store before, or Macca, this vegetable root from South America dubbed the Peruvian Viagra. More conventional substances can be used to allegedly boost your sex drive, such as hot chilies, oysters, chocolate, chaste berry, etc. But when you talk about enhancing libido, fertility, duration of the sex, even increasing the size of your dong, the Asian Culture or, more specifically, the Traditional Chinese Medicine market definitely takes the pole position for the number of products they’ll claim has aphrodisiac properties.

Namely, ginseng, horny goat weed, he shou wu, cordyceps, deer antlers velvet and shark fins soup, being the more normal products of the bunch, used while on the other end of the spectrum you’ll find various animal genitals like tiger’s dong (highly illegal), deer penises pickled in wine, birds nests from the cave swifts which are made with the bird's saliva will apparently cure just about anything, including an increase in libido. Bufo Genus toad venom.

Mainly originated from thousands of years old scrolls and tales of an old man getting a hard-on after eating a bunch of leaves in the forest, the validity and effectiveness of those products are up to debate and backed by little to no research other than accounts from previous generation stories and kept as a firm pillar of the TCM products.

 

The same story goes for cannabis use as no real scientific studies have been done yet on the subject. Only first-hand accounts from users may give us some clues as to the effectiveness of marijuana use in relation to sex performance. With that said, most people will agree that it feels great to get in bed with your loved one high as a kite. A heightened sense of self-awareness and touch is definitely a part of it and hard to deny.

Let’s take a look at the most popular strains that users tend to favour before getting it on in between the bedsheets:

  • Dosidos from Canna corp - Wedding cake from Kawartha Lakes Cannabis have high levels of the terpene Limonene are known to hit fast with a body-warming euphoria feeling before the relaxing effects kick in.
  • Bubba Kush, Kosher Cookies and BC OG Kush from FarmersLink all have high levels of Myrcene, Limonene, and caryophyllene terpenes, helping users with anxiety relief. Great for the shy-type wanting to feel a bit looser in bed. 
  • Cheese Quake from Kronic Express, Green Crack and Tropicana from Pure Buds are all Sativa-dominant strains containing high THC levels are great for a boost in energy and clear-headed focus.

A few other notable mentions which might help you with your sex drive are Animal Cookies, ACDC and Jelly Bean. Try them out yourself the next time you get down to business, and let us know what works best for you in the comment section!