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Q. These plants sound too good to be true. Do they really work?
A. Yes, they do. Part of their success is their ability to work with your body's innate mechanisms for healthy sex. Good sex is much more than just stimulated body parts. But it's a good place to start! A man needs an erect penis that remains firm past foreplay and on into intercourse. He also needs to sustain that erection and experience forceful and pleasurable ejaculation when he and his partner are both ready for his orgasm. A woman needs to feel desire and feel desired for her nipples to be aroused, her clitoris stimulated, and her vagina lubricated the basics leading to her orgasm. Plants that enhance sex can help men and women obtain these bare necessities of sex. And unlike other supplements, you'll know if the medicinal plant you've purchased is actually doing what it promised to do. You can't really tell if the calcium supplement you take each day is making your bones stronger. But you will be able to tell pretty soon if Catuaba, for example, is increasing your sexual desire.

Q. Night after night, my husband falls asleep on the sofa. And the honest to goodness truth is that I'm too tired for sex, too. I love my husband and once upon a time I loved sex. But my job, the kids, those never-ending errands, and trying to keep up with the laundry is too exhausting. Is there a plant that can rev us up?
A. Many women are in the same sexless boat you're sailing around in and they don't like it any more than you do. In fact, women all over the world put their family's needs before their own, leading to some very tired moms and wives.

Q. Since I had a baby four months ago, I have no desire for sex. This is making my husband pretty frustrated and me too, actually. I'd love to want sex again.
A. A married woman with a baby and a toddler or two can feel that her body isn't really hers. So much for feeling sexy! While this fact can be a source of great pride and joy, it can also drain desire. As women enter perimenopause those years where they are still menstruating despite fluctuating estrogen levels they often have no desire for sex. Since estrogen is the engine that drives women's reproductive function, when it starts to go, sex goes too. Women who have reached menopause may find their minds wandering during sex. Pondering the car's need for an oil change or if the milk in the refrigerator has reached its expiration date makes for pretty blah sex. It also makes it nearly impossible to achieve orgasm.

Q. My husband has a desire for sex, but sometimes it's not enough. Even if we're both in the mood, he can't maintain his erection very long. It's very frustrating for us both.
A. For men it's often their equipment that lets them down. As men age, they find they can't get an erection hard enough or keep an erection long enough to satisfy their partners and themselves. Luckily, Mother Nature can help, Hot Plants for HerTM can help.

A brief introduction of Chris Kilham
the "Medicine Hunter" Chris Kilham is an Explorer-In-Residence at University of Massachusetts-Amherst, where he graduated in 1975 with a degree in Mind-Body Disciplines, a curriculum the university allowed him to design himself. This will tell you the most important thing one needs to know about Kilham. He's a trailblazer. He's been called everything from "the herbal Indiana Jones" to "the medicine hunter" and his travels have taken him all over the earth, in search of plants that can be used to improve the quality of life. His expeditions have taken him to India, China, Siberia, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru, Lebanon, Syria, Ghana, Austria, and the US. He swam with piranhas, walked on fire, ate fried scorpion and drank snake liquor. The Boston native was a marketing director for the Bread & Circus health food chain of stores. In 1995, after noting that 40% of pharmaceuticals currently in use come from plants, and that some plants used in that capacity are making a significant difference in the lives of many, he convinced a New Jersey-based herbal company to send him to the islands of Vanuatu. This would be followed by several more trips for several more companies, resulting in the development and popularity of many traditional plant-based food and medicinal products, including maca, horny goat weed, catuaba, tamanu oil, Lifeflower, herbal beverages and dozens more. Kilham is the author of twelve books, including Tales from the Medicine Trail, Psyche Delicacies, In Search Of the New Age, Awakening Kundalini and the newly published Hot Plants! He's also a frequent contributor to Prevention magazine. He's been featured on ABC's "20/20" and NPR's "The Savvy Traveler" as well as in the pages of The Boston Herald, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today. He also spent several years as a radio host, in and around the Boston area.

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