One of the most dangerous aphrodisiacs, so called, is Spanish Fly. Down through the ages mankind has tried just about everything to enhance the libido, one of the most bizarre, oldest, and well-known is the one made from a Blister Beetle, commonly known as Spanish Fly.
WARNING: Spanish Fly not only irritates your urogenital tract and is very painful, it is a very dangerous aphrodisiac, so-called. It does nothing for your libido and is hell on your uretha.
Spanish Fly has killed many unsuspecting recipients. Avoid Spanish Fly at all costs.
It can cause a very painful death.
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A man named Ford worked for a chemist in England. He got some Spanish Fly and put it in some candy. He offered the candy to two girls where he worked laced with the offensive substance. He ate one himself, but the ladies ate more and all of them ended up in the emergency ward. Both women died. Ford recovered and was sentenced to five years in prison.
He was so dumb he thought Scotland Yard was a place where they hang out kilts.
He should have been hung. He murdered those women. He was ignorant of the dangerous aphrodisiacs etiology
It's made of ground up beetles (Ugh!). Furthermore, it's not a fly and it doesn't just occur in Spain.
When the beetle senses danger, it secrets a caustic liquid. This secretion causes the skin to turn red and blister, hence the name Blister Bug.
The "drug" Spanish fly or cantharidin is actually the dried, crushed body of the green blister beetle known as Cantharis Vesicatoria, or the Spanish fly. It feeds on tree leaves and the larvae grow in wasp's nests. The drug, cantharidin, has been used medically since antiquity as an irritant and diuretic; sadly, it is also considered an aphrodisiac. It has no power to increase sexual desire. Vetenarians use it on horses.
Spanish fly (or Cantharidin) does not work as an aphrodisiac; research done in 1996 by the FDA shows that the drug has no so-called sexual effects. Despite this, the sex industry continues to have a field day with this myth.
Fortunately, most of the products do not contain a Cantharidin. They use spices like red pepper, chilies, black pepper, etc.
These sellers are not stupid. Lawsuits are to be avoided at all costs. They do not want to murder anyone, just rip you off. They avoid dangerous aphrodisiacs like the plague.
The one who don't are dumber that those that think the Mexican border pays rent.
What we have here is the placebo effect. If the brain thinks it's an aphrodisiac, it's an aphrodisiac.
That's the case with all these products.
Thinking makes it so...
If more than 0.03g of Spanish Fly or cantharidin is ingested, it can be lethal. High dosages cause stomach, kidney, and urino-genital inflammations. Other effects include excessive salivation, vomiting, headache, and bloody diarrhea.
And then, in the case of an overdoes, D-E-A-T-H.
The infamous Marquise de Sad (the originator of Sadism) thought it would be a good trick to feed his guest some candies containing Spanish Fly. Many people died. The Marquise was sent to prison for life. Dumber than a box of bent nails.