Editing Aphrodisiac (section)

===Alcohol===
[[File:Ethanol-3D-balls.png|upright=0.75|thumb|right|A molecule of alcohol]]
[[Alcohol (drug)|Alcohol]] has traditionally been viewed as possessing aphrodisiac-like qualifies owing to its effect as a central nervous system depressant,<ref name="Shamloul-2010" /> as depressants can increase sexual desire and sexual behavior through disinhibition.<ref name="Lehmiller-2017" /><ref name="Shamloul-2010" /> Alcohol affects people both physiologically and psychologically, and it is therefore difficult to determine exactly how people experience its aphrodisiac effects (aphrodisiac qualities or the expectancy effect).<ref name="Lehmiller-2017" /> Alcohol taken in moderate quantities can elicit a positive increase in sexual desire, whereas larger quantities are associated with difficulties in reaching sexual pleasure.<ref name="Lehmiller-2017" /><ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Jessica|date=2019-02-14|title=Do aphrodisiacs really work?|url=https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190211-do-aphrodisiacs-really-work|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-02|website=www.bbc.com|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519210407/https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190211-do-aphrodisiacs-really-work |archive-date=19 May 2020 }}</ref> As the porter in Shakespeare's ''[[Macbeth]]'' observes, "it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance". Chronic alcohol consumption is related to sexual dysfunction.<ref name="Lehmiller-2017" />