Oxytocin Spray Can Help Strengthen Broken Relationships
Last reviewed: 16.10.2021
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Oxytocin spray increases men's sexual desire, intensity of excitement and emotional responsiveness.
Viagra can give up the title of the main sexual stimulant oxytocin: the latest studies have shown that this female hormone increases the sexual desire in men. It has long been known that oxytocin has obstetrical functions. After 1979, when they discovered his influence on behavior, interest in him increased many times. They found out that he forms maternal behavior and strengthens the emotional relationship between partners in sexual intimacy. In addition, it helps to gain confidence and encourages cooperation, its lack often accompanies chronic anxiety and autistic disorders. But in the vast majority of cases, scientists have studied the role of oxytocin in women. More recently, more work has begun to appear on the effect of this hormone on men.
Scientists from the University of California at San Diego (USA) asked married men twice a day to use oxytocinic nasal spray. As scientists in the Journal of Sexual Medicine write, those who used the spray, became more friendly and emotionally responsive with colleagues and friends, but most importantly - they have improved sexual function. Libido of the weak turned into a strong one, and sexual arousal was achieved many times faster and easier than before using the drug. At the same time, men were not at all obsessed with themselves-their wives were highly satisfied with the changes that had taken place with their husbands.
Researchers emphasize that, unlike viagra, physiological changes in men are in harmony with emotional ones. Oxytocin, so to speak, healed not only the body but also the soul, strengthening emotional contact with the partner, strengthening relations at all levels. Viagra, by the way, does not help everyone, which is sometimes explained by the one-sidedness of its actions. Obviously, oxytocin in such cases can be an excellent alternative.
The mechanism of the described action of the hormone is still unclear, although scientists suggest that oxytocin helps men through the dopaminergic system of the brain, which among other things participates in the formation of sexual behavior and is responsible for obtaining sexual satisfaction.
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