The relationship between Tiger Nuts, Libido and Potency

Virtually everyone in Nigeria grew up eating Tiger nuts! Tiger nut (Aya in Hausa, Ofio in Yoruba and Akihausa in Ibo) is one of the ancient food sources known to humanity and used traditionally in the Middle East to stimulate sexual arousal in men.


Also, known commonly by several names such as chufa and earth almond, it is frequently given to grooms, during their honeymoons as a sexual invigorator it is also used for  boosting of breast milk supply in breastfeeding mothers.

Tiger nuts are surplus in the Northern part of Nigeria, the Northerners use it to make a special drink called Kunu Aya (Tiger Nut Milk) which can be mixed with coconut milk or honey.

The milk supplies the body with enough quantity of Vitamin E, essential for fertility in both men and women.

During a study, two sets of sexually active male rats, highly active and moderately active, were identified depending on baseline sexual activity. Rats in each set were randomly divided into a control and treated groups.

The highly active rats were treated with doses of 1 and 2 g/kg/d of raw tiger nut powder, while moderately active rats were treated with a dose of 2 g/kg/d. After 30 days’ treatment, sexual behaviour and serum hormonal levels were measured.

Tiger nut was found to enhance sexual motivation (desire) in highly active and moderately active male rats, and to improve the sexual performance (potency) in moderately active rats. This was accompanied by an upsurge in total serum testosterone concentration in treated rats in both categories.

Tiger Nut is also a good source of calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, ascorbic acid (vitamin C) tocopheral (Vitamin E) dietary fibre as well as fats like Oleic food.


According to a nutritionist at the Wuse General Hospital, Abuja, Hajiya Jummai Abdul  “Tiger Nuts help to stimulate the immune system by preventing.

Cardiovascular diseases, stroke, cancer and also boost breast milk supply in women and increase sexual potency in men.

Tiger nuts have been recognized by the World Health  Organization as a possible solution to malnutrition in underdevelopment  regions of the world. New research has also found that tiger nuts help improve blood circulation, which of course can also improve erectile dysfunction as a side effect.