If anyone still doubts me about the health benefits of sex, orgasms, and all things vagina, I give you the proof you need in the form of history. I am starting to think that the father in the movie, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, was right - everything important was derived from the Greek language.

Let’s start with female orgasms. Okay, okay, the Greeks did not invent the female orgasm, but almost! From the Greek word paroxusmos comes the word paroxysm, which is a burst of emotion or a spasm or fit, which is from the word paroxunien which means to stimulate, provoke, or excite.

When women in the olden days were “nervous” or exhibiting “hysteria”, from the Greek word hystera, meaning uterus, it was a doctor’s job to manually stimulate her to orgasm, or “paroxysm”! Yes, you read that right - orgasm was a medicinal treatment. A therapeutic practice! What a pent up Greek girl needed, the Greek doctor delivered! 

Another doc, a Roman physician of Greek origin, named Galen, theorized that hysteria was caused by sexual deprivation in passionate women, as he found it to be prevalent in widows, nuns, and virgins. His writings indicate that touch of the genital organs caused “twitching accompanied by pleasure and pain”, freeing her from her symptoms. 

According to a Times article by Vivienne Parry, masturbation was thought of as wrong in those days, and stimulation of the genitals by doctors was not considered bad (only penetration with any device). So, needless to say, Greek docs were wearing out their poor, little Greek fingers  with all that manual stimulation of their female patients!

By the 19th Century many countries were creating various therapies to get the job done easier, which slowly evolved into our modern day vibrators! Although the methods for treating women are different today, doctors still recognize the importance and health benefits of sexual release. In fact, many doctors are agreeing on the necessity of it in order for a woman to maintain vaginal health! Use it or lose it, in other words. Is there a better prescription than that? “One big “O”, QD dosed at any time of day, with or without meal.”

So, if you lack a sexual partner, or just want to spice up things with your mate, it’s time to invest in some modern day “Blood Circulators”. Ask Santa to check out some of these online deliverers of pleasure. (His phallic-phobic elves refuse to make vibrators). You don’t want to have “hysteria” during the holidays, so make get to making your wish list:

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