Traditional love potions believed to stimulate virility are as old as the notion of love itself.

Traditional love potions believed to stimulate virility are as old as the notion of love itself.

Peddlers of the stuff are mainly herbalists whose array of clients include the elite. Whether the concoctions do achieve the desired effect is another matter altogether. Elsewhere on our pages today we dispassionately explore the topic of love potions.

As always, where there is an exchange of money, there is always an opportunity for charlatans to worm in. They too punt "love boosters" to enhance relationships.

But the most interesting is Velabahleke believed to endow men with the power to charm women out off their brooks.

An interesting development is the growing number of women prepared to pay a fortune to gain the upper hand and control of their romantic lives.

Whoever said matters of the heart are simple and straightforward should have their head read.