No magic potion is required for women who never quite seem to feel sexually aroused, a new research paper informs, indicating that meditation can do the trick very well.

In a paper written by an undergraduate student of Brown University, Rhode Island, it is claimed that meditation can help women connect with their psychological responses to sexual arousal in a better way and can be used as a natural aid to female sexual dysfunction treatment.

On examining the varied response levels of men and women, young researcher Gina Silverstein found that women are slower than men to "register their reactions" to erotic stimulation, quotes the Brown Daily Herald – the student newspaper of the university. Based on this disparity, the author of the study concluded that meditation can offer a holistic solution to orgasm problems in females.

According to the Brown Daily Herald, the notion hit Miss Silverstein’s after she attended a class on contemplative studies involving human emotion, cognition, and brain mapping. With valuable inputs from colleagues, she correlated the similarity between the brain’s response to meditation and sexual arousal.

Ms. Silverstein then sought expert advice from assistant professor of psychiatry and human behaviour Willoughby Britton who suggested her to conduct a one-on-one study involving people with sexual arousal problems, the tabloid notes. Both male and female subjects were included in the study which revealed that women had a delayed reaction time to erotic stimuli.

After participating in a meditation training session, the female subjects who earlier had lacked in emotion experienced a boost in their reaction time, meaning that meditation improved their physical awareness and sexual function.

Commenting on the findings, co-author Annie Brown told the Brown Daily Herald that meditation can lower anxiety levels and can also help a woman become less self-judgmental, which enhances her overall sexual performance.

The scope of female sexual dysfunction treatment can be enormously furthered from the study, one might expect. Low libido and trouble reaching orgasm are two of the most common complaints lodged by many sexually active women. While there is a medical treatment called Intrinsa to treat female sexual dysfunction primarily in surgically menopausal women, the newfound non-clinical route should help many women reignite the lost passion and fire between the sheets.