1.   Pure ethanol in low concentrations is a mild stimulant of acid secretion whereas at higher concentrations it has either no effect or a mildly inhibitory one.

2.   Although ginseng is often mentioned as an aphrodisiac, many Western researchers are skeptical of the powers of this mild stimulant.

3.   Caffeine is a bitter white alkaloid and a mild stimulant.

4.   Caffeine is considered a mild stimulant.

5.   Caffeine and theobromine are mild stimulants, while anandamide gives you a sense of well-being.

6.   Chemically, chocolate contains the alkaloid theobromine, a mild stimulant similar to caffeine that opens blood vessels and stimulates the heart.

7.   In normal quantities, caffeine is a mild stimulant to the nervous system, producing an alert, focused state.

8.   Increasingly, however, children are being prescribed medications to calm them down, typically Ritalin, a mild stimulant, despite the lack of uniform diagnostic criteria.

9.   More and more of these people are taking Ritalin, a mild stimulant used to treat the disorder.

10.   Monks used green tea as a mild mental stimulant and traditionally it has been used to treat coughs, colds and respiratory ailments.