Menopause - Natural Solutions
Unless you are absolutely sure you need synthetic estrogen replacement, choose a natural menopause. Did you know that 80% of post-menopausal women in the U.S. do not use any form of HRT at all? Beyond increased cancer risk, HRT has many unpleasant side effects. Women taking hormone drugs report weight gain (especially fatty deposits on the hips and thighs), heavy bleeding (worse than previous menstrual periods), PMS-like pain, severe leg cramps, migraine headaches, uterine and breast fibroids, and low libido.
Unless you have specific, extenuating circumstances (which only about 6% of American women do), a natural menopause may be the best way. Even women who have symptomatic menopause say they feel younger and more energetic when they address their menopausal changes with natural remedies. If you are about to be confronted with the great Hormone Replacement Therapy choice, consider carefully before you choose. If you're experiencing a raging hormone roller coaster, with hot flashes, mood swings, vaginal dryness and low libido, consider these therapies for the natural way to "keep the change!
Natural healing therapies for specific problems associated with menopause
Aggravating symptoms which often accompany menopause are due to the body's difficulty in adapting to its new hormonal functions. Many are positively influenced with natural therapies.
Aggravating symptoms which often accompany menopause are due to the body's difficulty in adapting to its new hormonal functions. Many are positively influenced with natural therapies.
Hot Flashes and Night Sweats:
The body's temperature-regulating mechanism becomes unstable during the shifting hormone balance of menopause. As estrogen levels drop, the pituitary responds by increasing other types of hormones to re-establish hormone homeostasis. Hot flashes generally last 2 to 4 years after menstruation ends, and subside as the body adjusts to its new hormone levels. Stress, too much caffeine, and alcohol also trigger hot flashes.
- Est-Aid™ caps 4 to 6 daily as needed (excellent results, usually within 1 week); Note: many women add 2 Relax™ caps for stress and symptoms (results within 25 minutes).
- 2x daily; Evening Primrose Pearls™ daily.
- Prince of Peace American Ginseng, Royal Jelly, Bee Pollen vials, 1 daily will create a noticeable energy rise.
- Hot Flashes & Night Sweats Kit.
Sagging Internal Tissue and Organs:
Herbal compounds are well suited to elasticizing tissue and toning prolapsed organs.
Low Libido, Painful Intercourse, Dry Vagina:
Reduced estrogen levels can cause vaginal mucous membranes to become dry, resulting in painful intercourse -- just at a time of life when you want to be more spontaneous, without fear of pregnancy.
Poor Circulation, Tingling in the Limbs, Low Energy:
This is a common menopausal symptom, especially evident when one takes a deep breath. Make a daily circulation drink for almost immediate improvement:
Mix 1/2 cup tomato juice, 1/2 cup lemon juice, 6 tsp. wheat germ oil.
Depression, Irritability, Insomnia, Fatique:
Psychological symptoms distress many normally practical, well-balanced women. Many women feel that their lack of energy during menopause is the number one disruption in their lives. Magnesium-rich foods, like leafy greens, almonds, apricots, avocado, carrots, citrus fruits, lentils, and salmon counteract depression and anxiety; reduce caffeine intake (it affects mood more during menopause).
Aromatherapy essential oils help menopausal depression:
- Try Bergamot, Geranium, Neroli, Clary Sage, and Jasmine
Homeopathics are a good choice:
- Boiron IGNATIA for grief and black moods; and GOOD MOODS, RESTFUL SLEEP, or STRESS RELIEF by Nature's Apothecary.
Menopausal Weight Gain:
Women have a gynoid pattern of fat distribution that accumulates fat around hips and buttocks, making it hard for them to lose fat in these areas. Estrogen in the female body directs the storage of "sex-specific fat" on the buttocks, hips and thighs for child-bearing and hormone functions. As women get older, the problem escalates. Estrogen reduction during menopause generates another change in fat distribution. Menopausal women develop more fat storage in the deep abdominal cavity than menstruating women. This is because the fat cells in the stomach help to produce estrogen when production slows down in the ovaries -- another reason why very thin women often have a difficult menopause.
Small, focused changes in diet and lifestyle can help solve the weight problems for menopausal women. Now is the time to start exercising - at least 3x a week to retain muscle and firm body tone. Weight training along with moderate aerobic exercise and pre-workout stretches 3 times a week produces excellent results, along with
Facial Hair Growth or Hair Loss:
An extremely common menopausal condition, female pattern baldness, is a disconcerting problem involving genetics, vitamin-mineral uptake, and stress. The slow-down and change in estrogen production affects the activity of hair follicles, and results in the head hair loss and facial hair growth women dislike. Excess DHT in women can cause hair follicles to become dormant, as they do in men. Balanced thyroid hormone production is critical to normal hair growth because hypothyroidism leads to coarse, lifeless hair which easily falls out. Hyperthyroidism causes soft, thinning hair, and hair loss. Reduce animal fats to unclog hair follicles; add soy foods for plant protein (hair is 97% protein!)
Sea greens make a big difference - most women notice better hair growth and texture in 3 to 4 weeks. Take at least 2 TBS daily of dried chopped sea greens, and eat lots of sushi. Read What are Sea Vegetables?
- Beautiful Hair & Nails™ for noticeable hair re-growth
- Evening Primrose Pearls™ 4000 mg daily
- Calcium-Magnesium Source™ caps
- B Complex 100mg with extra B6 daily
- Country Life sublingual B-12, 2500mg every other day.
- Mix fresh blender-ground ginger with aloe vera gel and apply to hair; leave on 15 minutes
- Vitex extract to stimulate hair growth.
- Saw Palmetto herb reduces facial hair growth.
Note: Use any formula with Betaine HCL if hydrochloric acid is low.
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