Herbs for Menopause Are Very Valuable & Helpful During Menopause

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Some very specific herbs for menopause are not only useful in treating menopause but other conditions associated with menopause.

Herbs That Target Menopause Symptoms

There are many herbs that have proven very effective in treating menopause symptoms.

Although I will briefly describe each herb for menopause on its own, and its benefits, it should be noted that in actual fact it is a combination of these herbs in one product that proves to be the most effective... and I can suggest products that have worked for me that contain the right combination of the following menopause herbs.

BLACK COHOSH

Menopause herbs like Black Cohosh contain a natural precursor to estrogen (i.e., the body uses the elements in Black Cohosh as raw materials to produce its own hormones and only in the amount it needs).

Black Cohosh has been used for centuries by the native Americans to treat pre-menstrual syndrome, painful menstruation and for menopause. Clinical studies have shown Black Cohosh Root to be effective in relieving menopause symptoms with none of the side effects, because it contains natural estrogen.

In fact, Black Cohosh was an official drug in the U.S. Pharmacopoeia from 1820 to 1926. It is a tonic for the central nervous system and it is an excellent, safe sedative.

Black Cohosh balances the hormonal system naturally. It is an all round muscle relaxer. It helps bring on menstrual flow, relieve menstrual cramps and ease low back pain that often accompanies menopause. It is indeed one of the premier menopause herbs.

WILD YAM

This herb for menopuase can also be called Mexican Wild Yam. The American Indians used the Mexican Wild Yam for birth control. Wild Yam contains a progesterone precursor and these progesterone precursors are used by the pharmaceutical industry to produce progesterone.

Wild Yam, or dioscorea, contains the plant hormone diosgenin which is similar in structure to the adrenal hormone DHEA and the ovarian hormone progesterone.

The plant hormone diosgenin has a balancing effect on the body's hormones similar to the effects of DHEA and progesterone; therefore, Wild Yam can help overcome the negative effects of declining levels of DHEA and progesterone that occur with ageing.

Natural plant hormones such as diosgenin can be converted into progesterone that very closely matches the molecular structure of the progesterone produced by our own bodies and so is safer to take long term than synthetic hormones.

Wild Yam can also help with fatigue, depression and loss of sex drive. Again, this is one of the primary menopause herbs.

DONG QUAI

A Chinese herb for menopause, Dong Quai has been called the queen of all female herbs. This herb has a tranquilizing effect on the central nervous system and gives nourishment to the brain cells. It has been acclaimed to be very effective against almost every type of complaint of the female system.

Dong Quai contains phytoestrogens, or plant estrogens, and has been effective in relieving hot flashes, vaginal dryness and other menopause and PMS symptoms.

CHASTE BERRY

Chaste Berry hails from the Mediterranean and is a herb that has been used for years as a treatment for hormonal imbalances in women. The Chaste Tree Berry is a natural flavonoid that has a progesterone like effect.

It also is effective in altering the neurotransmitters that modulate hormonal levels; consequently, the chaste Tree Berry acts to regulate heavy menstrual flow due to insufficient progesterone production and alleviate mood changes associated with erratic hormone production.

Chaste Berry helps restore a normal estrogen-to-progesterone balance. Chaste Berry has proven effective in relieving symptoms like headaches, breast tenderness, anxiety, mood alteration, bloating and fatigue.

The most important use of Chaste Berry in England is for treating menopause symptoms.

DAMIANA

Damiana has stimulating properties and has been used for treating nervousness, weakness and exhaustion, restoring the vital powers of the system. It helps to balance the hormones in women and is an excellent herb for menopause for this reason.

Damiana has been useful in increasing sexual prowess in women who suffer from sexual weakness. It has been said to be one of the most popular and safest herbs to restore natural sexual capacities and functions.

GINSENG

In the Orient Ginseng is called the "King of the Herbs." It is indeed the most famous Chinese herb. Ginseng has been used for seven thousand years to restore the YANG quality, or vital force. It stimulates the entire body energy to overcome stress, fatigue - physical and mental - and weakness which makes it a good herb for menopause.

Ginseng is very beneficial for heart and circulation. It is used as a preventative tonic in China and it is said to slow down the ageing process. It is said to improve vision and hearing, and to help check irritability, giving one more poise and composure.

Ginseng is a very important herb in the treatment of menopause symptoms. One major benefit of Ginseng is the prevention of the thinning of the vaginal membranes.

Additional Herbs for Menopause

CRAMP BARK

Cramp Bark is considered to be one of the best female regulators in nature...a very valuable herb. It is recognized as a uterine sedative and is the best relaxant for the ovaries and uterus... hence its name Cramp Bark.

MOTHERWORT

Motherwort is a valuable herb in the treatment of female weakness and is helpful in treating nervous irritability, inducing quiet and passivity of the whole nervous system.

Motherwort is very useful during menopause. It helps to normalize uterine musculature which can often become more spasmodic and uncontrolled during peri menopause.

It protects the heart and circulatory system and helps relieve anxiety and tension. It is the hormone levels that keep a woman's heart contractions smooth and the blood clean, but as hormone levels drop during menopause a woman can experience heart problems. Motherwort can help keep these diseases at bay.

GOLDEN SEAL

Golden Seal is useful in boosting a sluggish glandular system and promoting youthful hormone harmony. This herb goes directly into the bloodstream and helps regulate liver functions.

It has a natural antibiotic ability to stop infection and kill poisons in the body. It has the ability to heal mucous membranes anywhere in the body. It is useful in menopause to prevent vaginitis.

Golden Seal ranks high as one of the best general medicinal herbs and when it is taken with other herbs it increases the tonic properties of whatever ailment is being treated.
 

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