Why Use a Herbal Menopause Remedy?
- You may have tried HRT and found it didn't agree with you, causing water retention, digestive disturbance or unwanted mood changes.
- Perhaps you have a history which prevents you from considering HRT - a hormone-dependent cancer, or a family history of such cancers, or maybe you have an increased tendency to thrombosis.
- You may prefer to maintain your mid-life health without using medication, for ecological, sociological or ideological reasons, or because of concerns about unknown long-term effects of HRT.
- You may simply not wish to continue a monthly physiological cycle indefinitely, or have doubts about
- the efficacy of synthetic hormones.
These are all reasons why you might need an alternative to HRT. Herbal medicine is the leading alternative to orthodox drugs and there is new, exciting research into plant hormones which reveals how herbs and vegetables can play a part in maintaining our health through menopause.
Herbal medicine is the leading alternative to orthodox pharmaceutical treatment. When herbalists make up a prescription for women in peri-menopause they take into account all the factors which contribute to her health and try to improve all the systems which are affected by hormonal changes. This is called a wholistic approach. It is the main difference between conventional treatment and herbal treatment. In addition to prescribing herbal medicine, herbalists would want a patient to start exercises and dietary changes in a strategy to maintain general wellbeing, including bone and heart health.
Aims of Herbal Treatment
- Improve digestion
- Balance hormones
- Reduce nervous tension
- Improve circulation
- Support overall health.
We use herbs which improve digestion and circulation, increase elimination of water via lymph and kidneys, relax mind and muscles, improve liver function and balance hormones.
There are many herbs which have a unique action on the female hormone system. Some contain ingredients known as phyto-oestrogens and isoflavones . Others are believed to have a progesteronic action, although ideas about these actions are changing all the time. There is increasing evidence for their effectiveness but little knowledge about how the herbal hormones work.
