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Herbs for the Menopause Years
Dear Friends,Menopause can bring a new level of freedom and excitement about starting a new phase of life. Many women however, are confronted with a litany of changes and problems. Herbs can be a great help in times like this because they support building and regeneration, enabling the body to heal and nurture itself. A woman's need for various hormones varies throughout the day and from day to day. When using appropriate herbs the body may be able to produce the hormone interplay that is needed at the time from the building blocks supplied by the plants. Herbs can work to produce specific hormonal changes either increasing or decreasing levels of specific hormones. By regenerating and nourishing these processes and functions and supporting organs, glands, and cellular functions we can provide the body with the best possible support to carry on the process of menopause. These products have been specifically crafted to assist the body during these transitional years bringing about the most expansive experience of menopause possible. Best of health, |
What Herbal Solutions are best for me?Menopause,
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Menopause: The Promise
The next stage of growth, development, and expansion in a women's life, and how herbs can assist in fulfilling this promise.
Learn how menopause can be one of the most rewarding and expansive times of a women's life, and how herbs can facilitate the menopause transition. For an excerpt click here.
Booklet Price: $9.95
Menopause Herbs
A full spectrum of herbal approaches to assist your menopause transition. Formulas may change without notice. |
Menopause Herbal Bath Balances & restores harmony & energy;
soothe & ease transitionary times.
Contains: Nettles, Motherwort, Burdock, Rose Hips
Five 3/4 oz. packs per package for $12.50
Menopause Ease Infusion
- Fenugreek - Reduces hot flashes & nourishes glands
- Oatstraw - Helps estrogen insufficiency & strengthens the heart and brain.
- Dandelion - Strengthens bones & improves calcium absorption. A liver allay.
- Chastetree - May increase levels of progesterone & leutinzing hormones.
- Rose - Moderates hormonal swings.
Five 3/4 oz. packs per package for $12.50
Menopause Infused Herbal Oil
Herbal Infused Oils of:
- Elder - Rich in bioflavonoids, regular use of bioflavonoids has been shown to improve immunity; increase tone, elasticity and lubrication of tissues, including, bladder, pelvis, and heart; reduces hot flashes; relieves muscle cramping and sore joints.
- Nettles - Balances blood sugar, immune, digestive and nervous systems; strengthens kidneys, adrenals, endocrine glands; rejuvenates energy, and stamina; nourishes supple skin and tissue.
Essential Oils of:
- Chamomile - Hormone regulation, female balance
- Clary Sage - Reduces hot flashes.
- Lavender - Hormone balance, antidepressant.
- Lemon - Reduces bloating.
- Jasmine - Sensual, romantic
Price: 1 oz. 18.50 2 oz. $37.00 4 oz. $70.30 8 oz. $133.20
Menopause Tincture Kit
- Black Cohosh, 1 oz. - Reported to be effective as estrogen replacement therapy for hot flashes, headaches, joint pain, water retention, fatigue, hormone balance, pelvic organ prolapse, and menstrual irregularity.
- Dandelion, 1 oz. - Supports the liver; relieves digestive upset, gas, bloating; strengthens bones; supplies calcium.
- Motherwort, 1 oz.- Eases hot flashes, night sweats, emotional swings, and cramping; strengthens heart; stabilizes emotions in acute situations.
- Chastetree, 1 oz. - Powerful hormonal balancer, supports endocrine glands; regulates flooding, spotting and irregular cycles; long-term balancing of emotions; builds supple vaginal tissues; osteoporosis.
- Rose, 1 oz. - Used to moderate hormonal swings; relieves dizziness; abundant in bioflavonoids which reduce water retention; lubricates vaginal tissue and restores pelvic tone; eases sore joints; ends hot flashes and activates immunity.
- Nettles, 1 oz. - Nourishing and energizing; strengthens kidneys, adrenals, nervous system, and endocrine glands; stabilizes blood sugar; normalizes, digestive and cardiovascular systems; and reduces fatigue.
- Wild Yam, 1 oz. - Promotes production of progesterone; relieves menstrual
pain; strengthens liver and the nerves.
Price: $57.00
Menopause Support Combination Herbal Tincture
- Black Cohosh - some studies have shown it to be as effective as Estrogen replacement therapy in relieving problems such as hot flashes, headaches, joint pain, water retention and fatigue; may have a more estogenic effect.
- Chaste tree - may have a powerful effect on the endocrine glands; may eliminate hot flashes, chronic menstrual cramps, flooding , spotting and irregular cycles; may have a more progesteronic effect.
- Ginseng (wild American) - may improve nervous functions; regulate endocrine activity, improve energy levels and mental acuity, and enhance libido.
- Rose - may help to ease headaches, relieve dizziness; may nourish the nerves and heart, invigorate the whole being, strengthen bones, and moderate mood and hormonal swings.
- Fenugreek - may restore blood sugar balance, nourish the glands, improve
digestion, and increase libido.
Price: 1 oz. $13.00, 2 oz. $26.00, 4 oz. $49.40, 8 oz. $93.60
Osteoporosis Support Infusion
- Nettles - a rich source of micronutrients that are vital for flexible bones; source of vitamin K which is crucial for calcium absorption
- Horsetail - helps restore bone density through synergistic mineral action: helps bones thicken and stabilize
- Dandelion - increase hydrochloric acid production to increase absorption of calcium
- Red Clover - calcium rich herb
- Raspberry - calcium rich herb
- Oatstraw - a calcium rich herb which is magnesium rich; magnesium is needed
for calcium absorption
Five 3/4 oz. packs per package for $12.50
Other Herbal Catalogs:
Evenstar Herbal Products Catalog
The Childbearing Year Herbal Catalog
Frequently Asked Questions About Menopause
Related Information: Your Personalized Osteoporosis Wellness Program Steps to Prevention: Osteoporosis Steps to Prevention: Menopause |
What is menopause?
Technically, menopause is the last menstrual period a women has. Climacteric is the term for the years right before and after this last period. The climacteric includes the pre and post menopausal years and the menopause climax years."Menopause years" is the term commonly given to this entire period.
What age does menopause occur?
The average age for menopause is 50-51. With the menopause years spanning a time range from early 40's to early 60's. Menopause is a process that takes many years of a women's life.
What happens in the body during menopause?
Common opinion focuses on the shut down of estrogen production as the cause of major body changes during menopause. However, many more changes occur in the body around and during menopause, such as changes in your production of progesterone follicle stimulating hormones and leutinizing hormone. In addition, there are hormonal changes in your liver, fat cells, adrenal glands, pancreas, thyroid and hypothalamus.
Why does menopause produce such uncomfortable symptoms?
A. Menopause has been called "the change", reflecting the wide ranging changes that occur in the body during this time. Menopause is truly a change at the cellular level of your body functioning.
Menopause is a totally natural process that happens to every women. Every women's body has the natural capacity to make these changes without undo stress. So many uncomfortable symptoms are associated with menopause today partly because of lack of support and understanding of the process, lack of proper nutrition and deleterious effects of stress on the body.
Most women's bodies have not been nourished adequately, particularly at a cellular level. This means that the body can not make the changes necessary for a smooth transition during menopause. If all the cellular processes cannot function well, due to inadequate nutrient input, many women will experience these uncomfortable symptoms.
What can herbs do to make menopause an easier transition?
During menopause we use nourishing and tonifying herbs to supply your body with support needed for the functioning at the cellular activity necessary to complete the body changes occurring during menopause. Herbs can ease your transition because they strengthen your liver, heart and adrenal glands; keep your energy level high; moderate your cardiovascular changes; and can give you a form of absorbable calcium that helps you sleep better, moderate your moods, and build strong bones. As your body functions better you feel better.
Will herbs prevent osteoporosis?
No matter what your lifestyle, bone mass decreases during the menopausal years. Studies have shown that by engaging in some aerobic exercise (walking is fine) and consuming 1500 mg of calcium - rich foods a day you build flexible bones, a strong bone mass and decrease post-menopausal fractions about 50% (Estrogen Replacement Therapy decreases such factors by about 40%).
A glass of calcium rich herb infusion can give you 200 - 300 mg of calcium. This amount can be boosted by at least 10% through he use of the calcium rich herbs like Horsetail.
Herbs can contribute a great deal to strong, flexible bones.
