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Herbs for Menopause

Herbs are tremendously helpful for menopause. As a Chinese medicine herbalist, I see women suffering through menopause on a daily basis. There is much help available with herbs, especially with hot flashes, sleep problems, moodiness, and brain and bone health as well. Menopause is a time for a woman to take a good look at how she feels now, and what lies ahead. Menopause is like a crossroads for many women. One road leads to wrinkles, aches and pains, decline. The other road leads to continued strength, attractiveness, healthy mind and bones.
Yes, it is certainly possible to feel and look good in menopause, but it doesn't happen automatically. There are things you need to understand, and then incorporate into your life.

Menopause, technically, from a docter's point of view, is not having a period for a year.
Sounds pretty simple. The wierd thing is that for even - ten years before that, many doctors
are telling ladies suffering from almost anything, that it's because they are "peri-menopausal". This is often without any hormone tests ordered at all.

Traditional medicine systems like TCM(Traditional Chinese Medicine), Ayurveda, and others view
menopause as a step in the aging direction. That means dryness. Many aging symptoms are due to the body drying up. Imagine subjecting a juicy green apple to hours of low dry heat. It would be shriveled up like a prune, all wrinkled and brown. All the fluids dried up.

Menopause symptoms usually fit patterns in TCM that involve overheating that is resulting from a deep internal dryness. Treatment might involve getting more fluids into the body by drinking more fluids and taking herbs that help nourish Yin, and hydrate(juice you up). Herbs like Marshmallow Rt. or the Chinese herb, TianMenDong(Asparagus Rt.), or the Indian Herb, Shatavari are all excellent for this. People that are easily bloated should take these herbs combined with Magnolia Bark (HouPo), or Fennel seeds combined with it.

Symptoms of menopause that would be caused by the type of internal dryness (called Yin deficiency in TCM)would be hot flashes, but especially night sweats that typically come on at
2-3 am. Typically women tell me that they wake up parched in the middle of the night. Many keep a drink by the bedside for the 2am wake up.

Many women don't even think about how much they drink at all. Menopause is a time to start giving it some thougt. How much should you be drinking? Figure about 2 liters a day. That's a large water/soda bottle and another third, as well. I was once amazed by Sally, a woman who came to my clinic a few weeks after I saw her at a lecture I gave about natural menopause.
She said:"Hi, I don't need an appointment. I just came to tell you something amazing.
I came to your lecture because I was having hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness. I didn't want to take the hormones the doctor gave me, so I figured maybe I could take something
natural.

Then when you started talking about not drinking enough, I was disappointed. Sounded too simplistic. But the truth is, when I thought about it, I hadn't drunk Anything, at all that day, after my morning cofee, and it was already evening. I admitted that happened practically every day. Still, I was suspicious. I made an appointment at your clinc, hoping to get some exotic herbs or something. Since, I could not get an appointment for two weeks, I figured to at least keep up with drinking the 2 liters a day, you had mentioned as a minimum. Honestly, I thought it would be to prove that what you said was ridiculous.

Then, after a few days, I actually started to feel better. The hot flashes started to come less often, less intense, less waking up sweating as much, more lubrication. By two weeks, I came to the appointment, just to thank you and continue to keep drinking the amouint of fluids I need.
Now, I understand that I was severely dehydrated. Thanks"
I guess that says it all!

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A Modern Herbal (Volume 1, A-H): The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs & Trees with Their Modern Scientific Uses

A Modern Herbal (Volume 1, A-H): The Medicinal, Culinary, Cosmetic and Economic Properties, Cultivation and Folk-Lore of Herbs, Grasses, Fungi, Shrubs & Trees with Their Modern Scientific Uses

Volume 1 of the fullest, most exact, most useful compilation of herbal material. Gigantic alphabetical encyclopedia, from aconite to zedoary, gives botanical information, medical properties, folklore, economic uses, much else. Indispensable to serious reader. Total in set: 161 illustrations.

Author: Margaret Grieve
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Rosemary Gladstar's Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health: 175 Teas, Tonics, Oils, Salves, Tinctures, and Other Natural Remedies for the Entire Family

Rosemary Gladstar is the mother of modern herbalism. Her wisdom and vision have inspired an entire generation of herbal healers, and her insights into the healing power of plants have helped people everywhere embrace more natural, healthy, and radiant lives.

Rosemary Gladstar's Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health is the author's practical compendium of herbal know-how. Written with her signature warmth, this must-have reference will help readers of every life stage enjoy radiant well-being, every day. Limit stress and anxiety, get adequate rest, boost immunity, improve mental acuity, and embrace life balance ? these are elements of Gladstar's prescription for wellness, longevity, and boundless energy. To help achieve these goals, she offers a number of general-wellness recipes, including 7-Herb Long-Life Soup, Long-Life Elixir, and energy-inspiring Zoom Balls.

The bulk of the book is dedicated to specific herbal remedies for everyone in the family ? adults, babies, children, and elders. Good Vision No-Cook Herbal Jam, for example, will help keep aging eyes functional, while Rosemary's Itch Relief Remedy offers a soothing salve for poison ivy. Whether a reader wants to soothe baby's diaper rash, enjoy a better night's sleep, conquer headaches, cure a case of athlete's foot, or boost a sagging spirit, Gladstar's time-tested herbal remedies offer new options for natural healing.

These therapies are enhanced with an A?Z herbal apothecary featuring detailed information about more than 90 herbs, as well as tips for preparing herbal remedies from scratch.

The hardcover edition has become an everyday reference for tens of thousands of families. This paperback release brings Gladstar?s wisdom to even more people interested in embracing physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.

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Herbal Drugstore

Ease Symptoms, Fight Disease, and Supercharge Immunity-- All without Drugs or Chemicals! You're about to enter a completely different kind of drugstore. One where herbal medicines are offered right alongside conventional pharmaceuticals. Where bottles of feverfew stand next to bottles of aspirin, and echinacea has its place among other cold and flu remedies.The Herbal Drugstore is the only place where you can compare mainstream drug treatments and their herbal alternatives for close to 100 common health problems. You'll find herbs that have the same healing powers as many prescription and over-the-counter medications-- only they're cheaper and gentler, with few or no side effects.Whether you need fast first-aid or long-term relief, The Herbal Drugstore has a remedy for you. Here's just a sampling:* Immobilized by arthritis? Rub on capsaicin cream, a natural pain reliever made from hot peppers (page 96)* Can't sleep? Start snoozing with valerian-- it's as effective as Valium, but it isn't addictive (page 352)* Want to lose a few pounds? Get a helping hand from psyllium, an herbal alternative to appetite suppressants (page 448)* Feeling stressed? Calm jangled nerves with ginseng-- it won't undermine alertness (page 509)* Battling bronchitis? Clear up that cough with licorice, a natural expectorant (page 129)* Need help with high blood pressure? Turn to hawthorn-- it has much in common with beta blockers, except for the side effects (page 326)The Herbal Drugstore features these and many more herbal remedies-- 712 in all! They're profiled right next to their pharmaceutical counterparts, so you can make your own comparisons and decide which treatments are best for you.

Author: Linda B. White, Steven Foster, Herbs for Health Staff
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Herbal Antibiotics: Natural Alternatives for Treating Drug-Resistant Bacteria (Storey Medicinal Herb Guide)

Current information about antibiotic resistant microbes and the herbs that are effective in fighting them.

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Prescription for Herbal Healing: An Easy-to-Use A-Z Reference to Hundreds of Common Disorders and Their Herbal Remedies

The popularity of herbal medicine has exploded during the past decade, with herbal remedies becoming increasingly available in such conventional outlets as drugstores and even supermarkets. Prescription for Herbal Healing brings to herbal medicine the same in-depth, easy-to-understand information and accessible style that Prescription for Nutritional Healing successfully brought to diet and nutritional supplements.

This book is divided into three parts for easy reference. Part I discusses the basic principles of herbal medicine and outlines the properties and characteristics of some one hundred sixty single herbs and sixty herbal combination formulas. Part II describes more than one hundred fifty common disorders, conveniently arranged in alphabetical order from acne to yeast infection, and names the herbal therapies that can be used in the treatment of those conditions. Part III is a guide to using various kinds of herbal and other alternative therapies. In addition, it includes self-diagnostic tests and boxed insets throughout, which offer detailed information on a wide variety of topics.

Complete coverage of Chinese and Ayurvedic herbs make this volume entirely comprehensive, and thorough scientific references lend it an authority not found in any other herbal book. Prescription for Herbal Healing is the definitive herbal resource and is a necessity for any health-conscious consumer.

Author: Phyllis A. Balch
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