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Menopause. Do you
find yourself shivering whenever you hear or think of this word? If you do, you are not the only one. A lot of women may feel queasy just thinking
about this natural phenomenon.
Why do many women feel this way about menopause? Well, it may be largely due to the myths surrounding the issue
and the various discomforts that middle-aged women experience as they go
through menopause.
Well, truth be known, not all of the pains and discomforts associated with
menopause can be tied to this natural phenomenon. Technically speaking, the only real symptoms of menopause are hot
flashes (or flushes), night sweating and vaginal dryness. All other symptoms associated with this new
phase in the middle aged woman’s life such as insomnia, mood swings, depression
and weight gain can be considered as signs of aging and are not due to
menopause.
No matter how discomforting the symptoms of menopause may be, the good news is
that there are a lot of ways to go about it.
There are a lot of natural remedies available within your reach, if you
only knew what to look for. Consider
these strategies – they can be the ones that can help you manage the symptoms
more easily:
Keep your cool. Your body’s thermostat
may stop functioning properly once the level of estrogen in your body starts to
decline. When this happens, you may
experience extremely hot or cold sensations regardless of whatever the
prevailing weather and the temperature may be at the moment. This event leads to that much controversial
(and dreaded) hot flashes and night sweating during menopause.
To reduce the occurrence and the severity of these discomforting episodes, you
need to drink a lot of water – lots and lots of it! As a rule, you need to gulp down at least 8 tall glasses of
steam-distilled water every day. It
would be extremely helpful if you can take 800 mg of primrose oil 3 times
during the day and 300 IU of vitamin E once daily. These supplements can be very effective in solving these problems
of menopause. You may even be surprised
by what it can do for you!
Or if you want a more powerful treatment for the problem, try combining about 2
teaspoons of cohosh root tincture with 1 teaspoon each of sarsaparilla, chaste
tree, don quai root, licorice root and ginseng root tinctures. Mix the ingredients well. Take 3 droppers full of this mixture on a
daily basis and watch your problem subside!
Say no to vaginal dryness - As the estrogen level drops, the vaginal walls
eventually become thinner and drier. This
leads to the vaginal dryness that most middle-aged women experience. To help prevent this condition from setting
in, fortify your diet with lots of foods containing vitamin C, beta-carotene
and selenium or you may take these nutrients in pill form.
For maximum results, you may need to take in at least 2,000 mg of vitamin C, 10
mg of beta-carotene and 50 mcg of selenium.
These will not only make your vaginal dryness problems a thing of the
past – these nutrients can even give you back your youthful beauty in the
process! What a bonus!
Or you can try mixing 2 drops of geranium essential oil and one capsule of
1,000 IU of vitamin E to an ounce of almond oil. Apply this mixture inside and outside the vagina twice a day and
see the difference it would make!
Michael
Russell
Your
Independent guide to Menopause |
