Hormones and Herbs: Part 3

Though hormonal imbalances can often be corrected with proper vitamins and nutrition, there are other herbal remedies and supplements which are used specifically for their natural hormonal properties.

Red Raspberry is an herb often used in tea form, which works wonderfully for a variety of common female problems. In fact, red raspberry is such an excellent general female herb that it’s often used as the basis for any female herbal remedy mixture, and all women should regularly keep this herb on hand.

Red raspberry helps strengthen the entire female reproductive system, especially the walls of the uterus. It also helps reduce heavy menstrual flows and painful cramps, as well as prevent or reduce hemorrhaging during childbirth. Many pregnant women have had success using Red raspberry as a remedy for morning sickness, and it will increase the milk production in nursing mothers.

Black Cohosh is an excellent natural treatment for hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms, particularly when combined with other female herbs. Black Cohosh is a herbal source of natural estrogen and it does not provide the same side effects and dangers of synthetic estrogens.

This herb also helps regulate menstrual blood flows, and when combined with Ginger, Black Cohosh can also help relieve painful menstrual cramps. Ginger alone is an herb to use for suppressed menstruation.

Black cohosh has even more health benefits. It helps stimulate the secretions from the liver, kidneys, and lymph glands, as well as helping to break up mucus in your head, lungs, and sinus cavities.

Some women can get headaches from taking too much black cohosh. If this happens, simply reduce the amount of herb you’re using. The headache will go away on its own in a few hours.

Sarsaparilla is a hormone balancing herb which works wonderfully for both men and women. It’s a natural source of progesterone, testosterone, and cortin, plus it stimulates the action of estrogen in women.

Kelp is often used for female hormonal problems too, because it provides a wide variety of vitamins and nutrition, but it also helps stimulate the various glands in the body. Kelp is particularly helpful in regulating the thyroid, and it’s a natural source of iron, calcium and iodine. All of these are particularly important for women during menstruation, especially if you tend to have heavy blood flows.

It’s said that menstrual blood contains 40% more calcium than other blood, so getting plenty of calcium is extremely important for women during their periods. Another particularly good herb for this is chlorophyll. chlorophyll can be found in herbs such as Alfalfa and Parsley.Anyone else have feelings about this?