HERBS TO RELIEVE THE SYMPTOMS OF MENOPAUSE

Jul,27,2020

It is easy to find articles online that tell you how plants can be a great help in balancing the hormones in your body. Hormonal imbalance can be the cause of many health issues, such as irritability, hot flashes, irregular periods, lowered sex drive, constant exhaustion, etc. However, as some plants have similar characteristics to our hormones, it is possible to use herbs to relieve most of these symptoms.

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This perennial shrub can affect the serotonin levels through imitation of hormones, and by binding the opioid receptors found in the brain. Serotonin acts as a neurotransmitter, which can work together with estrogen, and is found to cause hot flashes.

Red Clover for Hot Flashes and Night Sweats

This plant assists in normalizing the action of estrogen by connecting with the estrogen receptors in the body. This is done through the action of lignans, isoflavones, and coumestans.

Chaste Tree Berry for Mood Swings and Irregular Periods

The molecules of this berry can affect the neurotransmitters in your body, which can influence your whole body. It is also seen to be helpful in regulating perimenopausal menstrual cycles through balancing the pituitary hormones and augmenting the progesterone production.

Ashwagandha for Mood Swings and Lowered Sex Drive

It is believed that this eastern herb can balance your adrenal hormones as well as androgens, through restoring the normal functioning of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis.

Kudzu for Vaginal Dryness and Hot Flashes

This herb contains phytochemicals, which can protect the estrogen receptors. These phytochemicals comprise five major isoflavonoids, which can bind themselves to the estrogen receptors.

Passionflower for Anxiety, Insomnia, and Irritability

This plant contains natural MAOIs or monoamine oxidase inhibitors, which can act as antidepressants.

Wild yam for Perimenopausal Menstrual Cramps

This acts as a muscle relaxant, and may well cause a boost in sex hormones like progesterone.

Soy for Vaginal Dryness, Night Sweats, and Hot Flashes

There are other plants as well which can provide relief from the symptoms of menopause, but they use different chemical mechanisms for it, such as in the case of soy. Soy has phytoestrogens that help to bring down the symptoms of menopause, through the counterbalancing of variable estrogen levels.

Combinations

Menopausal symptoms are usually seen to vary severely for different women, which is why using a combination of the herbs mentioned above can provide great relief. If not, visit one of our low income clinics to get the medical attention you may need.

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    About the Author

    Dr. Ghassan M. Al-Jazayrly, MD

    A graduate of University of Aleppo Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Al-Jazayrly or, as he is colloquially known: Dr. AJ, is an oncologist and hematologist of a Complete Care Community Health Center (CCCHC) with more than 36 years of experience. In recent years, he’s been involved with a non profit organization known as Every Woman Counts (EWC) which provides free breast and cervical cancer screening and diagnostic services to California’s underserved populations in order to eliminate health disparities for low-income individuals.

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