Archive for August, 2009
August 19th, 2009 -- Posted in Herbal Remedies |
Thinking of going through hormone replacement therapy to help ease your menopausal symptoms? Have you considered trying some herbal remedies first to see if they help? Rather than go for a drastic option, the use of herbal remedies may be worth a try as they are natural and comparatively safer.
In fact, there are many herbal remedies that can help deal with the various menopausal symptoms that you are having. These include herbal remedies to alleviate your existing condition of night sweats, hot flashes, vaginal dryness, loss of sex drive, memory loss, depression and sudden mood swings.
Menopause is often referred to as the change. It is often a difficult period for the sufferer as well as those around. Also, it can get depressing as weight gain is a possible outcome during menopause.
Here is a guide to the top 5 herbal remedies for menopause:
1. Gingko Biloba. Gingko Biloba is effective for those going through hormonal changes. Herbalists and naturopathic doctors say that this herb can increase and improve blood flow to virtually all parts of the body. Herbalists recommend that a dosage of 40 to 80 milligram capsule 3 times a day. This will also help in cases of memory loss.
2. Chasteberry. Chasteberry is one of the herbal remedies often overlooked when treating menopause’s difficult symptoms. However, this is a secret known to herbalists that this herb can have a profound effect on the body’s hormones. Herbalists recommend this herb because it can actually help reverse the vaginal changes, lowered libido, and other symptoms of menopause.
3. St. Johns Wort. St Johns wort, on the other hand, is a herb known to help with anxiety, irritability and mood swings. In fact, this is one of the herbal remedies that can be more more effective in treating depression than traditional antidepressants. In general, herbalists and naturopathic doctors recommend 100 and 300 milligrams of St. John’s wort 3 times a day. You should be sure that this is standardized for 0.3 percent hypercin.
4. Valerian. You may also find it hard to get to sleep at night during menopause. Many Herbal Remedies help to induce relaxation and sleep. One of them includes valerian. Valerian is both safe and nonaddictive. It is suggested that women should take between 300 to 500 milligrams of this one hour before bed.
5. Lavender. The last of the herbal remedies that is recommended is lavender. You can achieve a peaceful night of rest with lavender. This herb can be easily integrated into aromatherapy. Simply sprinkle a few drops of lavender essential oil onto your pillow before going to bed.
Before you try any of these herbal remedies, do check with your doctor. You have to make sure that the herbal remedies for menopause do not interact negatively with the other medications that you may be on. Also, you would need to ask your doctor or herbalist for the recommended dosages of herbal remedies for your specific case. What is useful is to know that hormone replacement therapy is not the one and only solution if you want to ease your menopausal symptoms. There are many herbal remedies out there that can help you alleviate your suffering!
Evelyn Lim
http://www.articlesbase.com/non-fiction-articles/top-5-herbal-remedies-for-menopause-127934.html
August 15th, 2009 -- Posted in Natural Healing |
http://www.quantumhealingenergy.com/heal Learn from Marisa Russo, a Master Healer and Lecturer has 17 years experience in energy healing, Natural Healing, alternative healing, kinesiology, self healing and distant healing
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August 6th, 2009 -- Posted in Natural Healing |
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This is a beautiful meditation for deep relaxation. It is illustrated with beautiful pictures of nature filmed by Taho in France.
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August 5th, 2009 -- Posted in Herbal Remedies |
It goes without saying that if you fall ill, you go to a health care professional who will give you a looking over and recommend medication. You then go to the pharmacy to have the prescriptions filled. You try to follow the label instructions and hope to get cured. Quite often, you will eventually make another trip to see the health care professional and he will prescribe a severe cure. This is basically how the health care establishment works these days, a never ending cycle of trips to the health care professional and the pharmacy.
If someone were to recommend that you used herbal remedies to cure a lot of your problems you might think they were foolish. For a long time medical science has been involved in an effort to mock the use of herbal remedies to achieve health and healing. In recent years many studies have been done to test whether there are any benefits to what is referred to as herbal remedies.
Herbal remedies are now, often looked upon as being a lost art. It is simply the use of herbal remedies, or phytotherapy, and traditional methods to aid in healing and overall good health. Unorthodox Medicine and other natural forms of Herbal Remedies have been used by every region in the world and long before the appearance of modern cure. Even today Herbal Remedies is widely used in countries like China and Korea. Unorthodox Medicine are often better than man-made medicine and rarely ever have side effects.
In ancient times shamans and medicine men performed the duties of a doctor. They passed their knowledge of Natural Healing methods to the next generation by training apprentice to continue their work.
With the arrival of the so-called modern medicine, health care professionals began to favor man-made medicines over Unorthodox Medicine. Many of them did not realize that the medicines they were administering to their patients were often based upon compounds found in natural herbs. Medicines such as aspirin, digitalis, codeine and quinine were all derived from traditional medicine.
If you are considering the possibility of learning to use more natural methods to treat your problems it is important that you be made aware of the fact that not all so-called herbal remedies are what they claim to be. There are many companies promoting cure-all products that are designed to totally snare into ignominy, a person’s desire to decrease their dependency upon man-made drugs. For this reason it is highly recommended that you research and study a natural remedy before beginning its use or practice.
The effectiveness and safety of natural remedies is studied by many universities. The more research and studies that are carried out the more herbal remedies and natural treatments there are that are added to the catalog of accepted medicine. Of course, there are also some herbal remedies and treatments that are proven to be false.
Even though there are many herbal remedies available that have been well studied and documented, medical professionals will rarely recommend their use, but will instead dispense synthetic medicine. Remember that the big drug companies are getting rich selling man-made medicines. It is not in their best interest for people to become aware of natural medicines and to make use of them.
In many cases, Unorthodox Medicine should not be relied solely upon to treat your illnesses or conditions. In these cases you will want to supplement your medication with the use of herbs or other natural treatments. This will enable you to limit your faith on modern medicine and perhaps help you to avoid unwanted side effects.
Find out what nature intended for us and gain a happy life.
Slone David
http://www.articlesbase.com/medicine-articles/household-herbal-remedies-and-unorthodox-medicine-124968.html