Advice About Natural Health Remedies - Natural Treatment for Menopause

In recent years, there has been a trend towards using natural methods for healing ourselves and staying healthy. More and more people are looking to alternative medicine for cures from colds to cancer. One of the largest growing sectors in alternative health care is women searching for other options for treating the symptoms of menopause.

All too often hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has uncomfortable side effects. The hot flashes, mood swings and headaches are bad enough; women do not need additional symptoms piled on top of what they already have. This is the biggest reason that more and more women are looking at herbal and homeopathic remedies. There is still a lot of research to be done, however there is a lot of evidence supporting the effectiveness of natural remedies.

The most popular and effective natural treatment comes in the form of herbs. Plants like black cohosh and red clover contain a class of phytoestrogens that simulate the hormone estrogen in the human body. Soy is also said to possess some of these phytoestrogens and can be beneficial as well. It has been documented that by consuming a regular dose of soy products can be as effective as some prescription drugs used when treating menopausal symptoms. Other natural sources are flaxseed oil, chaste berry, ginseng and the Chinese herb, dong quai.

Black cohosh, unlike some of the other herbs used to treat menopause, does not have any phytoestrogen. This herb has no hormonal effect on the menopausal woman. Yet when this herb is ingested it has proven to alleviate hot flashes, night sweats, headaches, and a few other symptoms. The question researchers asked was, how did black cohosh do this? Apparently, black cohosh prevented the symptoms from happening at all by directly affecting the pituitary gland's secretion of luteinizing hormone (LH).

In today's world we have all become accustomed to instant results. Take a pill, swallow some liquid and within a few minutes or hours you can begin to feel some relief. When dealing with herbal remedies the opposite is true. For the herbs to work they have to build up in the body over a three to four week period. This process can be time consuming and tedious, but be patient, the results and added peace of mind are worth it.



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