Jump off the Hormonal Merry Go Round

Herbal and supplemental resources for support with perimenopause and menopause

Start with being alert

Anyone tending to self-care must make informed choices by accessing up-to-date accurate information and locating reliable sources for products. I tell you this to ensure your safe and confident approach to using herbs to manage, or as I prefer to say, “stop the menopause merry-go-round”. I call it a merry-go-round as it is a cycle that creates effects in virtually every part of your body. Often women focus on seeking treatment for individual symptoms of hormonal shifts. This is like jumping from horse to horse on a tilting merry go round rather than treating the source of the imbalance.

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You must take responsibility for knowing your own body, how it works and what it needs. If you are in menopause, you and your body have been together for a while! Ask yourself to be in communication with your body and use common sense. If you have low blood pressure, should you take Licorice? Maybe not. Make a good assessment of your symptom experiences. Above all else, remember menopause is not a disease.
The ancient herbalists referred to herbal preparations in liquid form as a concoction. Some still call it an herbal recipe. Our current culture likes to think of it as a cocktail! The history of herbalism is fascinating but lengthy. Recall that food was and is the primary “medicine” that our body uses to create healthy and happy tissue.
Herbs are now considered a subset of vegetables which requires a discussion of how and where self-care choices are made. Just as food does, herbs tap different resources in the organs. This herbal concoction is intended to balance out the decreased hormonal levels of the fertility cycle, while allowing the body to retain the protective physical properties that the estrogen, progesterone, and estradiol cycle provided your body for decade