Susun Weed, Author, Herbalist, and women’s health expert, maintains: “Menopause is not a ‘pathology’, however a passage to power. Like puberty, menopause is an all-natural– and healthy and balanced– change. Wise women all over the world-herald menopause as a health-promoting occasion.

They see warm flashes as ‘power surges’ and menopause as an extreme spiritual trip. A lot of therapies– consisting of ERT, HRT, isoflavone, as well as progesterone lotions– interrupt this procedure as well as can do extreme damage to a woman’s health and wellness.”

MENOPAUSE IS ENLIGHTENMENT

The energy aspects of menopause

There are several resemblances between menopausal signs and symptoms and the widely known mystical objective of “awakening of the kundalini.” Though the concepts offered in this area might seem strange or challenging to comprehend, they have powerful messages about menopause, which lie at the heart of the Wise Woman approach.

Kundalini [is] the root [of] all spiritual experiences

Kundalini is a unique sort of power known in many cultures, consisting of Tibetan, Indian, Sumerian, Chinese, Irish, Aztec, as well as Greek. Kundalini is stated to be fast; hot, effective, and also large. It exists within the planet, within all life, and within each person.

Psychoanalyst Carl G. Jung called kundalini anima. Kundalini is typically stood for as a snake coiled at the base of the back, but womens’ mystery stories situate it in the uterus – or the area where the uterus was if a hysterectomy has actually taken place. Throughout both puberty and also menopause, a woman’s kundalini is difficult to control as well as might cause a multitude of symptoms.

Menopause is a kind of enlightenment

East Indian yogis invest lifetimes learning to activate, or wake up, their kundalini. This is also called “accomplishing enlightenment”. When they succeed, a rise of super-heated energy increases the spinal column, throughout the nerves, dilating capillary, and sustaining itself with hormonal agents.

As kundalini remains to travel up the spine, it transforms the performance of the endocrine, cardiovascular, and nerve systems. Not just in yogis, but in any type of woman that enables herself to familiarize it. Menopause is a kind of enlightenment. Hot flashes are kundalini training sessions.

TAKING HORMONES? THESE HERBS ARE FOR YOU

An increasing number of ladies are making use of organic remedies to help them with menopausal problems. Those who do take ERT (estrogen replacement) or HRT (hormonal agent replacement) may be shocked to find that natural medicine has a lot to provide them as well.

Natural herbs for women on ERT/HRT consist of those that minimize side-effects as well as those that counter issues brought on by the hormonal agents.

Herbal Helpers Counter Side-Effects

Water retention is the sign most often cited for dissatisfaction with hormonal agent substitutes. Herbal tinctures and also tea, such as dandelion or cleavers, and regular foods can not only soothe the distress, they will certainly go to the origin of the problem as well as help avoid recurrences.

Dandelion root tincture (Taraxacum officinale) strengthens the liver and aids it refines out the excess hormonal agents you are taking. When the liver functions well, the kidneys work better and also tissues no more bloat.

A dose is 10-20 drops in several ounces of water or juice 2-3 3 times a day. If you have any kind of digestion problems, take your dandelion before dishes; otherwise, anytime is great. You can safely take dandelion every day for months or years if you need or wish to.

Cleavers’ natural herb tincture (Galium molluga) tells the lymphatic tissues to get relocating. Relief from edema is normally quick when 20-30 drops are taken in a number of ounces of water or juice.

Repeat up to 6 times at per-hour intervals if needed. Cleavers is specifically valuable for reducing swollen, aching busts.

Foods that relieve water retention consist of (in order of efficiency): asparagus, nettles, corn, grapes, cucumbers, watermelon (and also watermelon seed tea), parsley, celery, black tea, and also eco-friendly tea.

Headaches are the second most typical side-effect of hormonal agent usage. Unfortunately, they are common among menopausal women not taking hormonal agents, too. Natural herbs that help soothe headache without a drug-like action – such as milk thistle, yellow dock, burdock, garden sage, dandelion, skullcap, and St. John’s/ Joan’s wort – are normally considered safe to take with hormonal agents.

Chinese herbalists claim migraines are brought on by liver stress and anxiety. Liver-strengthening natural herbs are dandelion, milk thistle seed, yellow dock, and also burdock. Use one by one, 15-25 drops of the tincture several times a day, for two weeks. If signs and symptoms continue, switch to a different herb.

A strong tea of garden sage leaves (Salvia officinalis) supplies an immediate remedy for headaches as well as assists avoid future ones. It also minimizes evening sweats. Casts of skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora) and St. Joan’s/ John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum) ease pain and also alleviate muscle spasms. Usage 5-20 drops of skullcap as well as a dropperful of St.J’s at the very initial sign.
The yoga of menopause

Repeat the doses every 5 minutes until pain-free. Skullcap can be rather sedative, especially in big dosages.

Herbal Allies to Prevent Problems Caused by Taking Hormones

Breast cancer risk is increased by 20% in women who use ERT for 5 or even more years. Use of HRT for 5 or even more increases breast cancer cell risk by 40%. Every five years of proceeded usage raises the threat.

On top of that, females that take ERT are far more likely to obtain uterine or endometrial cancers cells. All ladies on hormonal agents raise their dangers of lung and ovarian cancer, also. Nurturing natural herbs such as red clover, and also foods such as beans as well as yogurt, offer simple methods to stay cancer-free.

Red clover blooms (Trifolium pratense), when dried out and also brewed into a strong infusion (one-ounce herb soaked and a quart of boiling water for at the very least four hrs) avoid cancer cells by offering phytoestrogens that counter the cancer-promoting results of oral hormonal agents. The common dosage is 2-4 mugs a day. The mixture tastes like black tea and can be seasoned with mint if you like.

Since raw beans and unfermented soy consist of anti-nutritional variables that might advertise bone loss as well as dementia, soy “milk” and tofu are not recommended. Miso and also tamari certainly help to prevent breast cancer yet soy isoflavones might promote it.