Herbal Remedies To Help Deal With Menopause

Menopause presents its fair share of challenges to just about every woman. Even those women lucky enough to survive "the change" relatively unscathed are still likely to experience some symptoms.

During menopause, you may experience hot flashes, night sweats, loss of sexy drive, vaginal dryness, insomnia, memory loss, depression, and sudden mood swings. Many women opt for hormone replacement therapy to deal with this difficult time.

Many women dealing with the symptoms of menopause can be helped through hormone replacement therapy. However, if you are afraid of the side effects that can sometimes accompany hormone replacement therapy, you may want to consider alternative therapies.

Many women go through menopause without learning about the many alternative herbal remedies that can help them through this difficult period. Here are a few suggestions about herbal remedies that can help ease the most common symptoms that women are prone to experience during menopause.

Black Cohosh: This herb has successfully been used to help treat the hormonal imbalance that many women endure during menopause. Black Cohosh attaches to the estrogen receptor sites in the body and helps correct the hormone imbalance that most women experience during menopause.

Black cohosh also helps reduce the most common symptoms of menopause, including night sweats and menopause. Most herbalists recommend procuring dried black cohosh root to make a healing tea. Simply cut half or one teaspoon of the root and seep it in a pan of hot water. Cover the pan and let it simmer.

Once the tea has cooled to room temperature, drink half to one cup of black cohosh tea a day. You can also purchase black cohosh tablets at your local health food store.

Most naturopaths recommend taking 20 milligrams two times a day. In liquid or tincture form, take half a teaspoon of black cohosh diluted in a small glass of water each day.

Motherwort: This herb is often described as the "cool" herb, which makes it suitable for treating the symptoms of hot flashes. Motherwort is also thought to help alleviate other common symptoms of menopause, including irritability and mood swings. 

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Then drink half a cup of tea up to three times a day, as needed. Motherwort can also be prepared and consumed as a tincture. Simply take two droppers full of motherwort tincture every ten minutes until your symptoms begin to subside. This usually occurs after two or three doses. If you are unable to take regular ten-minute interval doses, take two droppers once an hour.

There are several practical applications for the Aloe Vera plant. The Aloe Vera gel can be applied directly to burns, wounds, fungal infections, insect bites, and areas of dry skin. You can simply split the Aloe Vera leaf and apply the gel directly. You can also collect the gel from several split leaves of the Aloe Vera plant to make an ointment. The gel of Aloe Vera can also be inhaled as a steam inhalation to treat bronchial congestion. A tincture can also be made from its leaves and taken as an appetite stimulant.

Sage: This is a good herb for women who are having regular hot flashes. Traditional herbalists recommend consuming sage in the same way as motherwort. The most effective way to take this herb is as a tea. Simply follow the same recommendations as motherwort.