Menopause
Ahh menopause! Half of our population will go through this natural process. Menopause can cause some discomfort but it does not have to!! Let’s unpack this special time in life and give you a few natural solutions to combat some of the symptoms.
Menopause is the time that marks the end of your menstrual cycles. It's diagnosed after you've gone 12 months without a menstrual cycle. Menopause can happen in your 40s or 50s, but the average age is 51 in the United States. Here is a list of some of the symptoms associated with menopause:
- Irregular periods
- Vaginal dryness
- Hot flashes
- Chills
- Night sweats
- Sleep problems
- Mood changes
- Weight gain and slowed metabolism
- Thinning hair and dry skin
- Loss of breast fullness
- Dizziness
- Tinnitus
- Poor Memory
- Insomnia
- Soreness and weakness of the lumbar region and knee joints
- Nocturnal Emission
- Dryness
- Afternoon fever
- Malar Flush
- Night sweating
- Yellow Urine
- Constipation
- Nutrition
- Eat a diet with a lot of raw foods, fruits, and vegetables to stabilize blood sugar.
- Yams are very beneficial and nourishing in reducing menopause symptoms.
- Increase intake of nourishing roots such as radishes, potatoes, carrots, melons, cucumbers, beets, turnips, taro, and rutabagas.
- Avoid dairy products and red meats as they promote hot flashes.
- Lifestyle
- Avoid stress, tension, and anxiety as much as possible.
- Avoid cigarette smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke as this dries body fluids.
- Essential oil
- Clary Sage
- Apply to the abdomen during a soothing and calming massage.
- Rub on the back of your neck, on your temples, or the bottom of your feet.
- Roll on the lower abdomen and use it with a heating pad.
- Clary Sage
- Folk remedy
- Cook black beans with rice porridge. Eat twice a day
- Roast sesame seeds and add to rice porridge for breakfast
- Make tea from chrysanthemum and cassia seeds and drink 3 times a day
- Make tea from licorice, chinese black dates and wheat. This will help with the extreme mood swings and depression
