A number of plants exist that help reduce the symptoms of menopause
For instance...soy is a great example of a source with healthy plant estrogens. Soy has been recommended for female health for years as a means to stabilize and maintain hormonal harmony as well as promote breast health and female reproductive health. In fact, there are many.
Black Cohosh
Black Cohosh is in all likelihood the most well known herb that is used during the menopause years. Many doctors are now even suggesting to their patients that they take Black Cohosh if they want more natural relief from the symptoms of menopause
Black Cohosh has been studied mostly in Germany, where it is used to treat hot flashes. It has also been shown effective in treating hot flashes...which is one of the chief uses for it in Germany.
Black Cohosh is among the herbs that has proven itself to women to be very effective for the problems and symptoms of menopause.
Dong Quai
Donq Quai is a friend to the female reproductive system, and it is used in traditional Chinese as such--
Dong Quai is used by natural practitioners to boost blood flow, and thereby help relieve hot flashes and lubricate the vagina...
Dong Quai also boast properties that can ease menopausal rheumatism. It is plentiful in magnesium a mineral which can help to deepen sleep troubled by night sweats.
Dong Quai relieves some of the symptoms of Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome even as it relieves the normal symptoms of menopause...it also shows itself to be a general tonic to the female system.
Red Clover
Red clover is imbued with a hormone- like substance and has shown its ability to lessen some menopause symptoms; red clover also appears to be helpful for preventing osteoporosis as a result of its estrogenic effects.
WILD YAM
This herb can be discovered in many varieties of progesterone creams. With Wild Yam, girls experience less and less intense hot flashes, the #1 complaint among menopausal ladies.
Wild Yam extract is a very helpful herb for women and works synergistically with progesterone.
WHY THEY WORK
Phytoestrogenic herbs, the class to which Black Cohosh falls, are crammed with phytoestrogens, these are a lot like estrogens They can increase low estrogen levels by replacing some of the missing estrogen hormones.
Phytoestrogens are estrogens that are found in some foods. These estrogens are of 2 varieties--lignans and isoflavones.
Phytoestrogen herbs are those that contain estrogenic properties that helps produce estrogen in a lady's body like Black Cohosh and Dong Quai. There also are other useful herbs that may be used, particularly when properly mixed that may produce great relief to the sufferers of menopause.