Menopause - myths, theories, and reality

Menopause - myths, theories, and reality??

There are 6 major patterns of hormonal fluctutations that can contribute to various patterns of menopausal symptoms. It is important to understand what pattern you have before attempting to treat the symptoms.

Second, menopause, or the pausation of menstrual cycles is not a disorder, it is a natural function. So we don't want to eliminate the process but rather help the body move through the process more effectively. This can be done through a number of herbal tinctures and/or supplements. It can be addressed at the level of the pituitary or the ovaries/uterus or adrenal & thyroid. It is important to identify which of the six patterns you are suffering from in order to provide you with a treatment program that will address your specific needs.

It is well recognized that women should be using horse urine hormones; that many of the HTs caused more problems in the long run than they solved.

There are Ayurvedic, TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine) and Western botanical therapies that can be used to support the body through this natural process and minimize the symptoms.

For more information, contact Dr. Holly at holly@choicesunlimited.ca

Ayurveda Approach to Menopause - Natural Hormone ReplaAcement Therapy

Menopause - It's About Balance  From Nancy Lonsdorf M.D.

The medical community is quickly evolving its understanding of menopause. Following the abrupt, early halt to the HRT portion of the Women's Health Initiative July 2003, due to findings that Hormone Replacement Therapy's risks outweighed its benefits, headlines now read "Menopause is not a disease, but a normal part of life." Hormone "replacement" therapy (HRT) has become simply hormone "therapy" (HT) in recognition of the fact that replacing estrogen is not natural and brings dangerous side-effects, rather than the fountain of youth once touted.

Shocking and novel as these concepts may be to today's medical community, they are nothing new to Maharishi Ayurveda, a consciousness-based natural medical system from ancient India. For over 5000 years, Ayurveda has acknowledged menopause as a natural transition, not a mistake of Mother Nature's that requires hormone replacement therapy. Maharishi Ayurveda reassures us that menopause can be health-promoting, spiritually-transforming and free of troublesome symptoms.

Experts today are affirming this positive view of menopause, stating that it is not natural to get weak bones, heart disease and rapid aging after menopause. Rather, osteoporosis, heart disease and other chronic health problems develop over a lifetime, resulting largely from poor diet, stress and lack of physical exercise. And hormone replacement therapy (HRT,) once heavily promoted as the medical solution to these problems, is no longer recommended for their treatment or prevention.

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