Supplement your life
SOMETIMES IT JUST ISN’T POSSIBLE TO ACHIEVE THE DESIRED BALANCE OF NUTRIENTS THROUGH DIET ALONE. SPECIFIC SUPPLEMENTS CAN BE EFFECTIVE AT REDUCING MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS
Complementary therapies
SEVERAL OF THESE WORK VERY WELL IN TREATING MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS SUCH AS HOT FLUSHES AND NIGHT SWEATS. THEY CAN ALSO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER OVERALL, ACTING AS AN ANTIDOTE TO THE STRESSES AND STRAINS OF LIFE, AND MAKING YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’RE BACK IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT.
HOMEOPATHY
THE WORD HOMEOPATHY COMES
FROM THE GREEK HOMOEO (MEANING “SIMILAR”) AND PATHOS (MEANING “SUFFERING”). IT’S DESIGNED TO PRODUCE THE SAME SYMPTOMS FROM WHICH YOU ARE SUFFERING. THIS IS SAID TO STIMULATE THE BODY TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST THEM. THE DOSAGES ARE VERY SMALL AND
OFTEN ONLY CONTAIN AN ENERGY OR
“SPIRIT” OF THE ORIGINAL MEDICINE. SEVERAL SMALL STUDIES HAVE SUGGESTED THAT HOMEOPATHY MAY HELP WOMEN WITH MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS, INCLUDING HOT FLUSHES, FATIGUE AND MOOD DISTURBANCES.
HOWEVER, MORE RESEARCH IS
REQUIRED TO ACCURATELY DETERMINE
THE BENEFITS OF HOMEOPATHY.
SEPIA AND SULPHUR ARE TWO OF THE MANY REMEDIES THAT MAY BE INDICATED FOR HOT FLUSHES AND NIGHT SWEATS. TRY TAKING EITHER OF THESE REMEDIES – THEY SHOULD BE AVAILABLE IN HEALTH FOOD STORES (FOLLOW THE DOSAGE DIRECTIONS ON THE PACKAGING).
THERE IS ALSO A WIDE CHOICE OF HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES FOR POOR MEMORY, DEPRESSION, INSOMNIA,
ANXIETY ATTACKS, IRRITABILITY, HEADACHES AND CONFUSION. SEEK ADVICE FROM A HOMEOPATH ABOUT REMEDIES THAT
ARE TAILORED TO YOUR
INDIVIDUAL NEEDS.
ACUPUNCTURE AND ACUPRESSURE
FINE NEEDLES ARE INSERTED AT SPECIFIC POINTS IN YOUR BODY, KNOWN AS MERIDIANS, TO HELP UNBLOCK ENERGY CHANNELS. IT CAN HELP RELIEVE IRRITABILITY, ANXIETY, INSOMNIA AND HEADACHES. ACUPRESSURE, WHICH INVOLVES APPLYING PRESSURE AT CERTAIN BODY POINTS WITH YOUR FINGERTIPS,
CAN ALSO BE A USEFUL SELF-HELP TOOL. CRANIAL OSTEOPATHY
FOR WOMEN SUFFERING MENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS, THIS IS OFTEN AIMED AT IMPROVING FUNCTION OF THE PITUITARY GLAND. THIS GLAND, FOUND AT THE BASE OF THE BRAIN, BALANCES THE FUNCTION OF THE ADRENAL GLANDS AND CONSEQUENTLY MANY OF THE BODY’S FUNCTIONS.