Treating Menopause with Alternative and Natural Approaches
... Menopause and HRT Alternative, Natural and Integrative Approaches For the Treatment of Menopause Many women realize that drugs are not the only answer for a woman during menopause. Diet, lifestyle cha...

Treating Menopause with Acupressure and Acupuncture
... Menopause and HRT Alternative Medicine for Menopause Acupressure and Acupuncture Pressure applied to specific points on the hands and feet can help stimulate the ovaries, uterus, and adrenal, pituitar...

Treating Menopause with Aromatherapy
... Menopause and HRT Alternative Medicine for Menopause Aromatherapy The following herbs have been found to be helpful as aromatherapy during : Basil alleviates fatigue. Chamomile and lavender in combina...

Treating Menopause with Art Therapies
... Menopause and HRT Alternative Medicine for Menopause Art Therapies Art, light and color therapies goes hand in hand. They are all useful in invoking appropriate responses by affecting mind, body and s...

Treating Menopause with Ayurveda
... Menopause and HRT Alternative Medicine for Menopause Ayurveda Ayurveda links menopause with aging. Aging is a Vata (air) stage of life. Thus, the symptoms of menopause experienced by some women are si...

Treating Menopause with Bach Flower Remedies
... Menopause and HRT Alternative Medicine for Menopause Bach Flower Remedies Flower remedies are useful in alleviating discomforts associated with menopause. The remedies are made by soaking flowers on t...

Treating Menopause with Biofeedback
... Menopause and HRT Alternative Medicine for Menopause Biofeedback Several studies report that biofeedback that focuses on the workings of the pelvic floor muscles can help improve bladder control in so...

Treating Menopause with Chiropractic Medicine
... Menopause and HRT Alternative Medicine for Menopause Chiropractic Medicine Chiropractic medicine helps restore the body's ability to heal and balance itself by relieving pressure on the spinal ner...

Treating Menopause with Color therapy
... Menopause and HRT Alternative Medicine for Menopause Color Therapy Color affects the mind, body and spirit. People are affected psychologically and physically by different colored light. Color healers...

Treating Menopause with Homeopathy
... Menopause and HRT Alternative Medicine for Menopause Homeopathy Homeopaths treat the menopausal symptoms by constitutional treatment. This is the process by which a homeopathic physician selects and a...

Treating Menopause with Hypnotherapy (Self Hypnosis)
... Menopause and HRT Alternative Medicine for Menopause Hypnotherapy/Self Hypnosis According Karen Olness, M.D., of Case Western Reserve University, "hypnosis is a form of self-induced, focused atte...

Treating Menopause with Mind Body Medicine
... Menopause and HRT Alternative Medicine for Menopause Mind Body Medicine Relaxation – Reframing – Stress Management Invoking relaxation response can reduce the intensity and duration of menop...

Treating Menopause with Nutritional therapy
... Menopause and HRT Alternative Medicine for Menopause Nutritional Paying attention to a healthy diet is very important to menopausal women. Some vitamins and phytochemicals seem to be especially helpfu...

Treating Menopause with Reflexology
... Menopause and HRT Alternative Medicine for Menopause Reflexology Reflexology involves the manual stimulation of reflex points on the ears, hands, and feet. It is similar to shiatsu and acupressure. Th...

Treating Menopause with Shiatsu
... Menopause and HRT Alternative Medicine for Menopause Shiatsu Shiatsu is based on a full oriental medical system, which explains the human body in terms of a network of meridians through which energy (...

Treating Menopause with Tissue Salts
... Menopause and HRT Alternative Medicine for Menopause Tissue Salts Take 4 tablets as described below three times daily under the tongue. For relief from hot flashes, take Ferr phos every ten minutes at...

Treating Menopause with Traditional Chinese Medicine
... Menopause and HRT Alternative Medicine for Menopause Traditional Chinese Medicine According to traditional Chinese medicine, reproductive function is governed by the kidneys. Sufficient energy in a wo...

Aromatherapy for the Reproductive System
... Among the most common problems for women are those involving the reproductive system. As women with personal experience in this area, we will focus first on several female problems. This topic has bee...

Menopausal Health: Could Chinese Medicine Help You?
... Over the next decade, an entire generation of women will pass through the normal transition called menopause. While Western medicine typically offers hormone replacement therapy for the discomforts wh...

Menopause
... Menopause is when a woman''s menstrual periods stop altogether. It signals the end of fertility. A woman is said to have gone through menopause when her menstrual periods have stopped for an entire ye...

Women''s Health: Menopause
... Menopause is when a woman’s menstrual periods stop altogether. It signals the end of fertility. A woman is said to have gone through menopause when her menstrual periods have stopped for an entire yea...

Facts About Hormonal Replacement Therapy
... When you enter the early stages of menopause, the question of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) arises. The two female hormones, estrogen and progesterone (often in its synthetic version, the progesti...

Scientific Information on Black Cohosh for Menopause
... Timely Information Helps Women and Healthcare Professionals Assess Natural Treatment Options for Menopause Symptoms The American Botanical Council, an independent nonprofit organization, is making ava...

Menopause and Premenstral Tension
... A condition characterized by nervousness, irritability, emotional instability, depression and possibly headaches, edema and mastalgia; it occurs during the 7 to 10 days before menstruation and disappe...

Menopause
... For many women, menopause brings relief from monthly periods, freedom from worry about unplanned pregnancy, and excitement about entering a new phase of life. For many others, menopause brings physica...

Estrogen: The Misunderstood Hormone
... From the very day it enters a woman''s mind that replacing hormones is something she should think about, she will immediately enter a zone of conflicting information and loose facts and prejudices fro...

Healthy Bones
... Osteoporosis is a clinical condition which is characterized by a high susceptibility to bone fracture. It is due to excessive bone loss and decreased bone density. The "disease" occurs most commonly i...

Making Menopause A More Comfortable Transition
... Picture being 45 years old, relatively healthy and fit. But during the last 6 months, things have become different. You are more tired, anxious and nervous. Small things which didn''t bother you befor...

Womenopause
... While I was trying to decide whether to write this article on menopause or miscarriage, I found myself surrounded by women asking me about their hot flashes, even at a potluck brunch last week. When I...

The Prevention of Post-menopausal Osteoporosis
... Osteoporosis in women following menopause is one of our most serious health problems. It frequently leads to hip fractures and death due to complications. Many risk factors contribute to its developme...

Yoga for Menopause
... Yoga stretches can benefit both the body and the mind, bringing energy and balance. This is particularly helpful to women who are currently in menopause or in menopause transition because their hormon...

Menopause
... Q: I''m 50 and starting the "change of life." I''m very upset that I can''t make a decision about whether or not to take hormones. If I don''t take hormones maybe my bones will all shatter. But if I d...

Graceful Transition: Managing Menopause
... "Weakness in woman." This is how 17 "leading medical specialists" categorized menopause in a 1943 health book. Attitudes and health care for menopause have improved over the decades, but are women get...

Menopause
... The transitions in a woman''s life are marked by several events. The first event is the menarche which occurs in puberty and is the start of the menses or menstrual periods. It is truly a time of joy ...

Menopause and Bone Health
... Menopause represents a major transition period in the lives of most women. That is why it is called the "change of life." Women experience a decreased production of sex hormones by the ovaries, and m...

Nutritional Programs for Menopause and Bone Health
... Menopause Nutrient Program Menopause represents a major transition period in the lives of most women. That is why it is called the "change of life." Women experience a decreased production of sex hor...