Traditional medicine to combat menopausal symptoms
What conclusions should I do?
Menopause - a process occurring in a woman's body to a paste after discontinued production of the hormone estrogen. Typically, menopause occurs in women older than 50 years.
But his early symptoms accompany women, aged a little over 45 years. By age 50, a woman's body is significantly reduced levels of the hormone estrogen, menstrual cycle ends. But menopause can occur before this age. It plays a significant role, and heredity, and lifestyle of the woman. But sex life, birth, time of onset of menstruation at the beginning of menopause is not affected. Existing drugs during menopause can significantly alleviate the condition of women in menopause, remove any inconvenience caused by this period. So, what medication is best to choose and how it should be? What else should I know?
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Early menopause and menopause symptoms
There is such a thing as early menopause. This means that menopause may occur well before the age of 50 years. Why does this happen? By early menopause can cause the following factors:
Stressful situations;
gynecological surgery;
infections transferred during puberty;
removal of the ovaries;
other serious diseases;
ovarian dysfunction;
physical exhaustion.
What are the symptoms of menopause exist? It is said that the manifestation of menopausal symptoms only indicates that the female body and women's health are normal. Changes in the body into menopause - is the result of hormonal changes. Symptoms and Early and normal menopause about the same. So, all the symptoms can be divided into several distinct features:
Early signs. These include hot flashes, mood swings, sweating, insomnia.
Average time-signs. These include possible problems of the urinary tract, the violation of sexual desire, vaginal dryness.
Late. By the late signs of menopause include osteoporosis, heart disease and blood vessels.
Despite the fact that menopause is a natural process, modern medicine has yet developed a special means during menopause, which are capable of alleviating unpleasant symptoms that period.
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Treating the symptoms of menopause
Modern drugs during menopause can significantly alleviate the condition of women in menopause. What drugs are able to minimize the symptoms of menopause? Hormone replacement therapy is now considered the most common treatment for menopause. This therapy involves the completion of missing hormones through tablets, gels, capsules and patches.
It is recommended to start hormone replacement therapy in the first five years after the onset of menopause, or after treatment will not produce any positive results.
The dosage and duration of hormone reception calculates doctor. For every woman treated purely individual, the individual parameters are taken into account. Important role played by the woman's age, her complaints, individual health comorbidities.
As with any medication, have hormone-replacement therapy has its contraindications. So, it is contraindicated for women with cancer of the uterus, breast or ovarian cancer, diabetes, thrombophlebitis, have kidney or liver disease. But in these cases it is possible to use another method of treatment of menopause. It is a phytoestrogen, which is a treatment alternative to hormone replacement therapy.
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What is phytoestrogens? A little about vitamins
Under phytoestrogens refers to natural substances that make up the plant. Their molecular structure resembles the composition of the molecular structure of the animal and the human. Modern medicine has developed a range of herbal medicines to be taken at menopause based on phytoestrogens. These herbal supplements are just a salvation for women who are contraindicated for hormone replacement therapy, or for those who refuse it. Of course, phytoestrogens are not as active as the hormone estrogen, which is produced in the female body, but nevertheless with the prolonged and proper reception of preparations, as well as plant foods, meat and milk concentrations of phytoestrogens significantly increased.
By the way, in the treatment of menopause should not forget about vitamins. Vitamins are able to saturate the female body is lacking or necessary substances that contribute to the strengthening of the whole organism.
The most essential in menopause vitamins should include the following:
Retinol (vitamin A) - improves the function of the ovaries, the condition of the skin and mucous membranes.
Tocopherol (vitamin E) - stimulates the sex glands, thereby reducing climacteric symptoms.
Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) - helps to reduce swelling of tissues, strengthens the walls of blood vessels.
Vitamin D - helps strengthen bones and calcium absorption. This is very important during menopause, because in this period, the bones become thin and very fragile.
Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) - affects the skin, as well as the overall physical condition of women, supports the immune system and nervous.
Thiamine (vitamin B1) - regulates the cardiovascular and nervous systems.
Cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12) and folic acid (vitamin B9) - may reduce some forms of nervous system disorders, adjusted tone of the nervous system.
All these vitamins are recommended in the complex, where all the women are presented with useful elements to the maximum dose. Now there are vitamin complexes designed specifically for women who are in menopause. Avoid vitamin products based on herbs that may be contraindicated, and will do more harm than good.
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What preparations should be taken at menopause?
Modern medicine has developed a number of tools that can help during menopause. What tablets during menopause should drink? These tools include the following:
Ekstrovel. Before taking this drug is recommended to consult a doctor. The tool helps eliminate estrogen deficiency, normalizes homeopathic picture, adjusts the emotional state of women in menopause. In addition, ekstrovel is an excellent tool for the prevention of osteoporosis, as it is able to eliminate the deficit of vitamins in the body.
Klimadinon. Before using this medication should consult a doctor, who prescribed a course of treatment. Klimadinon can be represented as in drops, and tablets. Ways to reduce the number and severity of hot flushes, to remedy the lack of estrogen.
Approximately the same effect and has such a drug as femivell (contains vitamin E, soy protein extract, soy and red clover).
Among the vitamin complexes that can relieve the symptoms of menopause, Menopace, Ladies formula "Menopause." Such vitamin complexes can reduce hot flashes, to remedy the lack of estrogen, general do much better.
Help with menopause and homeopathic remedies such as Klimaksan, Remens, klimakt Hel klimaktoplan. These are represented by different manufacturers, they all promise to alleviate the condition of women in menopause.
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Traditional medicine to combat menopausal symptoms
The unpleasant symptoms of menopause can be overcome through a variety of fees and herbs. Before you begin to eliminate symptoms of menopause by means of traditional medicine, consult your doctor. Perhaps you are counter any elements and components such concoctions that harm and only worsen the condition.
All broths and fitosbory divided into multi-component and malokomponentnye. So, it is recommended to take about 2 months multicomponent herbal teas, and then move to malokomponentnye. The whole course of treatment should alternate formulations in the following sequence.
Multi-herbal
The herb wormwood, grass veronica, violet tricolor, yarrow, birch leaves, roots of licorice and peony, corn silk. All these components must be taken in equal amounts. Two tablespoons of mixture pour 500 ml boiling water, leave for 10 minutes in a water bath, then pour 2 hours in a thermos. After that, you must drain the broth. Divide the resulting broth into 3 receptions and drink during the day half an hour after a meal.
To prepare the broth will need the following herb oregano, rhizomes elecampane, grass motherwort and succession, marigold flowers and chamomile, fennel fruit. These ingredients are crushed and taken in equal proportions. Further broth is prepared as in the previous case, and it is used as well.
Malokomponentnye and herbal baths
Yarrow herb, rhizome peony, sage, violet tricolor. The listed ingredients are taken in equal proportions and pulverized. One and a half tablespoons of the collection filled with 400 ml of boiling water and heated for 10 minutes in a water bath. Next, you need to place the collection in a thermos, which should leave it for 1 hour. When you need to filter the solution, its use is recommended after a meal in a heated state. Ready solution drunk 3 times a day in equal portions.
The herb meadowsweet, grass veronica and marjoram, calendula flowers. The proportions are the same, all you need to grind. Two tablespoons of the collection filled with 350 ml of boiling water, and then sent for 3 hours in a thermos. Its use must be exactly the same as in the previous case.
If you are afraid to make herbal teas and treat them with skepticism, it is better to take herbal baths.
Get rid of the neurotic state of permanent insomnia and help bath based on valerian root. Necessary 100 g of crushed valerian root pour boiling water and send the gas is not less than 15 minutes. Ready broth is filtered and poured into the prepared bath. Such a bath before going to bed is recommended to take no more than 10 minutes. Two times a week is enough. Similarly, the same effect can be achieved by the finished alcohol tincture of valerian, which can be purchased at any pharmacy. In 10 liters of water will need 2 bubble tinctures. Such bath contributes among other things, lowering of blood pressure.
Get rid of insomnia during menopause allow bath with lime color. A single handful of colors from which to prepare a decoction. It should fill a handful of flowers with boiling water and boil for 15 minutes and then added to the bath. Such bath will give you a sound sleep.
The ability to help in menopause and bath on the basis of grass creeping thyme (1 part), yarrow (1 part), Oregano (1 part), root Calamus (1 part), sage (2 parts), kidney pine (2 parts) stems and leaves of wormwood (2 parts). It is necessary to grind all the ingredients. Then takes 10 tablespoons collection and poured 3 liters of boiling water. The solution was sent to the gas, which is boiled for 30 minutes. After the solution has cooled, it should be added to the bath. Take a bath for 15 minutes is recommended.
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What conclusions should I do?
As has become clear, there are many treatments and medications that can help during menopause and relieve its symptoms. Do not engage in self-treatment, it is recommended to consult a gynecologist, who will select a suitable treatment for you, taking into account your individual performance and features. Acceptance of herbal medicines in menopause also requires special attention. Do not forget that herbs that benefit one can harm others. To treat menopause through traditional medicine should be treated with extreme caution.
If the reception of herbal medicines may harm, the herbal bath only improve your health and overall health.
Hormonal drugs should be carried out strictly under the supervision of a doctor, otherwise the condition may worsen, and the drug may simply not be appropriate.
Important role played by nutrition during menopause. They have to be rational and balanced. Try to eat as many fresh fruits and vegetables. Compensate for the lack of vitamins can specifically developed vitamins and minerals. Vitamin complex for women in menopause, already contain all the necessary minerals.
It is important to understand that menopause is a natural process, which should be prepared in advance.
Menopause does not have to be a serious stress to your body. Live life to the fullest, give up bad habits start to play sports - do whatever you want heart. Good health.
