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| Female Tonics : Helpful Herbs :Related:
Menopause/Perimenopause *Pregnancy *PMS *Dysmenorrhea *Menorrhagia *Osteoporosis *Amenorrhea *Candida/Yeast Infection *Childbirth * |
| Tonic herbs for women fall into two general categories, uterine tonics and hormone balancers. These herbs do not contain hormones themselves, but are considered hormone precursors. Steroidal saponin-containing herbs such as False unicorn root and Wild yam may normalize the luteal phase in women, making them useful for infertility which is associated with failure to ovulate. |
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| Many of these herbs function as liver tonics also. A healthy, functioning liver is an important part of hormone production and hormonal balance is an important factor in PMS, menopause, regulating menses, and maintaining a healthy libido. |
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Herbs for :Female Tonics |
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Alfalfa For: Endometriosis |
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| Doctors often prescribe synthetic estrogen, usually in the form of birth control pills, for the treatment of endometriosis. Naturopaths have favored herbs and foods with phytoestrogens, natural plant hormones that are related to estrogen but are less potent than the body's own estrogens. Alfalfa sprouts contain phytoestrogens that also block the body's estrogen receptor sites, thereby reducing the effect of a woman's own hormones. (Phyllis A. Balch ) | |
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Anise For: Breast-feeding, libido |
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| Anise is high in anethol, a compound with effects similar to those of estrogen. It has a reputation for increasing milk production in nursing mothers, promoting menstruation, and facilitating childbirth. It is also said to increase libido in women and men. (Phyllis A. Balch ) | |
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Black cohosh For: Estrogen and progesterone |
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| Black cohosh balances hormone levels in both men and women. Black cohosh contains at least three classes of compounds that act to regulate hormone use, first binding to receptor sites to reduce estrogen when levels are high, then formation of luteinizing hormone (LH), which stimulates a surge of estrogen production in the first fourteen days of the menstrual cycle. This stimulates estrogen production when estrogen levels are low. The dual action of the herb allows it to stabilize the body's estrogen usage.
One of the chemical constituents of black cohosh, ferulic acid, increases the motility and viability of sperm cells by protecting their cell walls from oxidation by compounds released from environmental toxins, helping in cases of infertility. (Phyllis Balch ) | |
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Black Cohosh For: Female Tonic |
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| In all the above uses except mayhap those concerning the lungs, we have proven its application trustworthy. Its usefulness in phthisis when given in proper dosage is simply to palliate the cough through its action upon the nerve centres. It will be found in most cases to act with far more constant success in females than in males, as its action upon the female economy is marked and distinctive. (Millspaugh, Charles F 37[11-2]) | |
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Blue cohosh For: Uterine tonic |
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| There is hardly an American remedy in our Materia medica that needs and probably merits a more thorough proving, upon females especially than Caulphyllum, and the sooner it is done, the better able will we be to cope with many of our most obstinate uterine cases. (Millspaugh,C. 59-60[16-3]) | |
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Chasteberry tincture For: Fertility |
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| Uterine tonics are important for fertility after forty. Daily dose of the tincture of the chasteberry (1 dropperful/1 ml 2 -3 times daily. . Raspberry leaf infusion helps prepare the uterus for birth and may be drunk freely. (Weed, Susan ) | |
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False Unicorn Root For: Female Tonic, Infertility |
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| Of the greatest value in female disorders of the reproductive organs. The indication for its use is a dragging sensation in the extreme lower abdomen. It is useful in impotence, as a tonic in genito-urinary weakness or irritability, for liver and kidney diseases. Especially in diseases due to poor action of the liver and not to weakness of the heart or circulation. (M.Grieve ) | |
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Maca For: Folklore Fertility |
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| Maca has a folklore reputation as an aphrodisiac and fertility enhancer that dates back centuries, but has not been scientifically validated. | |
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Motherwort For: Female Tonic |
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| Motherwort is especially valuable in female a wide range of female disorders (hence the name), allaying nervous irritability and inducing quiet and passivity of the whole nervous system. | |
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