While Western medicine typically offers hormone replacement therapy for the discomforts that can come with menopause, many women cannot or do not wish to take hormones. Honora Lee Wolfe shows how Traditional Chinese medicine offers individualized...
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 for a girl to start to have her monthly bleeding...
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 many times there are symptoms representative of...
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 many times there are symptoms representative of...
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 before are now annoying. Foods which never troubled...
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 disappears a few
hours after onset of menstrual flow.
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 in post-menopausal women because of reduced levels...
Alchemilla vulgaris
Part Used: The leaves and flowering shoots.
Constituents:
Tannins, co


