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These women, as well as women who experience early natural menopause (before age 40) or prolonged time without menstrual periods due to excessive exercising or dieting, may be at a greater risk later in life for health problems such corpus as osteoporosis or early heart disease because they spend more years without the protective effect of estrogen. Just as every woman¹s body is unique, your menopause experience will be a highly personal one. For example, 15 to 20 percent of women experience no physical symptoms at all, except the end of their menstrual periods. Some women go through menopause before age 51 and some experience it a bit later. Early menopause is defined as occurring luteum at any age younger than age 51. Early menopause corpus can occur naturally, but premature menopausal symptoms may signal an underlying condition, so it is important to discuss any symptoms with your healthcare professional. Menopause can occur as early as your 30s and, rarely, as late as in your 60s. However, there is no correlation between the time of a woman''s first period and her age at menopause. In addition, age at menopause is not influenced by race, height, the number of children luteum a woman has had, one which has never been associated with increased risk of breast, ovarian or endometrial cancers.* And scientists have determined that black cohosh does not produce an estrogenic effect in target organs of the uterus or vagina. Additionally, most recent studies concluded that black cohosh runs interference with corpus neurotransmitters as its method of working with the body to regulate and thus alleviate signs of menopause.* It is fairly certain that one mode of action for chaste tree berry is through neurotransmitters, interacting with hormone receptors to initiate a reaction in the pituitary to lower and adjust the production of prolactin. Both black cohosh luteum and chaste tree berry appear to promote mild relaxation.* Further, clinical studies show that the effects of the ingredients in increase when taken for the prescribed amount of time, indicating that it encourages the body to regulate itself and help prevent common symptoms of menopause from occurring in the first place.* Black cohosh extract has been studied extensively for 20 years and safely used by more than one and a half million women in Europe and Australia. Since the days of Hippocrates, chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus) has been used for corpus gynecological conditions. The Greek physician Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.) wrote, "If blood flows from the womb, let the woman drink dark wine in which the leaves of the chaste tree have been steeped." With a rich traditional of use, modern research supports historical wisdom, and has made chaste tree fruit preparations a phytomedicine of choice by European gynecologists for treatment of various menstrual disorders, PMS, and other conditions. Chaste tree was associated with ancient Greek festivals. In the Thesmophoria, a festival held in honor of Demeter, the Greek goddess of agriculture, fertility and marriage, women (who remained "chaste" during the festival), used chaste tree blossoms for adornment, while bows of twigs and leaves, were strewn around Demeter’s temple during the festival. In Rome, vestal virgins carried twigs of chaste tree as a symbol of chastity. According luteum to Greek mythology, Hera, sister and wife corpus of Zeus, regarded as protectress of marriage, was born under a chaste tree Ancient traditions luteum associating the shrub with chastity were adopted in Christian ritual.
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