|
|
are associated with various other common signs of menopause such as headaches, sleeplessness and mood swings. herbal and extract In , the extracts of both black cohosh and chaste tree berry work to normalize hormone herbal production through the pituitary gland.* Black cohosh appears to address a wide range of menopausal symptoms, in part by selectively and significantly reducing levels of luteinizing hormone (released from the pituitary gland), which often results in suppression of hot flashes.* Chaste tree berry is known to work on lowering prolactin levels,(prolactin is a hormone of the anterior pituitary gland found in the serum of both normal females and males) which in turn increases the production of progesterone.* Low progesterone production is known to be responsible for many PMS symptoms and menstrual irregularity.* Scientists believe that the triterpene glycosides and flavonoids in black cohosh appear to work together in a myriad of ways, a belief echoed in the flavonoids of the chaste tree berry.* Some studies suggest that the compounds in black cohosh extract bind to estrogen receptors and mimic the effect of estriol, the weakest of the three levels of estrogen, The rest degenerate over herbal the years. During the reproductive years, a gland in the brain generates hormones that cause a new egg to be released from its follicle each month. As the follicle develops, it produces the sex hormones estrogen and progesterone, which thicken the lining of the uterus. This enriched lining is prepared to receive and nourish a fertilized egg, which could develop into a baby. If fertilization does not occur, estrogen and progesterone levels drop, the lining extract of the uterus breaks down, and menstruation occurs. For reasons unknown, your ovaries gradually begin to decline in hormone production during your mid-30s. In your late 40s, the process accelerates and hormones fluctuate more, causing irregular menstrual cycles and unpredictable herbal episodes of bleeding. By your early to mid-50s, periods finally end altogether. However, extract and herbal estrogen production does not completely stop. The ovaries decrease their output significantly, but still may produce a small amount. Progesterone, the other female hormone, works during the second half of the menstrual cycle to create a lining in the uterus as a viable home for an egg, and to shed the lining if extract the egg is not fertilized.
|