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The safety and effectiveness of chaste tree berry extract has been studied since the 1950s. Now brings a delicate yet effective combination of the two extracts to American women. Menopause is experienced by all women and remedies of yore are returning to the forefront to help alleviate menopausal symptoms. We believe that menopause is a natural part of a womanıs life and should be supported in natural ways. The frequency and intensity of menopausal symptoms are widely varied from woman to woman. Hormonal changes trigger these shifts in your system and these changes occur not only in the ovaries but also in the pituitary, thyroid, pancreas, adrenal, uterus, liver and pineal glands. Some easy ways to help with hotflashes: soak your feet, wear silk, decrease stress in your life, herbs&medicines put ice on your cheeks, eat a snack (carrots, fruits (not citrus) seaweed, whole grains, yogurt etc.), nourish the liver with lemon juice and olive oil and papaya juice, Vitamin B complex (especially B2, B6 and B12) and Vitamin A are helpful; sleep with loose covers and eat wild yams which are sometimes helpful. Avoid foods that may trigger a herbs&medicines hot flash such as spicy foods, The use in disturbances of the female genital system was first herbs&medicines reported more than two thousand years ago. Nowadays ethanolic extracts from the fruit are used for the treatment of mastopathy, premenstrual syndrome and luteal insufficiency-complaints caused by a mild or latent hyperprolactinemia. The mode of action of Vitex agnus-castus extracts was studied in vitro using primary herbs&medicines cultures from rat pituitaries as a test system. A dose dependent reduction of prolactin secretion was observed. herbs&medicines The effect could be blocked by the dopamine-receptor antagonist, haloperidol, confirming a dopamine agonistic activity of the drug. The prolactin lowering effect of Vitex agnus-castus was also found in in vivo experiments in rats. Clinical studies in patients with premenstrual syndrome, luteal insufficiency, and mastopathy show a simultaneous decrease in the clinical syndrome score and prolactin levels. In the monograph of the Commission E, a daily dosage of 30-40mg of an ethanolic extract of the fruit of Vitex agnus-castus is recommended for the treatment of the premenstrual syndrome, luteal phase defects and other disturbances of the menstrual cycle, as well for the treatment of mastodynia . At herbs&medicines mid-cycle, a critical herbs&medicines peak of estrogen production alerts the hypothalamus to create more GnRh. This time it tells the pituitary to release its lutenizing hormone (LH) to the ovaries, a trigger that will spur the small explosion that releases the egg from the dominant follicle. Ovulation occurs and the corpus luteum forms to continue estrogen and progesterone production until it dies in the absence herbs&medicines of pregnancy. herbs&medicines Hormone levels plunge. In perimenopause, the ovaries'' estrogen and progesterone production shifts from one that''s follicle rich (with an emphasis on creating eggs) to one that''s stromal rich (less emphasis on eggs, more on the stroma that holds the eggs together). As a result, the hormonal dance changes. A follicle releases an egg less and less often, so estrogen and progesterone levels drop. The uterus lining ceases to thicken, so there is little or nothing to discharge. Menstruation stops, and the decline of ovarian hormones sparks elevation of pituitary hormones such as the luteinizing hormone. It is suspected that this rise of LH in the pituitary causes hot flashes. In addition, these dramatic changes to the endocrine organs
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