MENOPAUSE - RECOMMENDED TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR MENOPAUSE

Take the Chinese herbal formula: REHMANNIA SIX (Liu wei di huang wan)

This may be obtained from any Chinese herbal pharmacy in any suburb and from most Chinese, Korean or Vietnamese grocery shops.

The herbs in Rehmannia Six work by building up the body’s naturally produced oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone levels. Not enough to facilitate fertility but enough to remove the symptoms of menopause.

Rehmannia Six is a mild, base formula for the treatment of menopause and may need other herbs added to it if results are not significant within 6-8 weeks. For this reason I recommend treatment with Rehmannia Six be supervised by a naturopath or practitioner of Chinese medicine.

Herbs work more effectively and at lower doses when the nutritional fundamentals are in place.
This is so for Rehmannia Six.

For the body to produce oestrogen, progesterone and testosterone (needed in small doses at menopause) it needs a daily intake of the minerals chromium, boron, zinc and potassium.

To achieve this, take daily, 

• Rehmannia Six 
• 200-400 mcg of chromium picolinate } 
• 3-4 mg of boron picolinate } 
• 30-40 mg of zinc picolinate } 
• 100 mg of potassium citrate or sulfate }

To work optimally these minerals need to be synergized by, taking daily: 

• a complete multi vitamin and mineral formula – suggest “Formula Six” 
• 3x1000 mg Evening Primrose oil capsules 
• 3x1000 mg Cod liver oil capsules 
• 1 teaspoon cold pressed Flaxseed oil

The above oils and multivitamins are available from health food stores.

Posted: 7 Dec 2004

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