Menopause - When the door to a new phase of life opens

Petra Neumayer's compact guide provides first aid for hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms

Constant stress, environmental hormones and poor nutrition - this unfortunate alliance of our time is responsible for the fact that menopausal symptoms occur earlier, more frequently and more severely. Here, natural medicine and holistic therapies can help to balance the disturbed hormonal balance and relieve physical and psychological symptoms. In the clear health guide, affected women will find a large selection of remedies and options to get through the menopause in a vital way.

Holistic help for a positive transition
Nowadays, very severe menopausal symptoms are becoming more common, or the menopause begins very early. Two thirds of all women suffer from hot flashes, sleep deprivation, cognitive disorders or depression. Because every hormone level is unique, the 10 to 15 year period of menopause also varies from individual to individual.
There are no standardized remedies, dosages, applications or tips that would work the same for every woman. However, according to Petra Neumayer, medical journalist and co-author of the bestselling series "Medicine to Paint On", there is a herb for every ailment - you just have to find it at the right time and in the right dosage! Her holistically oriented compact guide "First Aid for Hot Flashes & Co." offers over 100 tips and practical applications: "Whether medicinal plants, homeopathy, hormone yoga, bioidentical hormones, Hildegard medicine or superfoods - there are many ways to improve your own well-being and relieve symptoms in order to go through the transition to the 'period after ovulation' happily and vitally."

Basic knowledge about menopause
During the so-called "menopause," not only external living conditions change - the woman's inner being is also affected. Like puberty, menopause is an important developmental process that involves redesigning the second half of life.
As a result of the hormonal changes, not only physical but also psychological problems can occur. As important messenger substances, hormones also influence the emotional world: mood swings, depression, insomnia, reduced zest for life, the feeling of emptiness and disorientation - all of these are among the typical psychological problems that affect many women around the time of menopause.
The word climacteric means "transition to more important things". The alternative medicine expert therefore recommends: "Take more time for yourself during this phase of life. Stress reduction, inner reflection, massages, yoga. A clean and metabolically healthy diet supports your well-being and accompanies you on the path to your new femininity and freedom."

Advice and help for hot flashes & co.
Fluctuating ratios between the partner hormones estrogen and progesterone as well as hormones at low levels can result in a wide variety of complaints. The symptoms that have the greatest impact on women's physical well-being include hot flashes and the sweating that often accompanies them.
There are around 300 medicinal and nutritional plants that contain active ingredients that influence the hormonal system and can even stimulate hormone production. Many medicinal plants contain so-called phytohormones, i.e. plant substances with a hormone-like effect. They dock onto the hormone receptors, but are weaker than the body's own hormones. Homeopathic medicines or Schuessler salts can also have a balancing effect on the disturbed hormonal balance and the associated symptoms.
Their intensity and duration are sometimes caused by poisoning with hormone-active substances from plastic, pesticides and cosmetics. Neumayer therefore advises changing your diet when you go through menopause: "Don't allow your body to be poisoned even further: buy as locally and organic as possible. No industrially processed foods with artificial additives. These should be completely eliminated from your diet. Reduce the amount of meat in your diet. Avoid combining fat and sugar. Reduce foods that contain a lot of gluten, soy and dairy products." A change in lifestyle or eating habits, and also detoxification, usually leads to noticeable improvement.

Book tip:
Petra Neumayer: First aid for hot flashes & co. Medicinal plants, superfoods and bioidentical hormones for menopausal symptoms, compact guide. Mankau Verlag, 1st edition Jan. 2018, paperback, 11.5 x 16.5 cm, full color, 127 pages, paperback, 8.99 euros (D) / 9.20 euros (A). ISBN 978-3-86374-435-9.

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