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| Herbal Treatments |
| General treatment goals would include balancing the hormones, decreasing exogenous estrogens, supporting liver function, decreasing inflammation in the pelvic area, promoting lymphatic drainage and aiding in the removal of toxins and waste from the body. |
| Choose herbs to balance the hormonal cycle, encourage the body to produce adequate hormones and tonify the reproductive system. Include phytoestrogen herbs such as alfalfa, red clover, licorice, motherwort and black cohosh and tonics like blue cohosh, false unicorn root, raspberry leaf, lady's mantle or blue vervain. Use these herbs for 3 to 6 cycles. |
| If you experience midcycle pain use antispasmodic and relaxant herbs to relieve the discomfort, along with heat to the area. Drink a cup of hot tea or take 1/2 tsp. of tincture of crampbark, valerian, passionflower or catnip. Mix with a little ginger or cinnamon to bring extra warmth to the area. |
| Working with herbs to support and cleanse the liver such as dandelion root, burdock root, fennel seed, milk thistle seed, turmeric, artichoke and celandine will aid the body in removing toxins, hormones and waste. This can be done by drinking an herbal decoction of several of these herbs 2 to 3 times a day; by taking 2 milk thistle seed capsules 3 times a day; or by taking a tincture mixture of several of these herbs at 1 teaspoon 3 times a day for several months. Also include lemon juice, beets, artichokes and leafy green vegetables in your diet to aid the liver in its work. |
| Liver and Lymphatic Tincture |
| 2 parts milk thistle seed |
| 2 parts dandelion root |
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