The 6 Key Menopause Herbs
More and more women are looking to natural herbal alternatives to conventional HRT. Rest assured that nature has provided you with powerful natural compounds that will help, and we have concentrated these phtyochemicals within the standardised herbal extracts of Natural HRT.The following 6 plant extracts are renowned for their ability to relieve menopause symptoms. They work synergistically and compliment each other to help relieve all menopause symptoms.
We only use high concentration quality extracts in our formula.
1. Soy Isoflavones
- Benefits: Benefits most menopause symptoms, especially hot flushes.
- Notes: Substantial evidence supports the effectiveness of Soy constituents for reducing menopausal hot flushes.
In cultures such as Japan where Soy is a dietary staple, daily intakes of isoflavones are between 50 and 100mg. In the West this drops to just 2 to 5mg a day. Less than 25% of menopausal Japanese women experience hot flushes, compared to 85% of North American women.
These phyto-oestrogens provide a useful additional hormonal boost, acting as a natural form of HRT. Also helps reduce the risk of coronary heart disease, reduce the levels of harmful cholesterol in the blood and protects against spinal osteoporosis.
2. Red Clover (Trifolium Pratense)
- Benefits: Most menopause symptoms reduced, especially hot flushes, mood swings plus studies show a more positive outlook and increased energy levels.
- Notes: Contains 3 classes of oestrogen-like plant hormones: isoflavones, coumestans and lignans. It is one of the few plants to contain all 4 types of isoflavone.
3. Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga Racemosa)
- Benefits: Hot flushes and sweating, mood swings, vaginal dryness and thinning, depression, headaches, anxiety, nervousness, sleep disturbances, libido.
- Notes: Prescribed for menopause by doctors in Germany for over 40 years. Several studies have shown Black Cohosh to produce more relief than conventional HRT for hot flushes, vaginal thinning and dryness, depression and anxiety.
Black Cohosh contains a powerful cocktail of natural plant chemicals and has been prescribed for HRT symptoms for over 40 years in Germany.
It is renowned for its mood balancing properties, it helps reduce hot flushes, sweating, depression, headaches, anxiety, nervousness, sleep disturbances and helps to increase libido.
4. Agnus Castus (Vitex Agnus Castus)
- Quality: Vitex Agnus Castus Extract, 4:1 strength
- Quantity: 50mg, equivalent to 200mg of dried plant powder
- Benefits: Especially beneficial for hot flushes and night sweats.
- Notes: Agnus Castus has been shown to decrease levels of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH). Production of both FSH increases as the body tries to "kick-start" the ovaries as oestrogen levels fall. Hot flushes and night sweats are indirectly linked to increased levels of FSH.
5. Wild Yam (Dioscorea Villosa)
- Quality: Wild Yam Extract, 10:1 strength
- Quantity: 20mg, equivalent to 200mg of dried plant powder
- Benefits: General tonic, improves mood and general feelings of well-being.
- Notes: Research indicates that Wild Yam also has an antioxidant action that prevents breakdown of fatty molecules in the body and increases beneficial levels of HDL ("Good") cholesterol.
6. Dong Quai (Angelica Sinensis)
- Quality: Dong Quai Extract, 10:1 strength
- Quantity: 10mg, equivalent to 100mg of dried plant powder
- Benefits: Hot flushes, vaginal dryness, mood balance.
- Notes: Dong Quai is native to China and Japan where it is widely used as a female tonic.
Other Active Ingredients:
Natural Vitamin E
Clinical studies show that vitamin E can be very effective in relieving hot flushes and vaginal dryness in menopausal women. We only use Natural Vitamin E in our Herbal HRT, which has a greater biological strength than synthetic Vitamin E.Vitamin B12 and Chromium
Vitamin B12 and Chromium are involved in carbohydrate metabolism. They help in energy production and thereby enhancing mood. These are added to our "High Potency" Natural HRT.
