Can Homeopathy help women through the menopause?
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Article by Kathy Payne You know what it’s like. It starts with changes to your monthly cycle and then its hot flushes, sweats, disturbed sleep, mood changes, lower libido, dryness and maybe getting a little rounder about the middle. It’s the M word. Menopause. I almost typed “dreaded M word” but you know menopause is a life stage, rites of passage, a new beginning. Like pregnancy, it’s not an illness: it’s a natural state in women. I’m not being glib. I know menopause symptoms can be unpleasant, debilitating, stressful and worrying for some. I also know that the transition time varies from woman to woman. I regularly meet women with symptoms in my homeopathic practice and hear their particular experiences. Homeopathy is a system of medicine, which treats the individual with highly diluted substances to trigger the body’s natural healing. That’s a different model to conventional medicine, which treats symptoms...
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How essential oils can boost skin health when suffering from hormonal changes
Article by Linda Bird and Cherry Maslen Scents of a woman. Natural remedies, essential oils and aromatherapy treatments can help reduce cellulite. Most of us think of aromatherapy as a great solution to chronic stress – it conjures lovely images of flopping down in a therapy room while some nimble-fingered practitioner drops beautiful smelling oils on our back and gets to work undoing those knots. But essential oils have farther-reaching powers. As well as helping a variety of problems from anxiety to headaches, acne to irregular periods and insomnia, aromatherapy can also be a great ally in the fight against cellulite. For example, certain essential oils have therapeutic properties which can help regulate your hormones (oestrogen is thought to be a contributing factor both to cellulite and to being overweight); others are great for the skin, and some have effective diuretic qualities so they can help beat water retention, which...
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9 Steps to Self Massage for a Good Night’s Sleep
Guest Article by Ntathu Allen Following on from her tips on yoga at work- Ntathu helps us all achieve a good night’s sleep! To get a good night’s sleep, it is essential you unwind and calm your thoughts before you sleep. Just before you go to bed, take a few minutes to gift yourself this simple 9 Step Self Massage. 1. Give yourself a hand and finger massage. Gently massage your fingers and thumbs. Be very present and really enjoy the feeling of touching your hands. If you have a favourite hand cream or even warm olive oil, use it to add a bit of luxury to your massage. 2. Rub your palms vigorously together for 30 seconds. Place your warmed palms over your face with your fingers on your forehead and heels of your hands on your chin. Close your eyes, lower your shoulders and take 3-5 deep breaths in...
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Chair Yoga And Self- Massage – Simple Relaxation Techniques To Help You Stay Happy And Relaxed over 50
Guest Article by Ntathu Allen Ntathu shares her tips for ‘chair yoga’ and relaxation. When was the last time you did ‘something’ for yourself? Something that nurtured your soul, enabled you to rest, to let-go of some of the challenges you are carrying and restore a sense of calm and peace in your daily life? How often as a busy woman, do you find the time to relax? When was the last time you had a bit of “Me-Time.” Time alone or with close friends to feed your soul and uplift your spirits? Did you celebrate your 50th or were you so caught up with life that you didn’t have time or energy to organise your Special Day. Here, are three gentle yoga and massage sequences you can easily slip into your day – when you wake-up, at work and before you go to sleep. The sequences are ideal for...
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Menopause – outside the box
Article by Suzanne Edgington The MENOPAUSE. Lets not get stressed out about it! The menopause is a normal transition and process that the female body must go through. Lets just look at some of the alternative ways to make that transition easier and more comfortable and even get a few little extra benefits along the way. Aromatherapy, Massage, Flower Essences, and Acupuncture. Just a few of the array of alternative and complementary therapies out there that can help with the symptoms of the menopause like the hot flushes, depression, excessively heavy periods, irregular periods, insomnia and aching muscles, to name some of the most common. Aromatherapy for the menopause Every women’s experience of the menopause is slightly different and aromatherapy can take this into account by using essential oils that are tailored to suit your individual needs. Oils like Geranium and Clary Sage are oestrogenic oils and can help...![menopause cartoon bus [320x200]](http://www.fabafterfifty.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/menopause-cartoon-bus-320x200-150x150.jpg)
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Using Natural Therapies to deal with the Menopause
Article By Dr Marilyn Glenville PhD There are two views of the menopause – one that is a natural event and the other that it is a hormone deficiency disease. If it is taken that the menopause is a natural stage in a woman’s life then it is something that the body can cope with perfectly well if given the chance. Symptoms of the menopause Not all women have a miserable time during the menopause. Symptoms can vary and some women sail through. While others can experiences such extreme night sweats that they have to get up to change their night clothes two or three times a night. Symptoms of the menopause can include hot flushes, night sweats, vaginal dryness, mood swings, declining libido, osteoporosis, ageing skin, lack of energy, joint pains, weight gain, headaches and changes in hair quality. Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) In the last few years a number...
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