My favorite herbs for postmenopausal women are horsetail, oat straw, red clover, nettle, seaweed, and flavonoid-rich plants. These soft green allies are more like food than drugs; They offer optimal nutrition for women in the second half of their lives, which builds bones, protects the heart, prevents disease and improves sex.
HORSE TAIL
Equisetum arvense
Ackerschachtelhalm, field horsetail
Horsetail is especially rich in glycosides that nourish hormones, the heart and bones, making it a special ally for postmenopausal women.
Use spring-picked horsetail as a tea or infusion to:
- reverse osteoporosis
- Stimulate the repair of fractures and bones.
Mineral-rich horsetail feeds the bones, increasing mass and flexibility. No matter how old or thin, bones respond to constant use of horsetail.
- Stabilize and reverse chronic periodontal disease
Gum problems can lead to heart problems. Brush, floss, and try a daily cup of horsetail tea. It acts as a catalyst for healthy gums and teeth.
Horsetail has been used since the 16th century to tone the bladder and relieve irritation anywhere in the urinary tract. Plants harvested when they are too old can aggravate rather than soothe.
- reduce swelling
- Check menstrual bleeding
- Avoid clogged arteries, strengthens veins.
- Relieves persistent hot flashes
Horsetail’s astringent components, trace minerals (including chromium), saponins, and flavonoids are responsible for these effects. Add horsetail to your nettle infusion to magnify the benefits of both.
- Increases energy, reduces fatigue.
Horsetail supplies vital potassium, jolly magnesium, and nail-strong iron to build Crone power.
- Nourishes strong, healthy hair and nails.
Horsetail is a common ingredient in expensive, natural, commercial shampoos and rinses. Instead, use leftover horsetail tea (alone or with nettle) as a final rinse. Let it in. And drink a cup from time to time to have beautiful nails.
Horsetail is locally abundant in the wild, so it is rarely cultivated. The little ponytail that looks like a soft baby pine is preferred over the stiff, leafless type. To avoid problems, use horsetail harvested early, during the first 4 to 6 weeks of growth each year.
A dried herbal tea works great, as does vinegar. When shopping for horsetail, look for a good green color and a rich glow of health and vitality.
Dose:
Dried herbal tea, 1 cup/250 ml, 1-2 times a day
Fresh herb vinegar, 1 tablespoon/15 ml daily
CAUTION: If you experience nervous sensitivity or urinary irritability after use, discontinue.
OAT STRAW
Avena sativa
Gruen Hafer, Domestic Oatmeal
This is the herb from the same oatmeal you eat for breakfast. Best known as a cholesterol-lowering food, oatmeal is also a special ally for women who want to not “lose control” so easily, for women who want to be sexy old ladies, and for women who treasure their bones. All the benefits of eating oatmeal are obtained by drinking oatstraw infusion (but not tea, tincture or capsules).
let it be charming Oatmeal help you:
- Build strong, flexible and flexible bones.
- Maintain strong and reliable teeth
Rich in calcium, and the synergistic minerals and vitamins needed for better calcium utilization, oatmeal has a well-earned reputation for building strong, strong people with strong, resilient bones.
- Stabilize blood sugar levels
- Relieve depression and ease emotional turmoil
A cup of oatstraw brew in the morning provides steroidal saponins to nourish your pancreas, liver, and adrenal glands and help prevent erratic blood sugar levels from wreaking havoc on your emotions.
- Reduce cholesterol and risk of heart disease, improve circulation
Oatmeal and oat straw can make your blood vessels more elastic, more vital. How will you know?
Your hemorrhoids and varicose veins will shrink, your heart rate will slow down, and disturbances in your heart rate (such as palpitations and tachycardia) will decrease or disappear.
- nourish strong nerves
- Help you engage in high-energy currents.
Oatstraw and oatmeal, both superior sources of the vitamin B complex, are exceptionally capable allies for women under stress.
- Reduce the frequency and duration of headaches.
- Maintain restful sleep patterns
- Relieves bladder spasms, incontinence, uterine pain, and vaginal dryness
The infusion of oatstraw in your cup of tea and your bathtub (ahhh!) relieves physical and emotional pain and energy disorders, and strengthens the vaginal, bladder and urethral tissues.
- Being an outrageously sexy old lady
Dose:
Dried herb infusion, 1-4 cups/250-1000 ml, daily.
DEPOSITS: None.
(Part 2 of this article discusses kelp and nettle.)