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While many women wanted to find menopause relief, they do not want to take the health risks brought by prescription drugs. The best alternative open to them is to use herbal medicinal formulations.
When a baby girl is born, her ovaries have follicles that produce female hormones such as estrogens. As she grows and enters puberty, her ovaries become mature. And during her reproductive years, the levels of estrogens in her blood are considered high. But, the ovarian follicles wither and leave. She will reach a point when there will be too little follicles in her ovaries. And this means, too little estrogens will be produced. This event signals the onset of menopause. Menopause is a relatively slow process. A woman may miss her menstrual period for one or two months. As time goes by, the number of months missed increases until a woman does not have her menstruation for twelve months or one whole year. At this stage, she has complete menopause. With menopause, a woman will like experience unwelcome symptoms such as hot flashes, insomnia, irritability, vaginal dryness, and even depression. These symptoms have been traced to the low levels of estrogens, particularly the estradiol. To obtain menopause relief, medical researchers have come up with two well-known methods, the estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) and the hormonal replacement therapy (HRT). These methods are effective in bringing menopause relief. But they also dangerous side effects. The ERT provides the body with synthetically produced estrogens. But these estrogens were discovered to make the lining the uterus thicker. And this thickening leads to uterine cancer. The ERT is also not advisable for women who had a history of cancer. The HRT supplies the woman’s body with estrogens and progesterone. It is considered a better alternative to ERT because it does not have a thickening effect on the lining of the uterus. However, the HRT can increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer. At the same time, women who are taking HRT prescription drugs have experienced unexplained vaginal bleeding. With cancer risks accompanying the ERT and HRT, women in their menopause turn to non-traditional medicines. The use of herbal medicines is not a new concept. Such practice has been done for thousands of years. But, in the last few centuries, the medicinal benefits of herbs have been ignored when people discovered their capacity to synthesize substances. In the past several years, however, many people have become more aware of the dangers of synthetically produced prescription drugs. More people have realized that herbal medicines are safer. This is why herbal medicines may bring the answers to women who are seeking menopause relief. An example of a medicinal formulation made of naturally-occurring extracts from herbal plants is the Menozac. This botanical formulation, as claimed by users, has brought menopause relief. The Menozac is found effective in alleviating menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, insomnia, irritability, vaginal dryness, and depression.
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