Menopause (Menopause)

End of menstrual activity (between 42 and 52 years). Cessation of ovarian activity and regression of sexual characteristics, but sexual life continues.

Symptoms : nervous disorders (41% of cases), headaches (38% of cases), sexual disturbances, sleep disorders (32% of cases), digestive disorders, lower abdominal pain, hot flashes (55% of cases), too heavy or too frequent periods, vaginal dryness (20% of cases), sweating nighttime (39% of cases), dizziness... sometimes accompanied by false mysticism, delusional obsessions, depression (30% of cases)...

The treatment known as HRT (Hormonal Substitution Treatment) which consists of replacing 2 hormones (estrogen and progesterone) that the ovaries stop producing at menopause with synthetic hormones seems to increase the risk of cancer of the breast. It is supposed to suppress hot flashes, night sweats, vaginal dryness and improve sleep and mood but the side effects are controversial

Postmenopausal osteoporosis, bone loss which occurs in the absence of estrogen, is quite common in cases of poor uncorrected acid-base nutritional balance.

“Dietary hormone therapy”: soya, chickpeas, red clover shoots (isoflavone), flax seeds, cold-pressed evening primrose oils, walnuts, almonds, peaches, raisins are the best alternatives to HRT. Phytoestrogens cannot function without a balanced intestinal flora.

Fruit monodiet, 1 day/week - Apple, pear, grapes, nuts, legumes: interesting boron content in the diet.

Oil of halibut liver, purified bone powder, horsetail. Oil of safflower, evening primrose, borage and flax oil, black radish

Ginseng or eleutherococcus: 1500 mg / day (in case of hot flashes) - Mare's milk - Lithothamne

Noni (Morinda citrifolia) from Polynesia - Pianto F/A - Black cohosh extract (triterpenes)

Yam, wild yam (Dioscorea villosa), 6 gels. / day, the first 21 days of the cycle

Drenarola (emunctory drainer) (Superdiet), 3 tablets. X 2 / day for 4 weeks

Unbleached soy lecithin, brewer's yeast - Krill, 6 caps. / day - Prebiotics + probiotics

Ostéomineral Ca (Yves Ponroy/Nutrisanté) in the morning - Osteomineral Mg (Yves Ponroy/Nutrisanté) in the evening

Ménobiol (Yves Ponroy/Nutrisanté), 2 caps. morning and evening - Transcend (Trace Minerals), 1 tab. at every meal

Avoid cooked butter, pastries, fried foods, breadings, chips, sugar, sweets, confectionery, cold meats, alcohol, coffee, beer, sodas (rich in phosphorus which reduces calcium absorption)...

Four out of 5 women gain weight at menopause

Physical exercises to improve bone density

Natural lubricant for the vagina: sweet almond oil

Algae baths, sitz baths with yarrow (100 g in 5 L of water)

At menopause, we often notice weakness in the sphincters or the muscles and ligaments of the perineum by hormonal disruption.

Exercises for “pubo-coccygeal contraction” (vigorously contracting the muscular block around twenty times, a few times a day).

Qi-Gong exercises for women.

Eliminate tobacco which acts on the cells which constitute the bone, the osteoblasts.

E.O. Roman chamomile (Anthemis nobilis)

E.O. Pinene cypress (Cupressus sempervirens)

E.O. of Sage (Salvia officinalis) during premenopause