Herbs are amazing and they help every human health condition. The more you can find out about them and start to use them, the better you’re going to feel. In fact, once you start experiencing success with herbs, you’ll see that you feel more empowered in your health decisions. You won’t rely on modern medicine and its failures for your ills. And you’ll actually be more successful!
So with this in mind, let’s discuss menstrual irritability and PMS mood swings which are not part of what it is like to be female. In the old days, when women had all the means to work directly on their health and did so, a woman had her period and only menstruated when she urinated. Interesting, huh?
She didn’t have issues with clots, too much bleeding or too little bleeding, irritability, swelling, and breast tenderness. So get it in your mind that these are not what you are supposed to be experiencing no matter who had it in the family. If others had symptoms in your family, then it’s a testimony to them not being in balance with their body either.
Herbs are natural and they solve hormonal imbalance issues. They’re supposed to because the Creator designed them this way.
So this means you can’t be thinking that medications are superior. Do you see the fallacy in believing that some manmade drug is going to solve all your hormonal imbalances when man’s intelligence isn’t even on the radar as the Creator’s? If you depend on drugs to balance your moods, you will only run into side effects and end up worse! Countless people will tell you their sad story…
Below are 4 herbs to help with – no, to eliminate your mood swings before and during your period.
1 Chaste Berry
This herb will help balance hormones and has been found effective in the studies. The dosage is 100 mg twice daily, according to one medical doctor, who uses integrative medicine in his practice. He recommends a strong extract but the standard extracts and capsules have worked for many years!
You can find chaste berry at any health food store.
2 Cat’s Claw
Cat’s claw has anti-depressive medicinal constituents in it. It also boosts your immunity and sets your digestive tract on the right track, making it the right environment to grow bacteria that are beneficial to you and your health. Remember that the bacteria in your gut also are the ones that help balance your moods. The correct dosage is two capsules (450-500 mg) three times daily.
3 Milk Thistle
Milk thistle is an herb that helps foster liver detoxification. Your mood swings are related to bad emotions that are recirculating in the body instead of being broken down by the liver. Making up a cup of milk thistle tea is easy – use one teaspoon milk thistle powder that you buy in bulk per one cup boiling water. If you’re taking capsules, it’s 2 capsules per cup of tea or per serving.
4 Chinese herbal formulas
The Chinese have been using natural herbs for centuries and have tested their herbal remedies for efficacy. One of the best ones for menstrual difficulties is one that contains dong quai root, Chinese peony root, Poria, licorice root, mint, ginger and Atractylodes root. You could even make your own formula with 1 teaspoon of each of the mentioned herbs; mix them together and use 1 teaspoon of herb per cup tea. You could also encapsulate the formula in “00” capsules and take two capsules at a time, twice daily.
Also, remember that your body still needs basic amounts of vitamins and minerals for you to survive. In other words, calcium has to be provided in amounts of at least 800 to 1200 mg daily.
This amount has to come in through food and/or supplements. You still need B vitamins as well as other minerals. All these are provided in a period vitamin, and it’s easy to take – simply take one a day at the end of a meal. Women who have taken a period vitamin have noticed that their mood swings are lessened as a result of taking it. Try it, too!
