Somewhere between the ages of 45 and 55 most women begin to go through what is commonly called the ‘change of life’ or menopause. It isn’t one of the better decades of life. The  change of life symptoms are more  than just annoying and when hormones go awry emotions also go awry.

Of course, the medical profession has a whole arsenal of drugs that they can and do prescribe for women who are going through menopause. Recently there have been multiple studies that indicate that these drugs (called HRT or Hormone Replacement Therapy) increase the risk of a woman getting breast cancer many times over. Some choice! Night sweats and hot flashes or breast cancer? No thanks to both!

The good news is that first of all change of life symptoms will not kill you… they might make your family WANT to strangle you.but they won’t kill you. The other
great piece of news is there are herbs that will naturally replace the estrogen that your body has quit producing and do so while relieving the change of life symptoms and without side effects or increasing your chance of breast cancer.

There are several herbs that can help: Black Cohosh, Chaste tree, Damiana, Dandelion, Dong quai, False Unicorn root, Ginkgo Biloba, Ginseng, Licorice, Life Root, Raspberry, Red Clover, Sage, St. John’s Wort, Sarsaparilla, Saw Palmetto, Shepard’s Purse, True Unicorn Root and Wild Yam have all been used successfully for centuries to treat the symptoms of menopause.

A long, long time before our modern Western doctors had these little magic pills that relieve the symptoms of menopause, women have been relieving those same symptoms the natural way without harmful side effects. It is always your choice whether to go for HRT or herbs, but the natural herbal remedies have been successful for a long time. It’s something to think about.