Wild Yam - The Natural Herb for Menopause & PMS - December 2011

In North America, there are an estimated 30-40 million menopausal women and some 20-30 million baby boomer women on the brink of menopause. Many doctors recommended in the past Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT or ETR= Estrogen Replacement Therapy and MHT= Menopausal Hormonal Therapy) for women as they enter menopause stage in their lives and it has been questioned as to the benefits, but more importantly, its health risks.

 A study a few years ago by an independent Institutions was supposed to find out answers, but after five years it was stopped due to the negative findings, such increasing heart attacks, blood clotting and a later study found that the risk of Alzheimer's disease increased by 50% when women have been on these therapies for three years or more! However, according to Aeron Lifecycle Labs of California, based on the testing of hormone levels in women of all ages, more than 90% of women may be estrogen dominant! That's why some young girls start with their period already at age 12 - 14 and some women with menopause at age 35 - 40. The allopathic medical profession has treated menopause as a disease to make lots of money which is a disgrace!

Women have also been exposed to PREMARIN, a preparation of conjugated estrogens (50% estrogen 50% equilin). Estrogen is naturally occuring in humans; however, equilin is obtained from a pregnant mare's urin. Although Premarin is a combination of naturally occuring estrogen, this product would be best utilized if you are genetically modified to possess the DNA of a horse.

All estrogens are not the same, simply as a matter of patent protection. Things occuring naturally in our world are for everybody to use and it is a public domain. In the early 1900's most Pharmaceutical companies (BIG Pharma) were content to patent biochemical processes that extracted or synthetically produced natural occuring equivalend products. Monopoly is for them very important because you have no direct competition and profits skyrocket. This has been the agenda of he largest drug companies since their goal has always been high profits and shareholder dividends.

 The hormone "Progesterone" was first isolated by William Alien and George Corner in 1934. Since then, approx. 5000 plants have been identified as containing substances with progesterone like chemistry. Russel Marker in 1943 successfully extracted a phytoestrogen from the roots of the Mexican Wild Yam plants called "diosgenin" inexpensively, in large quantities. The majority of this is purchased by Pharmaceutical giants who further synthesized it to an unnatural progesterone-like compound, called "progestins", for use in patented medicines. Two of the most commonly prescribed progestin drugs have over 30 negative side effects and health risks, including increased risk of breast cancer and tenderness, ovarian and uterine cancers and migraines. Mother Nature has provided us with something called Mexican Wild Yam, which has an active phytoestrogen ingredient called "diosgenin", scientifically recognized to balance women's menstrual cycles and reproductive hormones rather than causing extreme changes like the HRT, ERT, MHT does to the body. Diosgenin acts as a precursor and triggers the production of NATURAL progesterone in the women's body AFTER she applies the herbal cream to the skin and affects the estrogen levels. This suggests that it has the ability to "self-adjust" according to the bodies need. It balances the progesterone against the high levels of estrogen due to the environment (food, water, air) and symptoms such as hot flashes, insomnia, cramps, headaches, migraines, vaginal dryness can eventually disappear WITHOUT ANY SIDE EFFECTS because the ingredients in the Mexican Wild Yam cream are all botanical plant derived.

 The dosage suggested in the literature is just a guideline and you can either increase or decrease the amount of cream to be used. You should also be aware that many Wild Yam creams are using progesterone powder derived from soy beans and many of these soy beans are genetic engineered and modified and these creams are only available from your MD or ND.

Historically, over thousands of years, herbs such as angelica, licorice, chaste tree (vitex), black cohosh, ginkgo biloba and wild Mexican Yam have been used to treat symptoms of this otherwise transformative time in a women's life, called menopause as well as for PMS. The Wild Mexican Yam cream is best applied to the largest areas of relative thin skin. Rotate the site of application daily. These include: inner part of thighs and arms, face, neck, upper chest and abdomen. With continued use, the natural progesterone produced by the women's body levels in the fat, becomes stabilized and further doses increase the blood levels and stronger physiological effects are felt. In some cases it could take up to three month before you see any improvement in your condition, therefore please be patient. As we age our skin becomes thinner and dryer and we need to apply a good herbal cream that seems to work also on inflammation, sciatic nerve pain and insomnia.

After applying the cream it goes instantly into your blood stream and it is not absorbed by your liver and nourishes and moisturizes your skin. For how long can you use the cream? Till you are 99 years of age! It is also reported that it can prevent osteoporosis and increase bone density. Menopause and PMS is NOT a disease and women have the choice to take charge of their own body and health - the Natural Way! Use the application charts assist you in learning how to apply Mexican Wild Yam cream for menopause and PMS.

 References: Hormone Replacement Therapy, YES or NO?, Betty Kamen, Ph.D. Your Hormoneous Life, Calvin Ross It's Not In Your Head, It's in Your Hormones, Melinda Bonk Hormone Balance, Carolyn Dean, MD, ND Natural Therapies for Menopause, Nancy Beckham

Klaus's Bio: Klaus Ferlow, herbalist, innovator, lecturer, researcher, author, founder and co-owner of FERLOW BOTANICALS, Div. of Ferlow Brothers Ltd, Vancouver, B.C. manufacturing herbal medicinal and personal care products without harmful ingredients. - Klaus Ferlow Website - Email