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WOMEN'S ISSUES
   

Menopausal years


Susun,

I have recently had a complete hysterectomy. Stupid me!!!
Now I am suffering and paying a price too big to pay. I am on Estratest HS but am still suffering from estrogen deficiency that my allopath will not treat due to high blood pressure.

I have sought the services of a naturopath but as is the case with natural medicine, things go slowly and I now await the results of hormone level tests. There are so many things recommended that "SUPPORT" HORMONE BALANCE BUT WHEN THERE NO OVARY HORMONE PRODUCTIONS TO SUPPORT, WHAT THEN?

I feel that I definitely want to supplement with natural hormones---I'm sick of hurting for the natural act of making love, do not enjoy the itching, burning and thin vaginal skin that wants to bleed, and do not want to have to constantly be "fussing" with creams and salves and lubrications.

But guess what--- there is so very little about those of us who have no ovaries to support and WANT supplementation know you work with herbs and I do take them. (Lord is black cohosh terrible tasting!!!) However, we, some of us would appreciate knowing how and where we can find more natural hormone therapy for supplementation, and then the herbs to support that.

thanks, Crowdancer

Susun's Response: herbs: use simples for safety; links for you on soy

Dear Crowdancer

Do you have any of my books? In the introductory material there is a section on using herbs safely. Please reread that. In it I divide herbs into four categories: (1) nourishers, (2) tonics, (3) stimulants and sedatives, and (4) potential poisonous. Nourishers can be taken daily for long periods of time. Tonics are best used rhythmically, not daily, and sometimes only once or twice a year. Stimulants and sedatives are to be used only as needed. And poisons are used in tiny doses only occasionally.

Additionally, it best not to combine herbs in a category and to be cautious combining anything other than nourishers with drugs (or hormones). Black cohosh is a great herb, but not when mixed with two other tonics.

You don't say what form of these herbs you are using and that makes a big difference as well in the safety and the results

Two articles I have written may be of further help. "Using Herbs Simply and Safely" coming in the new November newsletter.

And in the October newsletter (at: http://www.susunweed.com/Weed_letter_Oct-01.htm#surprise. ) you can read: How Safe is Soy? also try these links: http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/ Soy Online Service: uncovering the truth about soy - New Zealand.
http://www.westonaprice.org/ The Weston A. Price Foundationis your source for independent and accurate information on diet and health. We support traditional foodways, organic farming, pastured livestock, truth in labeling, prepared parenting, nurturing therapies, access to clean certified raw milk and a ban on soy infant formula. Check out their detailed Soy Alert pages.
http://www.unitedsoybean.org/ United Soybean Board - Making Your Checkoff Pay Off .... We are committed to implementing new technologies that will improve the United States soybean industry in terms of market expansion and production quality.
Hope this clarifies some of your confusion. I find keeping it simple -- one herb at a time -- is the safest and most effective way. Good luck.

Green Blessings, Susun Weed
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Bleeding problem

I was at a menopausal seminar you gave at the blue-white rainbow several years ago and loved it...I now have a young friend in need of serious help. She is only 30 years of age, and has had a chronic problem that the medical field has not been able to solve. Oh, what a surprise.

She is now seeing the "top" gyn in the state and she is still bleeding to death. They have put her on double-triple dose of birth control pills, have done routine d+cs. One year she bled for 10 months.. She has tried chaste tree berry, and has no relief..

We need the help of someone who knows and cares…
please help..please ,as quick as you can..

thanks..Helen

Susun's Response: blood-stopping herbs

Dear Helen,

The most effective blood-stopping herbs that I know of are:
Shepherd's purse (tincture of the fresh plant): midwives swear it stops uterine hemorrhage in seconds. I used it to stop a thirty day bleed during my menopause. (Took about 12 hours to do it.) Many women have told me it has saved their lives (and their uterus). A dose is a dropperful, repeated every two hours

Witch hazel tincture of the bark (not the stuff you buy in the drugstore, though that is good for external uses). A dropperful is a dose. It is also taken every two hours. Witch hazel is a more effective hemostatic, but does not have a special action on the uterus like shepherd's purse.

Lady's mantle tincture or tea of the fresh or dried leaves is the supreme uterine tonic, used throughout Europe to help women with profuse bleeding. It is much slower acting than shepherd's purse or witch hazel, but elps to insure that the bleeding does not return. It may be used on a daily basis for many months and combined with one of the above herbs.

Hope this helps.

Also, I would be glad to answer your questions personally by phone. I have a free service on Tuesday nights. Call me at 845-246-8081 between 7:30 and 9:30 pm east coast time and I will be glad to talk with you. The line is of course busy most of the time, but keep trying. An auto-redial phone helps!


Green Blessings, Susun Weed
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Diagnosed with HPV and genital warts

Dear Susun

It's taking a great deal of courage for me to write this letter. I feel like I desperately need to talk with you, or correspond with you about a health difficulty I am having. I hope and pray with all my heart you receive this letter and have an opportunity to respond to me.

Before I begin, let me say that I'm in the process of reading your book, Healing Wise, and I believe it is already having a life changing impact on me. Thank you!

I have been diagnosed with HPV (human papaloma virus) and chondoloma (genital warts caused by hpv) I'm in the midst of an outbreak that is unbearable to say the least. I'm fighting despair and depression because I've been pushed aside and put on hold by doctors, who are eager to take my money (which I have little of) and not meeting my needs at all.

I've undergone cryotherapy (freezing of the cervix) once, and am guessing will need to go through it again (if I'm ever lucky enough to score an appointment with these guys...it seems like no one cares).

I'm desperate to find a path to healing, and gain some relief from this. At this point, every day is a struggle mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and physically, and still I'm trying hard to follow your advice and searching for the gifts and knowledge all this can bring into my life.

I very much want to learn about plants and their medicinal blessings, but as of right now I'm very much in the dark, and very much hurting.

Please take the time to reply with a specific plant(s), or some thoughts, or some steps I should take towards healing.

HELP!! I'm all ears!!!!!I truly hope to hear from you.

Thank you for sharing your experiences and knowledge to those who are hungering to learn about life, health, wholeness.

With Love Sharon

Susun's Response: burdock,hyssop

Dear Sharon,

I hear you. I will write a bit here, but it would be best if we talk. I have a
free consultation service on Tuesday nights. Call me at 845-246-8081 between 7:30 and 9:30 pm east coast time and I will be glad to talk with you. The line is of course busy most of the time, but keep trying. An auto-redial phone helps!

Meanwhile, you may wish to ally with burdock. You could buy a burdock root tincture at a health food store and take up to a dropperful of it 2-3 times a day. Of course, you can also find young burdock plants and dig up the roots and cook them or make your own vinegar or tincture. That is even more effective. Burdock is known to help reverse pre-cancerous changes on the cervix. In addition, red clover infusion (one ounce dried blossoms steeped for four hours in a quart of water) has been very useful in restoring health to the cervix.

Hyssop tincture is an anti-viral; so is Hypericum. Either tincture could possible reverse the HPV.

Hope this gets you off to a good start. And please give me a call, any Tuesday up until Halloween.

Green Blessings, Susun Weed
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Bacterial Vaginosis and group b strep

Hello,

I wondered what herbal suggestions you have to deal with bacterial vaginosis and group b strep?

Denise

Susun's Response: Re: antibacterial herbs

Denise

My favorite antibacterial herbs are garlic, echinacea, yarrow, and usnea.

A clove of garlic inserted in the vagina daily for several weeks may knock out the vaginosis.

Echinacea or usnea tincture can be taken orally to help relieve infection. A dose is one drop per two pounds of body weight. Take 2-4 doses a day.

Yarrow tincture can be used topically (do a sitz bath with a teaspoonful of tincture in a quart of warm water) or orally (a dose is 15-20 drops up to 4 times a day). Yarrow is effective against strep. Continue treatment for at least two weeks.

More info on these herbs is in my article about dealing with anthrax, available at my website.

Green Blessings, Susun Weed
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Cysts and Fibroids

Dear Susun,

I was recently diagnosed with a cyst on my right ovary and 2 fibroids. I am 44. Do you have any recommendations on herbal treatment? Or for a book that has the info. I may need?

Thanks,

P.S. I attended a workshop at your place in Woodstock some years ago.
Barb

                             Susun's Response: chickweed tincture

Dear Barb,

Lots of women have had good success in eliminating cysts by taking chickweed tincture. A dropperful 3-6 times a day should do it. Lemon sized cysts take 2-3 months to dissolve; dermoid cysts may take 10-12 months to be completely resolved.

New Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way has a section on dealing with fibroids. There are no simple easy cures, but chasteberry tincture, a dropperful taken 2-4 times a day for 3 or more months (sometimes years) has been helpful for hundreds of women. Check the book for more suggestions.

Green Blessings, Susun Weed

                            Thank you for your reply.

This is what I'm going to do: ..I've been under a lot of stress, so I'm going to go through with an exam. I have to pee--sudden urge and poop 2-3 times to empty out by the end of the day. I think the fibroid is pressing on the bladder & colon, things back up and the intestines are pressing on my lower ribs. My sciatic nerves are new symptoms.

I have 10 days until the exam, the 2 year old pelvic ultra-sound is being forwarded. 3 cups of nettle infusion have reduced hemorrhoids. I am going to pray and meditate over this problem, possibly consult an intuitive (I know 2 good ones, the first envisioned a round mass several years before the very first bleeding symptom! ). I have no big pain but look like 6 months pregnant.

I will consider and additional herb...Yarrow ! or Sequoia. .Sequoia keeps jumping out at me.. Think I'll call Whole Foods. Additional comments welcome. I'll let you know about the exam. Thanks..

                   Barb,

Do what you think is right for you. We will be away for the better part of the month, so won't be able to answer any email. Sending love
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                                      Vestibulitis and Estring

Susun

Do you have any information or feedback on Estring? I'm 55 and the pain from vestibulitis is unbearable. I want to take care of myself the Wise Woman way, and I have made it three whole weeks without forgetting my nettle and oatstraw infusions, but I need something to work quickly.

Please help!
Thank you. Martha


Susun's Response: sitz bath?

Dear Martha,

Just back from teaching in Fl. Hope you have found a way to ease your pain. Never heard of Estring. What is it?

The remedy I would think of is a sitz bath in comfrey leaf infusion. Also, eating a cup or more of yogurt a day could help.

Congratulations on drinking your infusions. They will help you more than you can guess.

Green Blessings, Susun Weed
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