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HERBS USED FOR MENOPAUSE
Motherwort (Leonurus cardiaca) This is a very good herb for the reproductive system. Uses:•     alleviates painful periods,•     reduces hot flushes,•     helps to calm anxiety at the menopause,•    helps combat insomnia,•     alleviates vaginal dryness – restoring thickness and elasticity to the vaginal walls.
Dong quai (Radix angelica sinensis) This Oriental herb is the one most frequently used for menstrual complaints. It is extensively cultivated in Asia for medicinal purposes and in traditional Chinese medicine is well-known as a tonic for the female reproductive system. Uses:•     alleviates period pains,•     regulates periods,•     reduces spotting,•     reduces hot flushes/night sweats,•     alleviates vaginal dryness.
Wild Yam (Dioscorea villosa) The role of this herb needs to be explained because the media seem to have confused it with progesterone. Oestrogen and progesterone have been synthesized from wild yam – at one time this was the only source of raw material for the contraceptive pill. But wild yam, the plant, does not contain these hormones at all. Traditional herbalists would not choose wild yam to alleviate menopausal symptoms. It has always been valued for its anti-spasmodic qualities, which makes it helpful in the treatment of painful periods, muscle pains and as an anti-inflammatory in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.Our bodies cannot produce progesterone from wild yam: that can only be done in a laboratory. But it seems that the disogenin in the herb is able to copy the effects of oestrogen in our bodies. When blood oestrogen levels are high, wild yam is theoretically able to reduce oestrogen activity, and conversely, when oestrogen levels are low, it is able to promote oestrogen activity. In other words the herb works as a balancer and will only do what is appropriate at the rime. This is quite different from taking progesterone or oestrogen derived from wild yam (or from any outside source), which means that the body’s supply of one hormone is being boosted whether it needs it or not.
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This section is not meant to deal in detail with the complex mech­anism we call the eye. Instead, all it sets out to do is give some clear and helpful hints on how to preserve and protect your eyesight, and highlight the basic principles of nature involved.

Let us begin by repeating the fact that excessive brain work causes eyestrain. The more natural and free from stress is the way we live our daily lives the better it will be for our eyes. It might be added that the poor nourishment derived from today’s denatured foods also contributes to the development of eye prob­lems.

However, many of us will admit that it is not all that easy to change these things, or we may have already made some changes and want to achieve still more. How can this be done?
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But the tongue must learn something else: during times of dis­tress it must keep silent, for its indiscriminate use may cause the betrayal of a friend and brother. The tongue must know how to thwart an enemy’s fatal intentions and break the power of evil. Even a foolish man will be regarded as wise if he knows when to ‘hold his tongue’. This did not escape the notice of King Solomon, as recorded in the Book of Proverbs. It may be why a popular proverb says, ‘Speech is silver but silence is golden.’ Indeed, for many, keeping silent takes greater willpower than talking.

Is it not strange that such a little organ as the tongue serves such diverse purposes? It makes food and diink appealing to us, it warns us against indulging in spoiled or even poisonous food. In fact, if we do not force our palate to take in unnatural things, if we do not expect it to call good what is really harmful, then it will reward us with its healthy power of evaluation. It is similar with the other function for which this small organ was made, the power to express feelings. The tongue can prove to be an extremely beneficial organ, but it can also turn out to be detrimental. Whether we use it as a positive or negative outlet for our emotions depends on the state of our hearts. That is why Solomon wisely advised us, ‘More than all else that is to be guarded, safeguard your heart, for out of it are the sources of life.’ And out of the heart’s abundance the mouth speaks.
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