In traditional Asian medicine, health and well-being are believed to be a balance of two equally important, but opposing, principles—yin and yang. Yin is associated with attributes such as femininity, receptivity, calmness, coolness, and moisture. Yin also regulates the fluids, blood, and tissues of your body, as well as its structural components, including flesh, tendons, and bones.
Yang, on the other hand, is associated with masculinity, aggression, heat, and dryness. It also regulates your body’s energy, which acts as the spark plug to your structural elements.
In younger women, this balance seems to be maintained almost effortlessly. But maintaining an optimal yin-yang balance becomes much more difficult once you reach middle age and menopause and menopause symptoms set in.
To restore your yin—and, as a result, balance your estrogen levels—you can take a variety of yin-supportive herbs.
One such supplement is royal jelly, which has been used for centuries to balance female hormones. Take 1/4 teaspoon of the liquid form of organic royal jelly twice a day. Royal jelly is available at most health food stores.
Yang, on the other hand, is associated with masculinity, aggression, heat, and dryness. It also regulates your body’s energy, which acts as the spark plug to your structural elements.
In younger women, this balance seems to be maintained almost effortlessly. But maintaining an optimal yin-yang balance becomes much more difficult once you reach middle age and menopause and menopause symptoms set in.
To restore your yin—and, as a result, balance your estrogen levels—you can take a variety of yin-supportive herbs.
One such supplement is royal jelly, which has been used for centuries to balance female hormones. Take 1/4 teaspoon of the liquid form of organic royal jelly twice a day. Royal jelly is available at most health food stores.
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For alleviating vaginal dryness, include plenty of foods in your diet that are rich in naturally lubricating essential fatty acids, such as wild-caught salmon and mackerel, raw sesame seeds and sunflower seeds, raw nuts, and flax.
Flax is also good because it’s a phytoestrogen—meaning it’s chemically and functionally similar to estradiol, a woman’s most prominent natural estrogen. Therefore, phytoestrogens have estrogenic and estrogen-balancing effects. Another phytoestrogen I highly recommend for menopausal women is soy. In a recent study of 187 women, vaginal samples showed that a diet rich in soy significantly improved the strength and moisture of vaginal epithelium within six to eight weeks (August 2003, Maturitas). I recommend two to three servings per day of whole soy foods, and/or 50–150 mg of soy isoflavones (available at most health food stores and pharmacies). If you prefer flax, I suggest 4–6 tablespoons of ground flaxseed once or twice a day.
Black cohosh is another supplement that many of my patients have found can help naturally boost vaginal moisture. In fact, several clinical studies show that black cohosh supports vaginal integrity in menopausal women. I suggest taking 40–80 mg of a standardized extract of black cohosh twice a day. This dose should contain 2–4 mg of the active component triterpenes, calculated as 27-deoxyacteine.
I hope that helps,
Dr. Lark
I have suffered for years with Menopause symptoms. I have not slept through the night in over 5 years due to hot flashes. I also have everyother symptom as well. I have tried everything from bio identical hormone replacement, black cohash, vitamin regiments, to Premarin. Premarin was all that worked but I was so concerned of the side effects I stopped taking yeas ago, plus I gained over 10lbs. I have litterally spent hundreds to try and get relief and don't have a great deal of money to waste. What makes harmony a product I should take when others have not worked? Is there a money back guarantee? Thank you