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Well yes, because you'll want to balance the E you're putting into your body. Your body naturally produces Estrogen, progesterone, etc. So if you're putting in more E you might end up with an hormonal imbalance, so people match their bodies natural hormones. Also, E is not the only thing that grows breast Progesterone, prolactin, sex hormones play a roll in them as well. I use Progesterone cream and it works just fine

Maca really helped me with my P, maca is an adaptogen herb which means it will work with your existing hormones to level you out, I think it aids in estrogen as well. It adds good E to your body, helps keep it at bay and levels progesterone, imo I love maca, it leveled me out so well, it helped aid in most of my nbe-- but that's because of my hormonal make up atm. But regardless it should keep your hormones stable, that's just what it does. Oh maca also might make your booty bigger, so keep that in mind lol

I think vitex is just another name for chasteberry, like the latin name, don't quote me on that lol but that's what I gathered from it.

http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-968-chasteberry.aspx?activeingredientid=968&activeingredientname=chasteberry

oh look, its good for skin/acne. I didn't know that.

Yeah saw palmetto might do that, I have heard of herbs canceling one another out, if SP does that, I might take it LOL I need to lower my E. I know SP is good for skin too. It's an anti androgen I believe, so it will lower your Testosterone/androgens which are male hormones, if your T is too high that could interfere with breast growth too..

follicular and luteal are phases through a woman's body/menstrual cycle.
http://www.webmd.com/normal-menstrual-cycle-normal-menstrual-cycle
basically Follicular phase is when E rises and luteal is when P rises You have to know your cycle to cycle the herbs. If your period is like clock work every month without break through bleeding chances are your hormones are level and you can track these phases fairly easy.

Thank you! I apologize for taking so long to reply. I have a much better understanding now and appreciate all of your help!

Final questions just to confirm, I should take estrogen during follicular phase and then progesterone ONLY during luteal? Do I continue to take estrogen the entire month or only take one or the other during each phase?

And should I only take maca or progesterone cream/pill, not both together?