01-09-2013, 12:31
(01-09-2013, 12:15)Alice8419Wonderland Wrote:(01-08-2013, 01:38)AbiDrew85 Wrote: If the wild yam does anything for you at all - which is certainly not a guarantee - it will only do so internally. Same with fenugreek. Also for fenugreek... Never heard of a fenugreek extract... only whole herb powders in capsules. Linky?
Oh... and... fenugreek is NOT estrogenic. Like. At all. It's main purpose is as a galactagogue - increasing prolactin. It has a secondary effect as a minor adaptogen that can assist with estrogenic properties of other herbs. It has a tertiary effect on progesterone, but that effect is small enough as to be pointless in discussion.
The adaptogenic property can also benefit some girls that have a wonky steroidogenesis pathway and are cutting off their own natural estrogen production too soon. Without taking any additional estrogenic herb.
Wow.. I'm so late, I've been so busy hehe. So what herbs are good for just basic beginners? Because I'm still confused on what I should use and not use and what they do for me. I've researched but everytime I come up with a plan it's basically not right haha
Well. You don't NEED everything... It just all depends. One thing I'd make absolutely certain to do is start using a good whole-food-based multivitamin and mineral. Most such require 3 capsules taken throughout the day - 1 with each of three meals.
From there I'd start out with something like fenugreek and JUST fenugreek and see if that did anything alone besides swelling, if not, then add something estrogenic, like pueraria mirifica, and if you add PM, I'd have a progesterone cream on hand, source naturals has a good one, just in case I needed it.