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Saw Palmetto
 Saw
Palmetto improves digestion, supports gland function, and used as
sexual stimulant and to increase the size of small breasts. Their
origin in natural medicine were for breast enlargement but now has
associated with the treatment of prostate enlargement for men. It
is recommended by many naturopathic physicians for increasing breast
size. Some of the active compounds in Saw Palmetto include steroidal
saponins, fatty acids, phytosterols, volatile oil, resin, tannins.
Pueraria Mirifica
Pueraria Mirfica is effective blood cleanser, calms
nervous conditions, and hormone balancer. This herb contains 1 to
2.5 percent isoflavones. In one study, postmenopausal women who
ingested clover, flaxseed, and soy for two weeks had demonstrably
higher estrogen levels, which declined when they discontinued the
special diet.
Dong Quai
Dong Quai Extract is the supreme female tonic in
traditional Chinese medicine that served as a good balancer of hormonal
system, aids in digestion, used as a tonic to improve well being
and mental harmony. It has been used successfully to alleviate PMS
and menopausal symptoms by helping to normalize hormone levels.
Scientists believe that one unique mechanism of action of Dong Quai
is to promote natural progesterone synthesis. Progesterone is a
hormone whose production declines at menopause. Progesterone is
more important than estrogen for preventing and treating osteoporosis
because progesterone is directly involved in the production of bone-forming
cells called osteoblasts. Dong Quai contains highly active phytoestrogens,
although these compounds are much lower in activity than animal
hormones.
Damiana
Damiana balances female hormones, mild stimulant,
restores natural sexual capacities and functions. This herb has
been used by herbalists as a mild and safe aphrodisiac for both
men and women. Some of the active compounds in Damiana included
volatile oil, hydrocyanic glycoside, tannin, and resin.
Hops
Hops works as an appetite suppressant, promotes
lactation, stabilizes the nervous system and moves waste out of
the body. Hops has been used for centuries to enhance breast size
and to promote milk production in new mothers. It is second only
to Fenugreek in estrogenic compounds and can be consumed, used in
tea, or added to lotion and massaged directly into the breasts.
Hops is also used to treat amenorrhea, angina, asthma, heartburn,
high blood pressure and to increase sexual desire in women.
Funugreek
Funugreek increases breast size and improves health,
minimizes symptoms of menopause, relieves constipation, soothes
sore throat pain and coughs, eases minor indigestion, increases
breast size and milk production in nursing mothers.
The seeds, in addition to female steroid precursors,
also contain compounds that increase the production of milk. Since
the seeds contain diosgenin and other plant phytoestrogens, Fenugreek
provides a mastogenic effect resulting in the growth of healthy
breast tissue.
Blessed Thistle
Blessed Thistle is a hormone balancer that increases
mother's milk, promotes oxygenation, aids circulation and liver
function. This plant has been used by herbalists to increase the
flow of milk in breast feeding. It also reportedly breaks up blood
clots, relieves jaundice, and increases appetite. Active compounds
found in Funugreek include tannin, lactone, mucilage, and essential
oil.
Wild Yam
 Wild
Yam helps relieve PMS and menopausal symptoms, and promotes hormonal
balance. It contains the estrogenic substances diosgenin and pregnenolone.
Wild yam also has antispasmodic and anti-inflammatory properties
due in part to cortisone-like constituents. Diosgenin itself, is
weakly antispasmodic. Wild yam has been used to allay nausea due
to high hormone levels. This may be due to competition for estrogen
receptor sites by diosgenin. Wild yam is especially indicated for
spastic uterine contractions with nausea, boring pain radiating
from the umbilicus outward, and pain that is better with pressure.
It is one of the primary raw materials used to synthesize natural
estrogens and progesterones.
References
[1] Champlault, Patel & Bonnard, "A Double-Blind
Trial of an Extract of the Plant Serenoa repens in Benign Prostatic
Hyperplasia", Br J Clin Pharmacol 18 (1984): 461-2.
[2] Cirillo-Marucco, Pagliarulo & Tritto, et. al., "Extract
of Serenoa repens (Permixon) in the Early Treatment of Prostatic
Hypertrophy", Urologia 5 (1983): 1269-77.
[3] Emili, Lo Cigno & Petrone, "Clinical Trial of a New
Drug for Treating Hypertrohy of the Prostate (Permixon)", Urologia
50 (1983): 1042-8.
[4] Tasca, Barulli, & Cavazzana, et. el., "Treatment of
Obstructive Symptomatology Caused by Prostatic Adenoma with an Extract
of Serenoa repens: Double-Blind Clinical Study vs. Placebo",
Minerva Urol Nefrol 37 (1985): 87-91.
[5] Tripodi, Giancaspro & Pascarella, et. al., "Treatment
of Prostatic Hypertrophy with Serenoa repens Extract", Med
Praxis 4 (1983): 41-6.
[6] Wilt, T. J., A. Ishani, et al. (1998). "Saw palmetto extracts
for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia: a systematic review
[published erratum appears in JAMA 1999 Feb 10;281(6):515]."
JAMA 280(18): 1604-9.
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