Menopause And Aromatherapy Relief For Women
If you are suffering from the symptoms of menopause
, you may be wondering what natural remedies you can use to help ease the symptoms. Many women turn to herbal remedies, vitamins, and even soy products to help find relief. Have you ever heard of using aromatherapy for the symptoms? Perhaps its time you got the scoop!
Of course aromatherapy has been around for many thousands of years, and has been used to help people overcome not only emotional pain but physical pain, and also to relieve stress. There are skeptics that consider this more of new-age quackery, but for those who subscribe to its benefits they are convinced it works wonders.
Basically there are several ways to use plants and flowers in the process of extracting essential oils, which are then used for the final products. The compounds are extracted mainly using a distillation technique, for sometimes they are also simply crushed and extracted after being dried. Typically higher oil content plant materials are dried, crushed, and then heated to extract the aromatic oil vapors in a direct inhalation.
If you are having a very stressful period in your life, as is common with menopause, aromatherapy is a great way to distress and find peace if only for a short while. This is important to mental health, and treating yourself to a massage or session of aromatherapy can work wonders to calm the mind. The essential oils are first heated up which causes the molecules to be released into the air. Not only are most of the oils scented, the molecules in these oils trigger the limbic system in the brain which stimulates certain functions.
The brain is a very complex thing, and when the smells of various oils work their magic the limbic system can trigger many different emotions and memories. Actually the limbic system is also tasked with determining when the hypothalamus stimulates the endocrine glands, and also the autonomic nervous system. Beneficial hormones that are mood enhancers like serotonin, endorphins and encephalin are released by the hypothalamus's affect on the pituitary gland.
The hypothalamus helps to govern the pituitary gland which controls the release of hormones throughout the body. So in this manner, it makes sense that aromatherapy can have a beneficial effect on the hormones, although no studies have been conducted to prove this outright.
The main goal of aromatherapy is to feel better, which is a very good goal to have in mind when you are stressed out from menopause. Certain essential oils are used specifically for this purpose, in particular lemon, Lavender, Geranium, Palma Rosa, Jonquil, bergamot, and Chamomile. Other plants and flowers have specific purposes as well, some for anxiety, others for depression, and also for boosting energy.
You have probably heard many times that heart disease is something more men develop than women, this old idea has been around for quite awhile. However recent research and statistics show that while men may develop heart disease at an earlier age, women eventual catch up and have just as high a rate as the men. In fact, after the age of 65 women on average have more heart attacks than men. Lets find out why, and get the facts.
The reason heart problems increase for women at an older age is due to the decrease in Estradiol which occurs when women are finally nearing the end of menopause, which is the occurrence of 12 months without a period. This final health risk from menopause is just one more really bad symptom to add to the rest, the difference is this one can kill you if you dont take care of it.
The beginning of heart disease or coronary artery disease (CAD for short) is usually marked by a precursor such as hypertension or high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, and in some cases chest pains. As was stated earlier, the onset of menopause is the main reason, and it gets worse as Estradiol decreases with advanced age. The problem is that the coronary arteries start to become blocked by plaque which is the side effect of high cholesterol. When the arteries become blocked, blood flow decreases to the heart, and hardening of the arteries takes place as well. The more plaque buildup there is, the harder it is for blood to get pumped through the body, and eventually chest pains are the result. Approximately a million women each year develop CAD, which is a shock to hear for most of us, but true nonetheless.
As a woman, you may have slightly different symptoms of CAD than a man. Some of the typical symptoms are: chest pains, arrhythmia, back pain, fatigue, heart burn, jaw pain, lightheadedness, shortness of breath, and sweating. The truth is that women who are treated in the emergency room for chest pains due to CAD are not treated the same as men of the same general age. Men are twice as likely as women to get a coronary arteriography which is a test for symptoms of CAD. The main reason is that most doctors still arent aware that women can have the rate of heart disease as men. At some point that will most likely catch up, but until then women have to be on the lookup for themselves. Be on the alert for any of the symptoms of heart disease, and make sure you get the help from doctor with any questions you have to be sure its taken care of immediately.
by: Doug Hart
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