Chaste Berry (Forte)
This important female herb seems to regulate the menstrual cycle of women. Its special application is for relieving the symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and female menopause. The unique properties of Chaste Berry ae due to its pituitary stimulating properties and its ability to increase luteinizing hormone (progesterone) which stimultes the actual sloughing off of the corpus luteum associated with menstruation.
The female menstrual cycle is a good barometer of the overall emotional and physical health of women. After menstruation, the tendency is towards the increase of estrogen. This continues up to ovulation, when the egg drops down from the ovaries and becomes available for fertilization.
Estrogen and Progesterone are the two hormones that create all the psychological and emotional qualities associated with femininity. Chaste Berry is an "amphoteric remedy" because it tends to have a normalizing effect on Estrogen even though it favors the Progesterone cycle. It benifits in helping the body regain "natural balance after the use of birth control pills".
The diminishing of Estrogen and the increase of Progesterone is important after ovulation since this Hormone is needed to prepare the womb
Extensive scientific validation establishes that Chaste Berry enhances the Progesterone cycle in women and is consequentially benificial for the treatment of painful menstruation, the emotional swings associated with premenstrual syndrome and problems related to menopause.
Chaste Berry is the single herb of choice for helping to maintain emotional balance before and during menstruation. Other factors essential for this to happen will be proper prior Detoxification of the Body and especially the Liver.
Dose:
1 capsule in the morning and 1 capsule in the evening.
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