Lara Briden - The Period Revolutionary
Leading the change to better periods and hormones
Natural and nutritional treatment for period problems like PCOS, period pain, and endometriosis.
There’s a lot more to treating premenstrual mood symptoms than just the pill or SSRI antidepressants. Alternative strategies for premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) include iodine, magnesium, vitamin B6, vitex (chaste tree), progesterone, and a natural antihistamine approach.
A menstrual cycle is, by definition, an ovulatory cycle in which ovulation is the main event, and progesterone is made. Any other kind of bleed is either an anovulatory bleed or a pill bleed.
Furthermore, progesterone (which can only be made by ovulating) is important for general health, and is not just to make a baby.
Normal period pain or dysmenorrhea should be mild and respond to simple treatments like ibuprofen, zinc, or a dairy-free diet.
If period pain does not respond to simple treatments, it’s severe period pain, and could be a symptom of a condition such as endometriosis, adenomyosis, fibroids, infection, pelvic congestion syndrome, or pelvic floor tension.
Debilitating period pain is never normal.
Vitex (also called chaste tree or chasteberry) is a herbal medicine prepared from the berries of the Mediterranean tree Vitex agnus-castus. In ancient times, it was used to suppress the libido of monks, hence the name. Fortunately, it does not have that effect on women.
Vitex is effective medicine for breast pain, irregular periods, premenstrual mood symptoms, and some types of acne.