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FLOODING: Homeopathic Remedies

Susan Weed advises the following:

Lachesis is one of the best for menopausal flooding. Use it when blood is very dark, thick, and strong smelling, when pain is more intense at the beginning of the flow, and when rage is the predominant emotion.

Sepia: for heavy bleeding. Try it when the periods come frequently, the bleeding is heavy, painful and accompanied by backache or constipation and depression.

Belladonna: flooding with bright red blood and clots. You’re swollen, ultra-sensitive, and/or headachy before and during bleeding.

Ipecacuanha: when flooding is bright red and continuous. You may have cramps, feel weak and/or vomit.

Secale: for flooding without clots, but with severe cramps.

China: for flooding with dark red clots and exhaustion.

Natrum mur: when flooding brings tears, exhaustion, depression; periods are irregular and prolonged; with cramps, headache, constipation.

Sulfur: for the woman who floods and has drenching sweats with hot flashes.
SPOTTING

Red raspberry leaf is the herb of choice for spotting with no known reason. Try 2 cups of infusion daily. Add mint to improve the flavor.31

Ginger (root) tea warms and nourishes the pelvis. Try 1 cup (250 mg) daily, sweetened with honey (or not) for several weeks.31

Wild yam tincture (10-15 drops) or a full cup of tea contributes to progesterone production (as can Vitex).31

Cinnamon bark relieves uterine cramping and checks flooding. Sip 1 cup (250 ml) of infusion, or use 5-10 drops of tincture once or twice a day, chew on a cinnamon stick, or sprinkle cinnamon on food. DO NOT use cinnamon oil.31

St. John’s Wort is recommended by some herbalists as a remedy for menstrual cramps. It may be wise to limit exposure to sunshine while using St. John’s Wort and short-term use is recommended. The herb, calculated to contain 0.2-1.0 mg of hypericin, is taken in daily doses of 2-4 grams. Capsules containing 300 mg of the extract (and 0.3% of the active ingredient hypericin) are typically taken 3 times a day.12

Blessed thistle, the cold infusion being tonic, is useful for painful menstruation and headache associated with female problems. It is thought that its volatile oil, called cnicin, is analogous to salicin in its properties. This component also stimulates gastric secretions, making it a useful digestive tonic as well.34