Herbal PMS Treatment - Try Evening Primrose Oil For PMS Relief
PMS - for some it's severe, for others mild, but every women can benefit from an herbal PMS treatment. Evening Primrose Oil, from the seeds of the evening primrose plant has been used for PMS relief for centuries by Native Americans. The plant is a wild flower native to North America, Europe and Asia. It has yellow flowers that open in the evening, thus the name. The seed of this plant contains a special essential fatty acid called gamma-linolenic acid which has anti inflammatory and healing properties.
Evening primrose oil can be purchased in pill or tincture form. Some say to take it all month and boost up the dosage for PMS treatment. In addition to PMS relief, this wonderful healing herb has many health benefits which include:
Nourishment for hair, skin and nails
Treating Alzheimers,
Help with aging bodies lessened ability to convert fats to GLA and thus protect against aging
Treat damage from Multiple Sclerosis
Anti inflamitory
treat skin problems such as eczema, rosacea and acne
Ease pain of arthritis
Ease symptoms of PMS, fibrocystic breasts and endometriosys
Counter infertility and impotence
Evening primrose oil is safe as a PMS treatment and there few reported problems or side effects. One caution to note is that it can have adverse
health effects in patients taking phenothiazine epileptogenic drugs. The only other reported side effect is bloating or stomach
upset but this happens very infrequently.
Other herbs that can be effective in PMS treatment include skullcap which can help relieve nerves, Chinese angelica which has been used for PMS relief in China for centuries (do not take if pregnant and burdock which is a diuretic and can help with bloating.
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