Ten Tips for Women with PMS
Ten Tips for Women with PMS By c. 1998, Susun S Weed Water retention, mood swings, sore breasts, and indigestion are problems experienced by many Supplements Reviews women in the week preceding menstruation. Here are a few tips from Susun Weed's best-selling book, NEW Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way (Alternatives for Women 30-90) to help ease these discomforts. To relieve water retention 1 ) 10-20 drops of dandelion root tincture in a cup of water with meals and before bed. 2 ) A strong infusion (one ounce of dried herb in a quart of boiling water, brewed overnight) of the common weed, stinging nettle, not only relieves, but also helps prevent further episodes of water retention. Weed says she drinks a cup or more of this infusion daily whenever she wants to nourish her kidneys and adrenals. To moderate mood swings 3 ) Tincture of the flowering tops of fresh motherwort is a favorite calmative of herbalist Weed. She uses 5-10 drops in a small amount of water as a dose, which s...