Hops has a long history of use in herbal medicine as a sedative. It also has oestrogenic properties, and clinical trials have shown it is useful for alleviating menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes, mood swings and insomnia. I often add tincture of hops into sleep mixes and relax mixes for my peri menopausal and […]
Below Cathy Underwood, yoga and movement therapist, and I chat about menopause, herbal medicines and nutrition. If you would like to learn more about how herbal medicines and nutrition can help you during your perimenopause and menopause years book a free discovery call with me today. Cathy is an award winning yoga and movement therapist, […]
I am highly experienced in treating female hormonal health problems and offer personalised, individual, health care, and bespoke herbal medicines to support you and your hormones – eliminating symptoms, improving your mood, energy, and wellbeing, and bringing you to optimal health. Women’s hormones fluctuate throughout their monthly cycles, and throughout their lives. Hormones are often […]
The shortest day of the year is nearly upon us, and without good levels of daylight our bodies are deprived of vitamin D. Vitamin D ‘the sunshine vitamin’ is manufactured in the skin when it is exposed to direct sunlight. From October through to March it is difficult for us to make enough vitamin D […]
A recent study has confirmed the suspicion that omega-3 essential fatty acids play an important role in both preventing and treating depression. Omega-3 essential fatty acids cannot be manufactured in the body and so must be consumed in the diet. Although they are only needed in small amounts, many people are still not consuming enough […]
Training and Optimum Nutrition in the Perimenopause and Menopause Years Join me and the fabulous Denise Yeats at our 90 minute webinar all about looking and feeling your best during the perimenopause, menopause and beyond. Denise is an expert in female fitness, strength and endurance training and her own personal achievements in this field are […]
As someone who has always been very active, I became aware in my mid-forties that changes in my body were starting to affect my training. I have a particular passion for triathlon and multisport events, and always believed that consistent training would keep me at the top of my game. But suddenly I was experiencing […]
What is a DUTCH test and when is it useful? DUTCH test stands for Dried Urine Complete Hormone Test. This is an incredibly useful test which may help patients to find out the root causes of their hormone imbalances. The test measures 35 different hormones and their metabolites including oestrogen, progesterone, testosterone, cortisone, cortisol, DHEA-S, […]
Dandelion – A very old medicine Spring is very gently starting to appear; green leaves are cautiously emerging. Traditionally after a long winter with little fresh vegetables or fruit the poor country folk of England would pick young leaves of dandelions, nettles, chickweed, sorrel and other common weeds and add them in to soups, stews […]
Milk thistle (Silybum marianum) is a famous herbal remedy with a reputation for improving liver function, but is that reputation justified? Many people are kicking off January by going on detox diets which often involve taking milk thistle and other liver supporting or cleansing herbs. But are they just wasting their money? Well, not if […]
