Can herbal and homeopathic remedies be used instead of bio–identical hormones for hormonal imbalances?
During their reproductive years, herbal and homeopathic remedies can assist the woman’s ovaries in resolving hormonal imbalances in the majority of women. However, some women need bio–identical hormones as well in order to assist them with such problems as irregular cycles, severe PMS, infertility, endometriosis and fibroids. However, in menopausal and postmenopausal women when the hormonal production of the ovaries is greatly decreased, herbal and homeopathic remedies can only help relieve some of the symptoms but they can never restore the deficient hormone balance in a woman. The only thing that can do this is bio–identical hormones. In order to understand this difference, imagine that you are a woman driving a car. During the reproductive years, it is as though one of your tires on your car has developed a slow leak. Herbal and homeopathic remedies can patch the hole in the tire and the tire will re–inflate and you can drive safely on the road. When you are in menopause, it is as t
