Non-drug Correction Of Hormonal Status

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Non-drug correction of hormonal status

Content:

• What is hormonal disruption?
• Causes of hormonal disorders in women
• Treatment methods and options
• Nutrition for hormonal disruptions
• Herbal medicine for hormonal disorders
• Physiotherapy for hormonal disorders
• Correction of the mental state

What is hormonal disruption?

Hormones are responsible for the stable functioning of vital organs. By producing more than 60 varieties of active chemical compounds, the endocrine system participates in the correct organization of all biochemical processes. In a healthy person with strong immunity, the ratio of hormones is normal. A completely different situation is observed with a decrease or increase in the production of homones. Failure occurs, and as a result, serious health problems. This phenomenon is most often observed in the fair sex.

Hormonal disruption in women can be recognized by characteristic signs. Imbalance affects the menstrual cycle, there are heavy menstrual bleeding, breast tenderness, irregularity of the cycle.

Other symptoms may appear:

• Frequent headaches;
• Insufficient or excessive hair growth;
• Increase in body weight;
• Excessive sweating;
• Depression, irritability, nervousness.

Causes of hormonal disorders in women

Hormonal imbalances can occur at a variety of times in life. Failure usually accompanies puberty, pregnancy, menopause.

The appearance of signs in other situations can be triggered by a number of factors:

• Violated daily routine and nutrition;
• Bad habits;
• Avitaminosis;
• Stress;
• Excessive stress on the body;
• Sedentary lifestyle;
• Regular use of contraceptives;
• Postponed infectious diseases, including genital infections.

Methods and treatment options for hormonal disorders

Hormonal drugs are the main actors in therapeutic interventions for these disorders in women, but this is not the only approach to treatment. There are many non-drug methods that can restore hormonal levels.

Let's highlight the main ones:

• Healthy lifestyle (sound sleep, regular walks in the air, exercise in the morning, etc.);
• Complete nutrition, which is dominated by plant foods;
• Spa treatment;
• Exercise therapy;
• Physiotherapy procedures.

Nutrition for hormonal disruptions

Diet correction is required. A woman should completely change or at least revise her daily diet. Vegetable food should prevail in it. These are, first of all, fruits, berries, vegetables and mushrooms. The phytoestrogens contained in these products are very similar in properties to female sex hormones.

There are many useful substances in legumes, onions, wheat grains. Consumption of eggs and lean meat is appropriate and recommended. The latter must be mandatory. Meat is rich in selenium and zinc, it promotes the active production of its own hormones. For the same purpose, it is advisable to add oatmeal, milk, leafy vegetables to the diet. Dill, spinach, cabbage, parsley, and basil have excellent healing properties. Garlic, nuts, and pumpkin seeds are also helpful.

There are foods that should be eliminated from the diet or limited to their intake. These are sugar, chocolate, honey, baked goods, canned food, sausages, potatoes. Be careful with fatty pork, duck and goose.

Hormonal diet

A special diet designed to correct hormonal disorders is designed to activate hormones that can burn fat. In addition, if you follow these dietary rules, the production of hormones that provoke the accumulation of fat in the body is reduced.

The hormonal diet has three phases:

• Active fat burning. This period lasts about 14 days;
• Stabilization of the level of fat burning;
• Consolidation of results and maintenance of normal weight.

All foods that are included in the hormonal diet are divided into five groups. Each of them is assigned a certain number of points. A high score combines foods that promote active fat storage. Accordingly, point zero is the safest and healthiest part of the diet. Such a scheme allows you to navigate in the variety of products and unmistakably choose those that really cope with hormonal disorders and do not harm the body.

	Vegetable juices, beans, any berries.
	Chicken, beef, nuts, boiled vegetables (carrots, beets), bran bread, fruits, low-fat dairy products, olives and olives, feta cheese, oatmeal, from cereals - buckwheat, brown rice.
	Bitter chocolate, any cheese, natural juices, muesli, yogurt.
	Pork, duck and goose meat, canned meat, sausages, potatoes, honey, sugar, pastries, dried fruits, chocolate, semolina, dairy products (fat content over 4%).

When following a hormonal diet, it is important to follow the rules during all phases. The requirements are as follows:

• A single meal should not exceed 300 ml. The reception time does not matter. The proportions must be observed and not overeat;
• It is necessary to take food at intervals of three hours. Follow the regime and eat on time, without delays and snacks;
• Control your drinking regime, you need to drink at least 2 liters of clean water a day.

Sample meal schedule

• Breakfast - no later than 9.00;
• 2nd breakfast - no later than 12.00;
• Lunch - no later than 15.00;
• Afternoon snack - no later than 18.00;
• Dinner - no later than 21.00.

Anyone who goes to bed early should adjust their meal schedule so that at least 3 hours pass between dinner and bedtime.

First phase meals

The start-up phase is subject to the most stringent restrictions, and its duration should not exceed two weeks. The use of products indicated in the table with a zero point is acceptable. Such a poor diet promotes rapid weight loss. You need to monitor your health. If you are not feeling well, have a cup of sweet tea and rest. Tinnitus, weakness, and darkening of the eyes signal the transition to the next dietary phase.

Second phase meals

Second phase power circuit

• Breakfast - 4 points;
• 2nd breakfast - 2 points;
• Lunch - 2 points;
• Afternoon snack - 1 point;
• Dinner - 0 points.

Breakfast options with 4-point foods vary widely. You can choose and combine products from a list of one- and three-point, or, for example, try to combine two products from those that have been assigned two points. Experiments are allowed, but do not forget about the current restrictions on the total serving size.

The same principle is used to select foods for any meal. Count the points, add them up and try not to exceed the recommended norms. If for some reason a scheduled meal was missed, do not add points to the next meal.

The second stage of the diet has no restrictions on the duration. Weight loss is gradual. Once the desired result is achieved, you can proceed to the final stage.

Feeding in the third phase

At this stage, everything is simple. It is enough to choose one meal convenient for you and add one point to it. Weight must be controlled, with a decrease it is permissible to add a point to the next intake. If weight loss stops, you may not continue to gain. Further nutrition is based on the received scheme.

HCG hormonal diet

Another diet is known, the essence of which is to combine the consumption of low-calorie foods and injections of hCG. This is the so-called pregnancy hormone, it protects the child from aggressive influences in the womb, the production of human chorionic gonadotropin begins after conception. All processes associated with the synthesis of this hormone are considered the norm for women in position. The effectiveness and safety of hCG for non-pregnant women is highly questionable. There are risks and the likelihood of the opposite effect, that is, the development of more serious hormonal disorders. Medicine against the hormonal diet hCG, it is wiser to refrain from using it.

Herbal medicine for hormonal disorders

Traditional medicine helps to solve the problems associated with hormonal disorders. Most often, they resort to the beneficial properties of medicinal plants.

Among them:

• Lungwort;
• Flax seeds;
• Carnation;
• Celandine;
• Oregano;
• Nettle;
• Linden flowers.

These plants contain phytoestrogen substances, very important components that prevent hormonal imbalance. Infusions are made from herbs. The cooking scheme is standard - 1 tbsp. / L. herbs are poured with boiling water (1 glass) and insisted until completely cooled.

With hormonal disruptions, amenorrhea can develop. This term doctors define the absence of menstruation. For such cases, traditional medicine has remedies that help to normalize the menstrual cycle. The main component is onions.

You can try the following recipes:

• Onion peel (1 glass) is poured with half a liter of water and boiled for 20 minutes. Cool, filter and drink a tablespoon daily three times a day. The infusion is used before meals;
• Peel 5 onions and 3-5 cloves of garlic. Grind ingredients, add milk (1 cup) and simmer over low heat until ingredients are tender. The resulting mixture is cooled and honey (3 tsp) is added. You need to take the medicine three times a day, one tablespoon.

Physiotherapy for hormonal disorders

Physiotherapy methods are excellent helpers in strengthening the immune system. They are also irreplaceable in the treatment of hormonal disorders. Physiotherapy helps to normalize ovarian function and menstrual cycle. Non-drug exposure is safe for the body, the effectiveness of using all permissible methods has been proven and justified.

With hormonal dysfunctions in women, the following physiotherapy procedures are recommended:

• Electrical stimulation;
• Acupuncture;
• Laser therapy;
• Hirudotherapy;
• Gynecological and general massage;
• Electrophoresis.

Of these methods, laser therapy and hirudotherapy deserve special attention.

Hirudotherapy or leech therapy has long been used in the treatment of female diseases. For hormonal problems, leeches are placed on the area of the sacrum and coccyx. The saliva of these worms contains substances that activate the production of female sex hormones. In addition, hirudotherapy relieves toxins and strengthens the immune system.

Read more: Hirudotherapy - treatment with leeches at home

Laser therapy is a painless procedure, the result lasts for a long time. Side effects are excluded. In case of hormonal disruptions, the essence of treatment is laser action on the internal organs. A variant of ILBI or intravenous blood irradiation is also used, the method is absolutely safe and highly effective.

Correction of the mental state in case of hormonal disorders

During periods of hormonal disruptions, the psyche of women suffers very seriously. Emotional disorders are most noticeable in menopause. The woman experiences constant depression, there is a violation of attention and memory, nervousness and anxiety increase. Such states can and should be stopped.

Among the non-drug treatments for mental and emotional disorders, the most effective are:

• Psychotherapy;
• Phytotherapy;
• Compliance with a healthy lifestyle.

Psychotherapy includes a set of measures that have a beneficial effect on the body.

Among them:

• Autogenic training;
• Hypnosis;
• Rational psychotherapy.

The success and effectiveness of using these methods depends on the trust of the established contacts between the patient and the doctor.

Herbal medicine based on the treatment of herbs with antidepressant properties is appropriate for mild forms of mental disorders. The plant St. John's wort has the best sedative effect. With its help, sleep disorders, depression and anxiety conditions have been treated for more than one millennium. The complex chemical composition of St. John's wort helps relieve fatigue and irritability.

Lifestyle correction only at first glance seems easy to achieve. This is one of the most difficult ways to get rid of emotional and mental health problems. Attempts to go in for sports, quit smoking, establish a daily routine and diet are often unsuccessful. Meanwhile, it is a healthy lifestyle that positively affects the very cause of hormonal disorders and helps to avoid the consequences of psychoemotional disorders.

In situations that are difficult and insurmountable for patients, the participation of a doctor is very important. The task of a specialist is to adjust thinking and convince the advisability of using simple and proven means. The success of treatment will depend on the professionalism of the doctor and the patient's desire to get rid of unwanted conditions associated with hormonal disruption.

Author of the article: Alekseeva Maria Yurievna | Therapist

Education: From 2010 to 2016 Practitioner of the therapeutic hospital of the central medical-sanitary unit No. 21, city of elektrostal. Since 2016 she has been working in the diagnostic center No. 3.