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Minerals a Key to Menopausal Health
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ccording to author and herbalist Susan S. Weed, “By 2015 half of the female population of the United States will be post-menopausal.” Weed, who also advises that minerals are the key to ensuring that elder years are free of chronic problems, notes that minerals are powerhouses that can keep bones flexible, spirits high, and sleep restorative. Minerals are the building blocks needed for optimum functioning of the nervous, immune and muscular systems, including the heart. The production of hormones require large amounts of minerals. During menopause 30 to 60 times more hormones are produced than at any other time of a woman’s life and a diet lacking in mineral-rich foods leaves the body with no alternative other than to draw what it needs from a woman’s bones.
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Post menopausal women need extra minerals, which they can get from a well-balanced diet of organic whole grains, beans, fruits, vegetables, dairy products (especially yogurt), seafoods (especially seaweeds), and small amounts of meat. And, they can supplement with herbal infusions. While it doesn’t require a vast amount of knowledge to take advantage of the mineral content in herbs, it does take an awareness of how best to use them in order to maxi- mize their value. Weed suggests that mineral-rich herbs be included in the daily diet by drinking one to two cups of a nourishing herbal infusion, eating wild plants and seaweeds in salads topped off with herbal vinegars.
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The tiny flowers of the Trifolium pratense plant are an excellent source of calcium, chromium, magnesium, phos- phorous and potassium. It helps to builds bones, reduces cholesterol, helps maintain strong pelvic tissue, thus aiding in the prevention of incontinence, vaginitis and prolapsed uterus. It contains 10 times more phytoestrogens than soy without soy’s bone-damaging, thyroid impairing side ef- fects.
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The young shoots of the grain plant Avena sativa, are high in calcium, chromium, magnesium, and silicon. Used to ease frazzled nerves, oatstraw lowers cholesterol, improves circulation, strengthens bones, and eases head- aches.
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Bring a quart of cold water to a boil. Weigh one ounce of a dried (not fresh) herb into a quart canning jar. Pour the boiling water into the jar with your herb (only one herb at a time). Tighten the lid turn and let steep overnight. Next morning strain out the herb and drink the liquid: cold, hot, or at room temperature. Add honey, tamari, or milk if desired.
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Herbal infusions differ from herbal teas. Darker in color and richer tasting, longer brewing extracts many more nutrients, particularly minerals. Two of Weed’s favor- ite herbal infusions for menopausal women are red clover blossoms and oatstraw.
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