Has anyone tried Vitex? whats it like?!
Question:
Has anyone tried Vitex? whats it like?
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If you are considering taking vitex (Vitex agnus-castus) you really should see a herbalist. It works brilliantly for some women with PMS, but can actually make a hormone imbalance worse if your profile doesn't fit the vitex picture.
I have used it and it made my menstrual flow much heavier (already heavy!) and very painful. It works best for women who are more progesterogenic than oestrogenic. Progesterogenic women tend to be more athletic in build, oestrogenic women tend to be more rounded, but these are not hard and fast rules just tendencies.
Other good ways to treat PMS include liver treatment (the liver is the organ that provides the starting materials for the sex hormones, and clears out the used hormones, so if the liver is not working as well as it could be - not necessarily anything pathological wrong, just a bit under par, hormone levels will be out of balance). Have lemon juice in hot water every morning, Milk Thistle, Globe artichoke, dandelion root, and fresh unprocessed foods.
Sometimes B vitamins can help PMS, but you really need to see what the imbalance is that is causing the PMS
Hope this helps.