excerpt from New
Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way by Susun S. Weed
Herbal Allies for Post-Menopausal Women pp. 237-243
Seaweeds
The weeds of the ocean have so much to give us. Let them help
you:
• Prevent and relieve osteoporosis
• Maintain strong, flexible bones
Seaweeds contain lavish amounts of every mineral needed to
create and maintain solid bone mass. Kelp is an exceptionally
rich source.
• Lower blood pressure and cholesterol, increase cardiac
efficiency
• Eliminate varicose veins and hemorrhoids
Japanese research confirms the cardiotonic and hypotensive
effects of seaweeds.
• Maintain healthy thyroid function
• Relieve incontinence, vaginal dryness, and persistent
hot flashes
• Nourish the glandular and urinary systems
Seaweeds are superb sources of the nutrients most needed by
the endocrine, circulatory, and immune systems. Regular use
helps maintain adequate production of all hormones, especially
thyroid hormones. Lavish use may reverse hypothyroidism.
• Increase immune functioning
• Increase stamina
• Minimize the effects of stress, chemicals, and radiation
• Lengthen life span
Algin in seaweed escorts damaging compounds harmlessly out
of the body. Free radicals are also eliminated. Vitamins E,
C, and A are found abundantly in seaweeds. I use seaweed to
protect myself from air pollution, chemicals in my food, and
the thinning ozone layer. It can be used freely for several
days before and after any X-ray, from dental ones to mammograms.
• Improve digestion
• Restore sexual interest and enjoyment
• Ease sore joints
• Bring a glossy glow to hair and skin
As befits denizens of the ocean, seaweeds are especially good
at nourishing juices: digestive juices, joint juices, emotional
juices, erotic juices. Seaweed helps them all flow.
All seaweeds are edible, so you can gather your own, if you
wish. Kelp, wakame, khombu, dulse, hijiki, and arame are sold
at Oriental and health food stores.
Dosage: As a vegetable, 1/2 ounce/15 grams dry weight, weekly.
As a condiment, unlimited daily use.
CAUTION: The iodine in kelp may aggravate hyperthyroid
conditions.
Stinging Nettle
Urtica dioica, Urtica urens
Brennessel, Ortie
Some post-menopausal women tell me stinging nettle is so
nourishing and energizing they find themselves unexpectedly
having a normal menstrual flow after regular use of it.
The more usual effects of nettle are to:
• Nourish, strengthen, rebuild kidneys and adrenals
• Ease and eliminate cystitis, bloat, and incontinence
• Rehydrate dry vaginal tissues
Nettle has a miraculous ability to heal and restore adrenal/kidney
functioning. Stories continue to make their way to me of women
who have avoided dialysis, gotten off dialysis, and so repaired
their kidneys that replacement surgery was canceled, thanks
to sister stinging nettle. Nourish your post-menopausal adrenals
with nettle infusion and they'll produce enough estrogen to
keep you looking and feeling juicy.
• Nourish and energize the endocrine glands
• Nourish and rejuvenate the cardiovascular system
• Normalize weight
• Ease and prevent sore joints
• Relieve constipation and reduce hemorrhoids
• Nourish supple skin and healthy hair
Nettles' super supplies of vitamins, minerals, proteins, and
micro-nutrients nourish every bit of you, encouraging optimal
functioning in all aspects of your being. Nettle influences
hormones through its wealth of lipids (triglycerides, fatty
acids, tocopherols, sterols, galactosyl-diglycerides) and
restores health to the cardiovascular system burdened with
cardiac edema and venous insufficiency.1
• Create strong, flexible bones
Nettle infusions, vinegars, and soups are fantastic sources
of calcium, magnesium, potassium, silicon, boron, and zinc:
the strong bone sisters. Nettles are also a source of vitamin
D, a crucial nutrient for flexible, healthy bones.
• Stabilize blood sugar
Rich in chromium, manganese, and other nutrients restorative
to glandular functioning, nettles, I suspect, help prevent
adult-onset diabetes.
• Reduce fatigue and exhaustion; improve stamina
Nettles nourish your energy at the deepest possible levels
with intense supplies of iron, chlorophyll, and copper.
• Reduce and eliminate headaches
• Nourish and support the immune system, prevent cancer
• Nourish and heal the digestive system
• Nourish and strengthen the nervous system
Nettles are an optimum source of the vitamins critically important
for health: vitamin B complex (especially thiamine, riboflavin,
and niacin), carotenes (vitamin A), and vitamin C (ascorbates
and bioflavonoids).
Enjoy cooked nettle greens all spring, but be sure to harvest
and dry enough for winter-time infusions, too. I pick nettles
only before they flower. Fresh leaves steeped in olive oil
impart a rich taste and innumerable healing qualities to the
oil. Nettles make a great vinegar, too.
Dosage: Infusion of dried herb, 1-4 cups/250-1000 ml, a day.
CAUTION: Do not use flowering nettle for food or
medicine.
... come back next month to learn about bioflavonoids, vitamins
and minerals.
excerpt from New
Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way by Susun S. Weed
pp. 237-243
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