Balancing adolescent female hormones

Taedareth · 08-06-2016, 09:01 PM

You know how adolescents struggle with stormy, unpredictable emotions. The outbursts and the weepy meltdowns. What I'm wondering is, would herbal supplements help nurture them through those phases? If we have herbal support for menopause then it seems like there should be something for adolescence. Maybe tulsi extract, or another gentle adaptogen. Any thoughts?

sweetpeasmommy · 08-06-2016, 11:41 PM

Evening primrose oil is great at toning hormonal stuff down and not age specific.

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ViolaMum · 08-07-2016, 04:14 AM

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Evening primrose oil is great at toning hormonal stuff down and not age specific.

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How would you use that with a tween?

mamacat · 08-07-2016, 06:47 AM

This is a great thread.I have long thought there needs to be a tween formula like that. I have seen blends of tea like red raspberry,oatstraw, chaste berry for hormonal support.maybe something like that would help

Taedareth · 08-07-2016, 08:09 AM

Thank you guys! I really appreciate the ideas.

I started reading up on EPO. Can anyone post a link to research showing that EPO is effective for balancing hormones? The four studies cited here showed that EPO was not more effective (or only marginally more effective) than placebo. But if there's better research out there, I'd like to know. Thanks

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/263027.php

mamacat · 08-07-2016, 09:50 AM

Nutrition wise getting healthy fats on board like coconut oil and avacado and Omega 3s - cod liver oil. Im not sure if EPO had lots of Omega 3s or not

Katigre · 08-07-2016, 10:24 AM

There's b vitamins for mood. I've been taking vitex to balance my hormones but I'm not sure it would help a teen.

mamacat · 08-07-2016, 12:20 PM

vitex or chasteberry is one of the ingredients in the hebal tea blend

sweetpeas · 08-08-2016, 05:18 AM

Something I was reading recently recommended Tulsi tea for at least the week before menstruation, but fine to drink all month, for all ages. So I got a few different varieties and we've been drinking it iced. We haven't been consistent enough about it to know if it's really helping, but I figure it can't hurt, and we like the flavor

tempus vernum · 08-08-2016, 02:30 PM

I will be back.. Marking so I don't forget

WifeMommy21 · 08-16-2016, 02:42 PM

Try chamomile tea too! Very calming effects

08-06-2016, 09:01 PM	#1
Taedareth Rose Garden The Doctor: If there's one thing I can't stand it's an unpunctual alien attack! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,895	Balancing adolescent female hormones You know how adolescents struggle with stormy, unpredictable emotions. The outbursts and the weepy meltdowns. What I'm wondering is, would herbal supplements help nurture them through those phases? If we have herbal support for menopause then it seems like there should be something for adolescence. Maybe tulsi extract, or another gentle adaptogen. Any thoughts? __________________ Sarah - INFJ - DYT 4/2 Soapmaker. Sourdough baker. Seed sower. Duck grower. Hungarian speaker. Torah seeker. Keep within me / a stillness / deeper and sweeter / than a forest's / in mid of winter. ~Hebridean Altars

08-06-2016, 11:41 PM	#2
sweetpeasmommy Rose Garden Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 30,329	Re: Balancing adolescent female hormones Evening primrose oil is great at toning hormonal stuff down and not age specific. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk __________________ Amy eNFp Wife to ISTJ DH 1997 Mom to one Sweet Boy 10/2004

08-07-2016, 06:47 AM	#4
mamacat Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,473	Re: Balancing adolescent female hormones This is a great thread.I have long thought there needs to be a tween formula like that. I have seen blends of tea like red raspberry,oatstraw, chaste berry for hormonal support.maybe something like that would help __________________ ~Catherine~ Mama to 5: C W C J S And Grandma to 3: A ,K and baby C

08-07-2016, 08:09 AM	#5
Taedareth Rose Garden The Doctor: If there's one thing I can't stand it's an unpunctual alien attack! Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,895	Re: Balancing adolescent female hormones Thank you guys! I really appreciate the ideas. I started reading up on EPO. Can anyone post a link to research showing that EPO is effective for balancing hormones? The four studies cited here showed that EPO was not more effective (or only marginally more effective) than placebo. But if there's better research out there, I'd like to know. Thanks http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/263027.php __________________ Sarah - INFJ - DYT 4/2 Soapmaker. Sourdough baker. Seed sower. Duck grower. Hungarian speaker. Torah seeker. Keep within me / a stillness / deeper and sweeter / than a forest's / in mid of winter. ~Hebridean Altars

08-07-2016, 09:50 AM	#6
mamacat Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,473	Re: Balancing adolescent female hormones Nutrition wise getting healthy fats on board like coconut oil and avacado and Omega 3s - cod liver oil. Im not sure if EPO had lots of Omega 3s or not __________________ ~Catherine~ Mama to 5: C W C J S And Grandma to 3: A ,K and baby C

08-07-2016, 10:24 AM	#7
Katigre Rose Garden Why thank you, it is naturally blue... Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 21,278	Re: Balancing adolescent female hormones There's b vitamins for mood. I've been taking vitex to balance my hormones but I'm not sure it would help a teen.

08-07-2016, 12:20 PM	#8
mamacat Rose Garden Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 26,473	Re: Balancing adolescent female hormones vitex or chasteberry is one of the ingredients in the hebal tea blend __________________ ~Catherine~ Mama to 5: C W C J S And Grandma to 3: A ,K and baby C

08-08-2016, 05:18 AM	#9
sweetpeas Rose Trellis Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2,318	Re: Balancing adolescent female hormones Something I was reading recently recommended Tulsi tea for at least the week before menstruation, but fine to drink all month, for all ages. So I got a few different varieties and we've been drinking it iced. We haven't been consistent enough about it to know if it's really helping, but I figure it can't hurt, and we like the flavor __________________ Busy Homeschooling Mom to 3 Sweetpeas: Lexie & Ashlyn 16 yr old twins and Lina, 9 Virtual Accountant and Bookkeeper in my "spare time"

08-08-2016, 02:30 PM	#10
tempus vernum Rose Garden I am the mountain. I am not the storm and the storm is not me. -Ian Cron Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 28,913	Re: Balancing adolescent female hormones I will be back.. Marking so I don't forget __________________ ~Spring always comes after winter~ 2 Corinthians 4:16 “ Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. ”

08-16-2016, 02:42 PM	#11
WifeMommy21 Seedling Rose 1 John 4:8 - He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 15	Re: Balancing adolescent female hormones Try chamomile tea too! Very calming effects

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