For most women the menopause passes by with little more inconvenience than occasional hot flushes and night sweats. For others, it can be a time of major emotional upheaval, depression, weight gain and heavy bleeding.

Today, many of these symptoms may be treated by hormone replacement therapy which boosts oestrogen levels, although critics still have doubts about the long-term effects of such treatment, For some women (including those with a high risk of osteoporosis) HRT can be a preferred solution, but for those who want to complete this transition period in their lives as naturally as possible, then exercise, an increase in calcium intake and herbal remedies — to relieve the more troublesome symptoms and help the body to adjust to new levels of functionality — can be far better. A normally healthy lifestyle with good diet, a happy and fulfilled outlook and acceptable stress levels is also obviously important. Anyone who starts out being depressed, overworked or malnourished is unlikely to pass through the menopause without trauma.

Herbal BeautyTraditional Chinese theory associated menopausal problems with a run-down in the kidney’s vital energy and using kidney tonics to ease symptoms can be extremely effective. Herbs like cinnamon and buchu which have a tonic effect on the kidneys can be worth trying and there are a number of specialist Chinese tonic herbs (such as He Shou Wu — Polygonum multiflorum) which are now appearing in over-the-counter menopausal products.

Many herbs can be used to ease the more troublesome menopausal symptoms — sage and golden seal can help with hot flushes, chaste-tree will regulate hormone production, while the’. emotional ups and downs can be soothed with skullcap, borage, St John’s wort or lemon balm. Hawthorn is us for easing menopausal palpitations, whi vaginal dryness can often be helped w’ creams containing Vitamin E and marigold.

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