Help understanding for PMS and Night Sweats.

Do you wake up during the night soaking wet because you're sweating? Are you so hot that you kick off the blankets and even the sheet? Do you lie there tossing and turning until you finally go back to sleep just as the alarm begins to buzz?

When this scenario started repeating itself in my life, I had just turned forty and was running a cat on a national campaign. My stress level was very high at the time, so I automatically assumed that I was waking up because I had so much on my mind. But one morning when I woke up, I suddenly realized that I had slept all night. Why had I been able to sleep that night but not others? I wondered.

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• Soy, as a number of recent studies have shown, can help reduce hot flashes, night sweats, and other menopausal symptoms.
  
  
• Flaxseed can not only help minimize symptoms like hot flashes, but also help prevent heavy bleeding and help ease breast tenderness, cramping, and other PMS discomforts.
  
  
• Certified Organic Evening Primrose Oil is a good bet to help prevent bloating, water retention, breast tenderness, cramps, and vaginal dryness.
  
  
• Black Cohosh is a popular herb for mitigating hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms such as cramps, heavy periods, and other menstrual irregularities.
  
  
• Vitamin E and Citrus Bioflavonoids are reportedly hot flash busters.
  
  
• B-Vitamins help keep your energy level up, are considered stress fighters, and can help you deal with the emotional mood swings that crop up during premature menopause.
  
  
• St. Johns Wort may help you if you find that yourself more easily depressed than usual.
  
  
• Kava Kava is another herb that appears to be of great help in fighting depression and reducing the symptoms of anxiety.
  
  
• Valerian may help you if you're suffering from insomnia, and since it's also known as an anxiety reliever, it may help alleviate mood swings and tension as well.
  

Since I love to bathe and soak in my Dead Sea salts, I thought, Okay. While I'm soaking in my bath, I'll do some arm and leg lifts, some tummy tucks. And that's what I did-once! After that I just rested and enjoyed the soak. After a long day, the soak freshened my spirit and made me feel good all over, but it didn't do anything for my night sweats. I knew I needed something-but what?

That's when I began looking into aromatherapy. After extensive research and many soaks in which I tested essential oils by adding them to my salts, I finally had a blend of herbs and oils that didn't smell like medicine.

Menopause also sucks the moisture out of your skin, aging it and leaving you feeling dry. So in addition to drinking lots of water, give our Shea Butter Lotions or Daily Renewal Face Cream a try.

I'm amazed at how healthy a bath can be. It not only cleanses your body and freshens your mood, but it also soothes my spirit. By adding a few of nature's gifts to a bath, I've found that my body can handle life pretty well without chemicals and man-made medicines.

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