Get Relief From Night Sweats
Sage Is a Safe Natural Remedy for the Symptoms of Menopause
For centuries, sage has been used as a reliable and safe natural herbal treatment for night sweats, and it can help you, too.
More and more, women who have turned away from hormone replacement therapy are looking for natural relief from night sweats and hot flashes, and there is evidence that sage is a good natural alternative.
Use Sage for Night Sweats
A 2005 study at the School of Public Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, found that in a controlled trial sage and alfalfa reduced severe hot flushes by 60% compared with a placebo.
If you have been plagued with night sweats, then you know what it's like to walk through the day in a fog, unable to concentrate because you couldn't sleep the night before. Night sweats are terrible because they rob your body of it ability to recuperate from the stresses and anxieties of the day. The longer you are afflicted with night sweats, the worse they seem to become, and the result is an endless spiral of sleeplessness, discomfort, and desperation.
A Safe Source of Estrogen
For centuries, sage has been used as a reliable and safe treatment for night sweats. It is a source of estrogen, and can be taken in a gelcap form or brewed as a tea from sage plants grown in your own garden.
Sage Tea
Make this sage tea one hour before bedtime every night for three nights, and then once every few days thereafter:
Pour one cup of boiling water over ten large, fresh, sage leaves (1 1/2 teaspoons dried sage). Let the tea steep for five minutes and strain. The result will be bitter, but can be sweetened with sugar or honey. If you find that the tea is too unappealing, sage is available in pill form.
Grow Sage in Your Garden
Sage is a powerful healing plant with a long medicinal and culinary history. It is also an attractive aromatic shrub that is a favorite with bees. Plant sage in well-drained soil lightened with peat moss and a top dressing of lime.
Broad leaf or common sage grows well from cuttings taken in spring or summer. When taking cuttings, choose young shoots and start them in vermiculite. Sage bushes are hearty, and overwinter well if their roots are mulched. After a few years, plants become woody and unattractive, so keeping a few younger plants as replacements is a good idea. Sage makes an attractive statement in the garden, and is available in a number of varieties from the common gray green to the startling tri-colored stage.
When you are looking for relief from discomfort, the answer may be as near as your garden. Explore the fascinating world of herbs, and you will discover that the basic ingredient in many of the preparations in your medicine cabinet originated from plants you can grow in your own backyard.
