Natural Remedies For Uterine Fibroids

Benign tumor, the uterine fibroid is installed on the lining of the uterus, especially during premenopause. To remove them, many women support surgery. Herbal medicine, targeting the estrogen-progesterone balance, can however sometimes overcome it.

It is a common condition in Europe: 40% of women over 50 develop a uterine fibroid . It is a benign tumor , therefore non-cancerous, which grows at the expense of the muscle fibers of the uterus. Very firm, its volume varies from a few millimeters to several tens of centimeters , and multiple ways. It often causes too much and too long periods , or blood loss between cycles , accompanied by lower abdominal pain. Be careful, these symptoms are often confused with those of endometriosis , which is treated differently.

Fibroids are formed under the influence of several factors: a hormonal imbalance - too much estrogen, the woman producing less progesterone in the ten years preceding menopause - but also by taking growth hormones. When localized, the fibroid can be removed by simple surgery ; but if the whole of the matrix is   reached, a hysterectomy is usually performed (total removal of the uterus).

In herbal medicine, a well-conducted treatment will give excellent results in the treatment of fibroids, hemorrhagic or otherwise, under the effect of progesterone derivatives or an improvement of the estrogen-progesterone ratio . The yam (Dioscorea mexicana), for example, contains an active ingredient, diosgenin, which allows the female body to produce natural progesterone. Other plants will help reduce the size of a fibroid by their anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effect on the small pelvis and strengthen the venous and hemostatic insufficiency. Others will have a painkiller action.

Associating five plants, Femiconf intervenes on these different plans :

• The lady's mantle (Alchemilla vulgaris) is traditionally used to combat hyperestrogenism in premenstrual syndromes, dysmenorrhea, as well as in pre-menopause;
• The  vitex (Vitex agnus castus) stimulates natural progesterone secretion by decreasing estrogen production;
• Yarrow (Achillea millefolium) has an anti-inflammatory and diuretic action. Antioxidant, its hormonal activity remains weak. It decongests the small pelvis;
• The  red grapevine (Vitis vinifera) present anthocyanosides, phenolic compounds and proanthocyanidins. The first have a significant vitamin P activity that fights venous insufficiency and capillary fragility. Red vine has an antihemorrhagic effect;
• The  nettle (Urtica dioica) , rich in carotene, vitamin C, potassium and calcium, is an anti-inflammatory, painkiller, hemostatic and remineralizing. 
• Vitamin E intensifies these actions. Antioxidant, it acts by regulating the hormonal disorders triggering fibroids. In addition, we can add the evening primrose capsules, powerful anti-inflammatory.