Wella’s Guide to Wellness

I am forever indebted to Dr. John R. Lee, MD., and Jesse Hanley, MD., and Virginia Hopkins for writing the books, What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause ,and the book, What your Doctor May Not Tell You About Premenopause.

These books are indispensable books to explain how to naturally go through “the change”.  I have come to appreciate the “rite of passage” that women go through.

Dr. Hanley says in her book,”I get to tell premenopausal women that when they are premenstual they become more sensitive, even psychic-they become the oracles of the tribe.  In our culture this heightened sensitivity has been called crazy and emotional, but I teach women that we must relearn to cherish, value, and seek out women for their sensitive nature.”

I went into the Doctor’s office a month before my son got married.  It was to be the first marriage of my 4 oldest children that would be the first of four marriages in an eighteen month period.  I had been bleeding and at times hemorrhaging  for a solid month and my husband felt I needed to go into the doctor. I told my husband that I had an idea of what I could do, but he insisted.  I could usually figure out what to do for my health herbally, but just wasn’t quite sure what to do for this problem.

As my husband and I sat in front of this doctor he informed us that I needed a hysterectomy.  I couldn’t help myself and blurted out,”Well, doctor, my philosophy is that she who dies with the most organs wins and I plan on keeping all of mine.” He and I both smiled at each other.  I then went on to ask if natural progesterone cream wouldn’t be a viable alternative in that I was into natural alternatives.  He said,” I’d be O.K. with that.”  All I could think of is if someone were telling him they wanted to cut out his organs and there was an easier way that wouldn’t involve thousands of dollars  and losing the most organ game at death, he’d be a lot more than “O.K.” about it!

I purchased some progesterone cream and started using it immediately.  I used a powerful type that only required using a pea sized amount twice a day.  This worked miraculously for 2 years using it every day.  (I stopped bleeding and stopped cramping, my weight gain stopped and depression, nervousness, irritability and insomnia was stayed)

I started having problems with bleeding again and called the company who sold it and they told me to use a lot more of it.  That just made matters worse.  I realized later that I had taken too much of it.  On the container it tells you to stop taking it a week out of every month but my symptoms were so severe that I had to take it every day. (I was told to keep taking it all the time until my symptoms were not too bad even when I would stop for a few days) Well, it never got to that point, if I stopped taking it even one day I would have the symptoms appear.

I found out that two herbs would stop the bleeding and I took them and they worked beautifully as long as I took them.  The names of the herbs were Damiana and Dong Quai. I took 2 capsules of each, 3 times a day.  I stopped bleeding after about 2 days of using the herbs.  Spotting would occur and so I realized I needed to consistently take 2 other formulas that I knew would help.

These two formulas have made such a huge difference!  These are Dr. Christopher formulas #21 and #23. The first is called “herbal aid for female reproductive organs.  This is an amazing combination of herbs to aid in rebuilding a malfunctioning reproductive system(uterus, ovaries, fallopian tubes, etc.).   Over the years herbalists and patients have seen painful menstruations, heavy flowing, cramps, irregularity, etc., that have been helped and the patient now has a painless menstrual period, good menstrual timing, and a new outlook on life by using these aids to readjust the malfunctioning areas.

The female corrective formula, #21, consists of golden seal root, blessed thistle,cayenne, cramp bark, false unicorn root, ginger, red raspberry leaves, squaw vine, and uvi ursi.”  The suggested dosage is 2 caps morning and evening or 2 caps 3 times a day. I noticed the difference after the first dose.  Many severe cases have been totally cleared up in 90 to 120 days, some have cleared up sooner, some take longer. Herbs are food and this formula is a food to rebuild the malfunctioning organs.

Formula #23 is used by men and women of all ages to help weak malfunctioning areas and help keep the organs healthy so they can supply the proper amounts of hormones and estrogens themselves. One needs to keep in mind that herbs are a natural food and so they do not have “side effects” and “after effects” as are so evident in man-made and synthetic drugs.  The formula is black cohosh, sarsaparilla, ginseng, licorice, false unicorn, holy thistle and squaw vine.

I purchase my herbs in bulk and encapsulate them myself.  I sometimes buy them individually and mix them up and buy “00″ capsules to put them in and sometimes I buy the formula already mixed from a Dr. Christopher distributor and then I’ll encapsulate them.  You save about 50% by encapsulating them yourself.

If there is malfunction in the reproductive areas in either woman or man you would want to use the two formulas together.  Formula #21 and #23 for women and formula #22 and #23 for men.  I will list the formulas for the prostate on another post.

I think you’ll be very happy in the results of these formulas and you would probably want to go on a three-day juice fast and eat a natural diet to make the formulas work faster and more effectively.