Re: [CH] Ignoring Dr's orders
bluezinnia@kyananet.com
Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:34:27 -0500
Helen Gillis wrote:
> So, I had a doctor's appointment last week having to do with girly stuff... She told me that, among other things, eating spicy food would exacerbate menopausal symptoms.
Speaking as a menopausal woman and an herbalist: That old piece of
mythology is absolute B.S.
It's based on confusion between the good ol' hot-food sweats and hot
flashes, two states which have nothing
to do with each other. If anything, chiles are _helpful_ for many
women during and after the Change;
they certainly help with the joint pain and digestive changes many of us
have, and they do not not NOT
cause hot flashes. Even some very good herbalists like Susun Weed,
whose /Menopausal Years the Wise Woman Way /was such a huge help to me
in menopause, fall for this one, but it's just not true.
> I have decided that I should throw caution to the wind and do the opposite.
You go, girl! And do buy yourseelf a copy of Weed's book; most of it is
brilliant. (Note
the odd spelling of "Susun" when you search. And If you buy the first
edition, ignore what
she says about mammograms; at the time she wrote it, the amount of
radiation used was
much higher than it is today, and there really was some cause for
hesitation. I hope her
recommendation against them changed in the revision.)
Rain
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