black cohosh shown to shrink fibroids in menopausal women

Here is a link to the study. The idea was to give black cohosh to help with menopausal symptoms, which it did but at the same time it shrunk the participants' fibroids. Over the 122-week period, 70% of the women taking the black cohosh had decreases in their fibroid size, with average decrease of 30%. That's a lot for just 3 months!

The particular black cohosh used in the study was Remifemin, at 40 mg per day. It's available here and is not expensive. So worth a try if you are experiencing menopausal symptoms -- it's a two-fer for addressing those and shrinking the fibroids at the same time!

more on vaginal steams

This article gives more information on vaginal steams, including what herbs to include, when to do it, etc. Also includes a link to sets of herbs the author sells (there is a specific formula for fibroids) and to her special exercise videos including a "down there" one for women.  Worth checking out.

Also Whole Living did a nice piece on this topic a little while ago...

info on herbs that help with fibroids

Nice article with links to studies here.

in-depth article on vaginal steams

I've written about vaginal steams before, about how they are helpful for fibroids and fertility.  A detailed article came out recently in Whole Living magazine that I thought was well done.  Check it out here.  There is also a helpful discussion here that lists the different herbs you can use. I usually use either fresh rosemary, or the Korean herbs that came with my steamer. There are also herbs sold on Etsy here and here.

discount code for iherb.com

We fibroid shrinkers buy a lot of herbs, so any cost savings on them we can get are a good thing.  I've found good prices and a nice selection (including hard-to-find items) at iherb.com.  Here is a discount code that you can use for $5 off your first order: ZAJ520

a good overview page on fibroids with shrinking success case

Link here.

an interesting protocol for fibroids

Includes some ideas I had not heard of before.  Page here.  This site sells an herbal blend for shrinking fibroids that is a bit different from some others that I have seen, product page here.

health benefits of cinnamon

Also good for fibroid shrinking...

Article here.

gemmotherapy

I've been using some gemmotherapy, a type of homeopathy.  For those of you who are curious about it, here's an article that talks about it, more technically than I have seen previously.

Just ran across this mention of cotton root being a good herb for fibroids.

Decided to google it a bit more, found this mention from 1906!

Evidently they particularly help with bleeding. They are also an abortifacient so don't take if you are TTC.

Fibroid herb regimen

Just ran across this fibroid herb regimen.  Certainly has a lot of stuff in it....

S. American herb said to help with fibroids

Article here.

2 big glasses of tea a day

To help make sure I get enough liquids, and to assist my detoxing, I am making sure that I drink a minimum of two big glasses of tea a day, away from meals.  Usually I do either right when I get up, or as a mid-morning break.  I have these big heat-resistant glasses that are 10.5 ounces each, and I make one of one type of tea and the other of a different type.

The teas I have been using:
Celestial Seasonings Bengal Spice (good because of all the cinnamon)
Celestial Seasonings Vanilla Hazelnut (good because of the milk thistle)
Traditional Medicinals Everyday Detox
Traditional Medicinals Lemon Everyday Detox
Yogi Tea Peach Detox
Yogi Tea Ginger

herbs for fibroids

I had heard of the second two, but not the first...  Article here.

chenopodium ambrosioides for fibroids?

Saw online someone got a patent for a tea using this herb for fibroids.  Meanwhile, this site mentions anecdotal reports of it helping with fibroids and other tumors, but both that and this site mention it's an abortifacient so don't take if you are TTC!

case study of a woman who got rid of a fibroid

--that developed while she was pregnant! Details here.  She was working with a trained herbalist.

switching herbal approaches

I have decided to try a new herbal approach, and to look at Western herbs rather than Chinese ones.  Time for a change!

I took a variety of possibilities into my BioSet practitioner today, including Horetense's Formula from Rainforest Remedies (which I got from a Mayan Abdominal Massage practitioner, more on that later), and some things I found on the internet Uterine Fibroids and Cysts Formula from Queen of Trees, plain Vitex, and Gaia Echinacea Red Root.  None of them checked out on the BioSet.  What did however was FibroidClear -- but just one pill per day rather than three.  Also Essiac Tea, which I've mentioned here before is said to help fibroids but have never tried before.  I bought from this firm, the 8-herb formula.

The washed ghee also checked out, meanwhile am giving the 3 Flower Oil a break (this is for massaging my stomach)

Other things I am changing as a result of this visit:
Homeopathics using Lymph Tone II and Futureplex Drainage Complex
Increasing the Healthforce Nutritionals VitaMineral Green and Vitamineral Earth to 1.5 tablespoons of each per day, up from one teaspoon (now that I have been taking it awhile, my body can handle more) By the way the BioSet practitioner says that the Essiac Tea ingredients are all present in these as well, but just to be sure
Increasing the Lauricidin to 3 scoops per day (supposed to help with the candida, again since I have been taking it for awhile my body can handle more)
Increasing the l-Glutamine powder to 2 scoops 2 times per day (up from one previously)
For more fiber, half teaspoon of Acacia powder twice a day and 1.5 tablespoons of hemp seeds once a day
Adding SAM-E for my liver
Adding back in the Vitalzym 3 twice a day, in addition to 1 nattokinase twice a day and 2 Inferfase Plus twice a day, so getting quite a dose of enzymes

So in summary, some western herbs, increasing the probiotics and candida fighters, lots of liver and blood cleansers, lots of enzymes, and homeopathics to support drainage

homeopathy for fibroids

Found this interesting page.  None of the descriptions listed seem to match my particular issues.  Anyway with homeopathy I think it's important to work with an expert, who can match the remedy to your symptoms.

homeopathy for infertility

Article on this topic, includes a bunch of suggestions of homeopathic remedies for fibroids.

Larch

I'm on to a new Bach flower remedy, Larch.  It's for help with self-confidence, especially when facing difficult tasks.  Sounds perfect for me right now!