Holistic treatment of hot flashes is a relatively new shift in paradigm. For decades, treatment of hot flashes has been manipulated by the big pharma. Doctors are simply taught how to prescribe medications for hot flashes. The fact is that hot flashes are not a disease, but simply a symptom of hormonal change which is part of getting older.

Traditional Treatment Of Hot Flashes

What doctors typically recommend is what they have been trained to do: prescribe Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). Estimates suggest that the global HRT market generated around $22 billion in 2023 with a projected growth to over $39 billion in the coming years, with major players like Pfizer, Merck, and Viatris being the beneficiaries.

Side-effects from HRT

Side-effects from HRT include breast cancer, stroke, breast tenderness, bloating, headaches, mood swings, nausea, vaginal bleeding, fluid retention, changes in menstrual flow, acne, skin irritation, leg cramps, stomach upset, and changes in sex drive.

Typically, doctors do not explain these side-effects from HRT to their patients. Women trust their doctors and decide to take HRT to alleviate their distressing symptoms of menopause which includes hot flashes.

Holistic Treatment Of Hot Flashes

In the recent years some women started to refuse the traditional HRT, thanks to all the information about the side-effects of HRT available on the internet. At the same time, some open-minded physicians started to explore alternative, safe, and holistic ways to treat hot flashes. As a result, there is a whole new paradigm to treat hot flashes.

Here is an outline of my holistic treatment of hot flashes, using my philosophy of SNEVM:

Stress Management

Stress plays a significant role in triggering hot flashes through several mechanisms.

When you are annoyed or irritated from the stress of daily living, you are already up to the neck. And a slight change in the female hormones will trigger a hot flash.

Anxiety and depression, combined with vitamin D deficiency can lead to a decline in estrogen production much earlier than expected. In its severe form, it can present as an autoimmune disorder affecting the ovaries which causes premature ovarian failure. However, in its milder form, anxiety and depression simply cause a gradual early decline in ovarian function. In addition, anxiety keeps a person in a high adrenaline state which contributes to many symptoms of menopause including hot flashes.

By the time a woman is around the age of 50, she has accumulated tons of stress from her everyday life. Dealing with work, children, and husband (or ex-husband) are the main hot spots of her stressors. Unfortunately, she confuses stressors with the cause of stress. The root cause of stress is her own Acquired Self that gets triggered by the stressors. Therefore, it is extremely important to understand the composition and dynamics of your Acquired Self and rise above it. Then, the symptom of hot flashes may turn out to be a blessing in disguise, as it forces you to look deeper and discover the enemy withing – the Acquired Self.

In addition to making a shift in your mind, you can also use dietary supplements to cope with anxiety and depression. To this end, Stress Buster in a special blend of 17 vitamins and herbs. It was formulated by me several years ago. Stress Buster has been used by thousands of patients with good results which establishes its clinical efficacy.

Nutrition

Most women have gained some extra pounds by the time they are around the age of menopause. Many are overweight and some are obese. This extra fat under the skin is like a thick blanket around you all the time, which obviously contributes to hot flashes.

Excessive weight gain is a function of our lifestyle, which is dictated by the Acquired Self, the enemy within. Therefore, examine how your Acquired self is the hidden force behind your eating habits.

Rise above your Acquired Self and start to eat for physiological reasons and for psychological reasons.

Exercise/Rest/Sleep

Exercise often worsens hot flashes. Therefore, avoid rigorous exercise. Instead go for a relaxing walk for about 30 minutes every day.

Hot flashes often disturb sleep, which leads to daytime fatigue and somnolence.

Here are tips to improve your sleep:

• Start winding down after sunset
• Avoid exposure to screens after the sunset
• Go for a light walk in the evening
• Take a bath, preferably with Epsom salt  (Magnesium sulfate) added to bath water
• Do about 30 minutes of meditation before going to bed
• Take magnesium supplement before going to bed
• Have a bowel movement (BM) before bedtime

Vitamins / Herbs

Following dietary supplements can be very helpful to alleviate symptom of hot flashes:

• Magnesium, preferable Magnesium glycinate
• Shatavari
• Soy protein / isoflavone
• Black cohosh
• Evening primrose oil
• Sandalwood

Meditation and Yoga

Regular meditation in the morning and evening can be a wonderful tool to calm down the intensity and frequency of hot flashes.

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In addition, incorporating yoga into your daily life can help reduce intensity and frequency of hot flashes. According to one study, yoga reduced hot flashes by 66% at the end of 10 weeks.¹

In addition yoga has several other health benefits including flexibility of joints and muscles, better mood and focus.

In Summary

Hot flashes is not a disease. It is a symptom of normal change in your body as a part of aging. Holistic treatment of hot flashes can be very helpful to alleviate your symptoms without causing unnecessary side-effects associated with traditional treatment of hot flashes.