Do feelings of irritability, depression, breast pain, low back pain, abdominal bloating, swollen fingers and ankles, sugar cravings come and haunt your life just before your menstruation? Good news, there are natural solutions available.

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Premenstrual syndrome or PMS is a condition many women experience, it is characterized by a group of troublesome symptoms that are usually experienced 2-14 days before menstruation and ending within a few hours of the onset of menstruation.

Natural medicine has looked at many ways to improve the symptoms and causes of PMS.
Most of these include eating a healthy diet, regulating stress levels with exercise and relaxation time, as well as looking at what nutritional supplements, herbs are effective to balance the female hormones preventing PMS.

The herb Vitex Agnus Castus is proving to be a valuable natural aid for PMS. Evidence for Vitex is good. A double-blind trial found that women taking vitex had a slightly greater relief from symptoms of PMS, including breast tenderness, cramping, and headaches, than those taking vitamin B6, a common well-known remedy for PMS.

In another controlled clinical trial using 20 mg per day of a concentrated vitex extract for three menstrual cycles, results showed reduction in most symptoms of PMS, including irritability, mood swings, headache, and breast tenderness.

These trials support that vitex should be considered for women with irregular periods, infertility, and mildly elevated prolactin levels that are the cause of PMS in women. (Dr Chase Webber ND - Health24)

To read more about Vitex check our herbal section
 

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