How can Ayurveda make menopause easier for women?

How can Ayurveda make menopause easier for women?

Menopause is an inevitable phase that most women dread going through in their lives. While some breeze through it without batting an eye, it proves to be extremely challenging for some women. 


What causes Menopause?

Typically occurring in women between the ages of 45 and 55 years, menopause occurs as the ovaries begin shutting down by gradually reducing the production of estrogen and other hormones. The bodily changes and emotional reactions are very noticeable because the woman's body has depended on these hormones for many years and finds it taxing to make do without them.


The effects of Menopause

This natural biological process affects women who have a chronic illness or are heavy smokers much earlier in life. The transition period, i.e., pre-menopause to menopause, begins 2-8 years before and lasts up to 1 year after a woman's last menstrual cycle. Along with the common tell-tale signs of old age such as sagging, wrinkly skin, receding hairline, and low energy levels also comes the menopausal symptoms like irregular periods, vaginal dryness, hot flashes, night sweats, hormonal imbalance and sleep problems. This transition phase can be made much easier with the help of lifestyle, diet changes and the right supplements. 


Ayurveda and Menopause

Ayurveda holds that every phase of a woman's life is special: her childhood, adolescence, youth, mid-life, and even her old age. Ayurveda considers the menopausal period highly crucial in a woman's life as she gets an opportunity to prioritize herself for the first time ever in all aspects of life; physical, mental, emotional, sexual and spiritual. 

Ayurveda also offers some beautiful solutions to ease and release the stress experienced by women starting the journey of this new phase in life.

According to Ayurveda, ensuring that women going through menopause stick to a healthy diet should be their top most priority. Given below are some tips:

  • Steer clear of foods with Vata (mental, nervous, digestive) and Pitta (blood toxicity, inflammation, infection) aggravating properties. Avoid spicy, heat-inducing foods as they might trigger these symptoms.
  • Exclude packaged and processed foods high in salt and sugars from the diet.
  • Ayurveda also asks to especially focus on plant-based nutrition as a meat-based diet produces toxins and free radicals in the body. 
  • Increase the intake of cooling food and foods that produce more estrogen-like soybeans, soy milk and prunes or figs. 
  • Incorporate fresh fruits, lentils and vegetables (specially greens). The leafy greens keep energy levels high throughout the day. 

For relief from menopausal symptoms, especially hair loss, Ayurveda places particular importance on a herb called Shatavari. It is a female-friendly herb that has anti-inflammatory traits which prevents irritation in the scalp and lowers stress levels.It’s an adaptogenic herb, and can increase the human body's resistance to physical and psychological stress, thereby promoting hair growth.

Shatavari is also known to cure sexual organs' inflammation and moisten dry tissues. Incorporating this herb into the diet will benefit women going through menopause. 

Sticking to these suggestions will help women sail these years without many complications and will help women age gracefully. We know planning healthy meals can be boring but being creative with it helps.


Incase you find it difficult to make sure that your body is getting essential nutrients every day in your menopausal phase, check out Ayurvedic Hair Care Juice For Menopause Support by Sesa! This certified ayurvedic juice is a rich blend of ayurvedic herbs such as Shatavari, Jatamansi, Ashwagandha and Harad that help manage the many draining symptoms of menopause but especially tackles hair fall-related issues. It's brewed by using ancient knowledge of the Vedas.

This juice also helps balance reduced estrogen levels. Reduced estrogen level causes hair to become dry and brittle, leading to hair fall. This hair care juice by Sesa balances these estrogen levels and maintains the body's overall health.

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