3 Considerations for Getting to the Root of Hormonal Problems: A Naturopathic and Functional Medicine Perspective

Dr Sarah LoBisco, ND, IFCMP Hormonal harmony can seem like a fleeting hope for many women suffering with reproductive symptoms. Distressing ailments that wax and wane with changing hormonal fluctuations of their menstrual cycles is something that most females have accepted as “normal.”1-5 In fact, some may never get relief from their struggles. It can begin […]
Herbs, Extracts, Essential Oils…Oh My! Examining the “Hormonal Effects” of Essential Oils – Highlighting Sage Oil: Part II

Dr Sarah LoBisco, ND In Part I (Examining the Hormonal Effects: Introduction Highlighting Sage), we learned that it was a big mistake to claim any action, especially “estrogenic” effects, of an essential oil based on one or two isolated compounds found in it. I reviewed why clary sage and fennel were not proven be estrogen-mimicking and […]