Estrogen

Thank you very much! I am limited to what I can research on my phone so usually I ask my mom when I don't know what herb to use. However at this moment it would just lead to questions I do not feel like answering. I will check out soy doses, as I know that is definitely safe with what I am on :)

Yes, dong quai aka female ginseng aka Chinese angelica root. It lowers high levels of estrogen and raises low levels.

Also black cohosh works like estrogen. But if you're taking birth control pills, you shouldn't take it.

black cohosh

Thank you all :)

Also, foods that increase estrogen include seeds, soya, and most wonderfuly, chocolate! (That explains a few things xD)

Step away from the chocolate Zeb! :O

Anise seed too. I just remembered that one.

Haha! :D

It would be wrong to suggest something without knowing your medical background but whole grain food stuffs will help and shouldn't do much harm. You should try and make it a daily intake as it will not help your body to produce estradiol but will supplement it with phytoestrogens from plants (dietary oestrogens). This would be the best method if you are suffering from an illness that lowers your oestrogen levels.

If you are suffering low levels due to medication your only oppition would to ask to be switched to a medication that had less of an effect on levels. This would be something only your health adviser can give you advice on.

Try also to limit foods that suppress the endocrine system such as refined sugars such as high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup or white flour.

Hope all goes well but with anything like this it will take time to see the effects as levels will build up slowly.

Hi! The following herbs are estrogenic:

Alfafa
Hops
Anise
Horseradish
Calendula
Cane Reed
Poganda tree
Chaff-flower
Cumin
Red clover (Exclent)
Date Palm
Sage
Death Angel
Soybean
False Unicorn root
Fennel
Staranise
Fenugreek
Cinnamon
Beet
Black Cohosh
Broccoli
Brussel Sprouts
Cauliflower
Dong Quai
Faba Bean
Kale
Kudzu (roots)
Pineapple
Plum
Rhubarb
Salpani
Wild Indigo
Wild Yam

The following are antiandrogenic. Mean they destroy/decrease testosterone.

Apple
Chasteberry
Fennel
Pumpkin
Pygeum
Rauwolfia, snakewood
Red Root sage
Saw Palmetto
Creat

I hope this helped, and if you would like a more detailed explanation of each and the methods of making them, feel free to send me a message. I have personally used an infusion of sage, Red Clover and Cinnamon for about 2 weeks now and I'm already starting to see the effects :D