Menopause is not an illness. It’s the reduction in the secretion of female sex hormones (estrogen and progesterone) from the age of 50. Whereas a man’s fertility is continuous from puberty to almost the end of his life, a woman’s is cyclical (every 28 days) and temporary (from puberty to age 50).

To protect women from pregnancy at an advanced age, nature has benevolently interrupted the secretion of fertility hormones at the age of 50.

The problem is that, for many women, this drop in hormone secretion leads to highly unpleasant symptoms which doctors call the “sympathetic” signs of menopause, not that they are sympathetic, but which reflect a disruption of the neurovegetative system (sympathetic/parasympathetic).

The most common and unpleasant symptoms of the menopause are hot flushes: a sudden onset of intense heat in the chest, neck and face, often rising to the surface, with the appearance of very annoying redness, followed by very unpleasant sweating. They appear without warning, day or night, with nocturnal predominance.

Other concomitant symptoms of the menopause are increasing irritability and nervousness, disrupting family and/or professional circles and, above all, the woman herself. The fall in estrogen and progesterone also weakens bones, leading toosteoporosis, and increases cardiovascular risk and water retention.

During all my years of medical training from 1981 to 1993, the only treatment I was taught to use to treat these menopausal symptoms was the chemical hormone equivalent of the pill: a woman was given one tablet a day for 5 to 10 years after menopause, and this appeared to be the miracle treatment and panacea for all these menopausal symptoms.

We were never taught homeopathy, acupuncture or herbal medicine to treat this.

During my 20 years as a radiologist, where I performed many mammograms, I was surprised to see the increase in the number of breast cancers. Breast cancers have multiplied by 5 in 30 years, and numerous American and Anglo-Saxon studies (the famous million study) have demonstrated a causal link between taking the pill and/or hormone replacement therapy (HRT) during menopause and an increased risk of breast cancer.

Rightly so, women who have been informed of this have discontinued chemical menopause treatments.

Since menopause is not an illness, there’s no need to take chemical drugs to treat it.

It’s simply a transitional stage with unpleasant symptoms that can be effectively treated with herbs, homeopathy and acupuncture.

So I’ve selected the most effective herbs in MENODOCTA to treat your menopausal symptoms as naturally as possible.

1 capsule in the morning and 1 capsule in the evening before going to bed will get rid of most hot flushes within 3 weeks to 3 months.

For those who order this natural complex and ask for it by e-mail at info@dr-trotta, I’ll offer personalized advice.

And for those of you who would like to come and see me at my practice, auricular acupuncture is extremely effective in treating hot flushes, nervousness and food cravings.