At every stage of her life, every woman has the right and the need to put forward her femininity. When hormones go awry or fail, it can be very painful and difficult to deal with. Losing your femininity is like losing your status as a woman, your sensuality and your erotic potential. In the unconscious of any woman, femininity is also associated with its fertility, with its power to give birth and when this gift is withdrawn from you, it is a whole universe which collapses.
In complement of the natural traditional treatments, one can take, to mitigate certain inconveniences related to the menopause, essential oils They can be a great support to find a part of femininity and a power of seduction. Their olfactory and therapeutic potential can be of great help.

Clary sage : The woman's oil

The clary sage of its Latin name Salvia Sclarea is the feminine essential oil par excellence and thus the ideal companion to mitigate the hormonal disturbances. Indeed, it is recognized that clary sage behaves like our estrogens and has a regulatory effect. It is said to be "estrogen-like". Since menopause reflects a drop in female hormones, we have the ideal oil in front of us. It has the advantage of being totally natural, in comparison with the synthetic treatments that we can receive from the so-called classical medicines and which are not always good for our health. In addition, she is a great support for the many worries related to this complicated period of a woman's life:

• Hot flashes can be really disabling for some women, clary sage can help in the following ways: Swallow 3 times a day for 20 days 2 drops on a neutral tablet or diluted in a teaspoon of olive oil.
• Intimate dryness can really affect many relationships and generate some discomfort in the couple's life. Sexual pleasure and well-being are easily erased by these significant pains such as tingling, burning and sometimes itching. Discomfort sets in to the inconvenience of a fulfilling sex life, harming the distraught partner. Here again, clary sage is of great help: massage the lower abdomen with a drop of oil twice a day for a period of 20 days.

Clary sage - like other essential oils - is endowed with multiple virtues, which is why it can also be associated with the following benefits:

• It is an aphrodisiac and sexual tonic
• It is anti-cellulite
• It fights against the disorders related to the female cycle: it regulates the periods and fights against the painful periods.
• It is useful to prepare the deliveries
• Antispasmodic
• Tonic for the blood circulation
• Regulates sebum secretion and perspiration
• Scalp tonic

Keep your femininity, yes, but always naturally

Important contraindication concerning the essential oil of clary sage, it is completely disadvised in the women reached of mastosis, fibroma or of a cancerous and hormono-dependent pathology. Also be careful not to confuse it with the sage officinale which is neurotoxic and abortive. Do not hesitate to ask your aromatherapist for advice.

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