Magnesium is known in Traditional Chinese Medicine as "the mineral of beauty" and it is one of the key minerals for sustaining life. During (peri)menopause, magnesium is essential to ensure maintained bone density, for balancing blood sugar and for avoiding sleep issues. Caffeine, sugar and stress deplete magnesium levels in the body, so they may require boosting, especially during (peri)menopause when the body is already working hard to stay in balance.
When it comes to boosting your magnesium levels, its first important to understand that we absorb magnesium better through the skin than through supplements. Epsom Bath Salts are a pleasurable and therapeutic way to absorb magnesium: take a 20 minute soak in a bath with 1kg of Epsom Salts weekly. You could also rub magnesium oil into your lower legs after a shower every morning. Green foods - especially raw leaves are rich in megnesium, as is raw chocolate. It's very hard to overdose on magnesium, and it takes about 6 months to restore levels in the body.
These kind of nutritional changes form a vital adjunct to (peri)menopausal homeopathic treatment. Please feel free to get in touch for more information.
