This is from the monthly magazine called Femme Fertile: A Forthright Women’s Magazine for Maids, Mothers and Crones (www.justiss.ca)

Clinic Corner

Here are some tidbits from the Bio-identical Hormone Society conference held in Seattle last month. www.bio-identicalhormonsociety.com

Sex Binding Hormone Globulin (SBHG) levels rise in women using hormonal contraceptives. HGB binds (captures) free testosterone, making it unavailable. This is why women on hormonal contraceptives experience a lowered sex drive that sometimes remains even after discontinuing use.

But there might be hope. Some alternative medicine helath care providers are using Urtica Dioica root (stinging nettle) to unbind bound testosterone. This is good news as testosterone is not only important for a healthy sex drive but also for brain, bone, and heart health in women and men. Eklektic Institute is reputed to be an excellent Urtica Dioica product–recommended dose is three capsules twice a day.

Hyperemesis in pregnancy

It has been known since 1952 that 2 gm of vitamin C and 20 mg of vitamin K3, taken one to two times daily, will arrest nausea and vomiting in pregnancy. This combination helps the liver deal with the sudden increase in estrogen that happens with the onset of pregnancy.