menstruation question

[aussiegal]

hi, i am 25yrs old and after being on the pill for about 8 years - i came off it at the end of 2004, and have not had a period since.

now i know my body went through a lot as i suffered from anoriexia, for a short time, followed by bulimia for the most part, where my weight was at a normal, not too thin. Then when i came off the pill, i was at my heaviest (about 60kgs), for about a year, then i droppped about 5 kgs and then i finally beat both eating disorders and have been eating properly for about 14months now, maintaining a healthy weight, although have aonly been macro for about 4 months so am still learning about it.

my question is i feel that by now, my menses should of come back and be regular, but there is still no sign of them. any ideas on why, and how i could remedy the situation. after speaking to a macro counceller early this year, i understand that my condition was extremely yin, but i have really cut back on extremes and eat a very belanced diet now.

would be grateful for anyones advice/ help.

thanks

[gee]

4 months it is not a long time , you know

[aussiegal]

i know - but 3 years without one is!!

[ChristinLee]

I know you posted this several months ago, and I'm not sure how your condition is these days or if you are still on the diet, but I wanted to share with you a couple things good for the female reproductive organs:
Black Soybeans and Black Soybean Tea- they take what seems like forever to cook, (soak or dryroast first to speed this up) eat the beans and drink a small cup of the left over cooking liquid. Its great for female health.

Also, if you could give your self a hip bath, using either dried daikon leaves simmered in a pot of water for 20-30 minutes, OR simmer a couple handfuls of arame seaweed with a handful of sea salt, and add to a bath you could soak in about 30 minutes. Keep yourself warm with a towel or robe on your top half and then go to bed after.

And eating an umeboshi plum every other day is great to cleanse the blood and yang-ize a bit too.

Not promising instant results, but adding these things to your routine certainly won't hurt! Hope you are doing well!
Christin

[Bruce Paine]

Hi,

Since this discussion site is paid for (but free for anyone to use) by the owner of Simply Natural Foods, maybe it behooves us to promote it's products a little when we can!

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Here's a thread that deals a lot with what you are talking about!

Speaking of healing with the described recipes, do you have the book The Macrobiotic Path to Total Health: A Complete Guide to Preventing and Relieving More Than 200 Chronic Conditions and Disorders Naturally by Michio Kushi and Alex Jack?

I have created a poll Read macrobiotic books or magazines? so we can better know each others macrobiotic libraries, recommend books, articles, and recipes to one another.

Thank you, very much.

Bruce Paine