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Most women hit menopause between the ages of 40 to 50. Follow these steps to help treat your menopause symptoms naturally.

Instructions

Step 1 Try and do aerobic exercises for 30 minutes a day for at least 3 days a week. Also try walking and running to help with your declining levels of estrogen.

Step 2 Some herbal supplements have been shown to ease certain menopause symptoms. They have been said to ease hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings, and sleeplessness. Another good thing about herbal supplements is that they have no harmful side effects.

Step 3 Try techniques such as meditation, yoga and massages to relieve stress and to help you relax. Lowering stress and learning to relax helps majorly with menopausal symptoms.

Step 4 Talk to friends or family members who has or who are going through the same thing as you. One of the best things to have through menopause is support. If you cant confide in friends and family then join a support group for menopausal women.
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We spend about 25 percent of our sleep time dreaming. But dreams all too often disappear as soon as we awaken, and we can’t remember a thing.

Instructions:

Step 1, Relax before bed. Take a hot bath with aromatherapy soaps, drink herbal tea, listen to meditation tapes - whatever works best for you.

Step 2, Think about and write down important things on your mind. Write down subjects you also would like to dream about.

Step 3, Keep those items in mind when you get into bed but don’t concentrate too hard. That might keep you awake.

Step 4, Tell yourself that you will remember your dream. Repeat “I will remember my dream” several times to yourself as you drift off to sleep.

Step 5, Wake up naturally, if possible, without an alarm clock. Try not to move until you can recall your dream from the night before.

Step 6, Record your dream before you get out of bed. Keep a journal and pen or tape recorder by your bedside for easy access.

Tips & Warnings:

If you awaken in the middle of the night, write down your dream. You won’t remember it by morning.

Avoid alcohol before you go to bed. It reduces your REM sleep time, the phase of sleep when you dream.

Get adequate sleep. You sleep very deeply when you’re overtired; that makes remembering dreams less likely.

Take vitamin B-6 (50-200mg) about a half hour before you go to sleep. Your dreams will become more vivid, colorful and lucid. Also melatonin can produce more intense and meaningful dreams.