| The first time I hear someone say that bitters can | | | | to correct irregular menstruation which is a sign of |
| boost fertility and cure infertility, I thought it was | | | | anovulation and hormonal imbalance. |
| unscientific. I dismissed the folk-remedy philosophy | | | | Once infertility is diagnosed, stress tend to kick in. |
| that bitters can make a woman conceive. Not until I | | | | The body is not designed to handle excessive stress. |
| started researching the causes of unexplained | | | | Mental stress releases stress hormones which cause |
| infertility. Bitters work so well because they boost | | | | oxidation, immune depletion, inflammation and fibrosis. |
| fertility and combat infertility through different | | | | Bitters are adaptogens that helps the body cope |
| mechanisms. This range from boosting your overall | | | | with stress. Adaptogens tend to tone the the internal |
| health and toning reproductive organs specifically. | | | | organs and bring them back to normal physiological |
| Yes, bitters balance the hormones, tones the ovary | | | | function. |
| and makes the ovary release healthy eggs. | | | | Bitters also eliminate estrogen dominance by |
| The problem with many infertile patients is that they | | | | eliminating excess estradiol (the bad estrogen) while |
| do not associate infertility with 'fertile nutrition.' Good | | | | boosting the level of progesterone and testesterone |
| nutrition is the foundation a healthy body. Remember | | | | secretion. Without hormonal balance, the ovary, the |
| a healthy ovary is to be found in a healthy body. | | | | immune system and ovulation is thrown off balance, |
| When the ovary is healthy, it produces healthy egg | | | | too. In fact hormonal imbalance causes majority of |
| (ovum) and healthy egg produces healthy pregnancy | | | | the women fibrosis diseases that has been blamed |
| leading to the birth of a healthy baby. | | | | for unexplained infertility. These include uterine |
| How does bitters boost fertility? Well, bitters tone | | | | fibroids, anovulation, polycystic ovary disease, |
| and tune-up the five pillars of health: mind and mood, | | | | endometriosis, endometrial hyperplasia, adenomyosis, |
| ingestion, digestion, circulation, immune system. | | | | irregular periods, and luteal phase defect. Bitters helps |
| Bitters stimulate the bitter receptors at the back of | | | | eliminate growths or tumors including falopian tube |
| the tongue to shut down the craving for refined | | | | blockade due to adhesions. |
| sugar. This in turn stimulates the vagus nerve (the | | | | Specifically not only does bitters help mature eggs, |
| 10th cranial nerve) responsible for release of digestive | | | | they also help ovulation and propelling the released |
| enzymes. Any time your digestion improves, your | | | | eggs to the falopian tube to be fertilized by the |
| overall health improves. Note also that sugar is the | | | | advancing spermatozoa. Note that once pregnancy |
| cause of 250 diseases including causing auto immunity | | | | test is positive, bitters are no longer needed. |
| and free radical damage which can retard the | | | | The bitters that are effective (used in combination of |
| reproductive organs including the ovary. | | | | other herbs) are gentian (called bitter root), bitter |
| Bitters also helps the detoxification work of the liver | | | | leaf (common in African-folk medicine), golden seal, |
| and the kidneys. Estrogen is eliminated in the liver | | | | dandelion greens and watercress. The Chinese bitters |
| which is also responsible for balancing all reproductive | | | | are a form of gentian or bitter root found in Europe. |
| hormones. The liver pushes to the kidneys the | | | | You take bitters consistently for one month to |
| wastes that are water soluble to be eliminated | | | | regularize the menstrual periods and stop if period |
| through the urine. The force of the kidneys rules the | | | | starts again. Then take for the second month and |
| reproductive organs according to Chinese medicine. | | | | stop if pregnancy occurs. By then it is no longer |
| Detoxification also help the body to remove pollution | | | | necessary. If there is no pregnancy, take after your |
| of the antibodies that fight disease and initiate tissue | | | | period is over for six days and stop just before |
| repair and degeneration. This can boost the fertility | | | | ovulation starts. Continue the cycle if there is no |
| of the ovaries and eliminate ovarian cysts and | | | | pregnancy. It takes an average of two months to |
| premature ovarian failure. Bitters have been known | | | | get pregnant with bitters. |