Natural Remedies For PCOS

Posted by Joanna Karpasea-Jones Jan 21, 2007

If you're not keen on drugs or surgery and want to try an alternative route before (or during) seeing your doctor, there are a number of things you can try:

Weight Control: If PCOS is causing you to become overweight, cutting out fatty foods and exercising may help. Sometimes PCOS sufferer's have an elavated level of insulin in their body which results in higher androgens. Excessive sugar intake can contribute to this, so reducing your sugar intake is important.

Stress Management: If you are chronically stressed for whatever reason, your body produces a substance called cortisol which can cause an over-production of androgens. Counselling, massage, and plenty of rest may help.

Nutrition: There are several nutritional supplements known to reduce androgens, regulate the ovaries and therefore PCOS. These are zinc, magnesium, B vitamins and omega 3's, which are found in fish and in seeds such as flaxseed and linseed.

Herbal Medicine: A qualified herbal practitioner can also prescribe medicines which drain or reduce ovarian cysts and often with the right guidence these can be given alongside conventional treatment.