Is Evening Primrose Oil A Herbal Estrogen?

[Guest Nostros]

Just want to clear this out for me - is Evening Primrose Oil a herbal hormone? http://www.evening-primrose-oil.com/

It's generally for women to reduce the pains of PMS...

So yeah I've read here on this site that herbal hormones are bad for health, so just wanna know if this is one of those herbal hormones.

Edited May 8, 2011 by JaniceW
Removed comments about dosages

[Guest JaniceW]

The quick poking around I did on google did not show it as an herbal hormone, but there were some side effect warnings.

[JJ]

To answer your question first-I have not seen any references to evening primrose oil being a herbal hormone. It is being touted for almost every other ill known to modern humanity but not that one.

The site you quoted above certainly has a lot of information about it but I would recommend balancing that site with one like this perhaps which is more specific about the benefits and risks associated with taking this supplement

http://nccam.nih.gov...veningprimrose/

One of the side effects that I found on a regular medical site and not a herbal site was that it interferes with cholesterol readings so if that is a problem or potential problem it might not be a good idea. The other major danger appears the increased risk of bleeding problems so that anyone who takes any kind of medicine to control bleeding or stroke or NSAID pain relievers like Ibuprophin (Motrin) should not take it.

http://www.medicinen...-oral/page2.htm

I take some supplements myself that are not related to hormones or anything but I have also had one situation that would have had serious drug interaction consequences if I had not already told my Dr. what supplements I was on. There are few regulation or protections with supplements and they need to be approached with caution. There are good ones out there but there are also potential killers.

Do your research and no matter what keep your Dr. informed!

[Guest miss kindheart]

Hi Nostros,

<<< hug >>>>

idk about primrose sorry

As for herbals I will say this

The reason they get a bad rap is because there potency and composition are often unknown, untested and unmonitored

If properly administered and monitored by a Naturopathic DR I believe they are quite safe

I have heard of some girls transitioning solely this way

Mother Nature has many wonders that we know little of

What ever you decide to do , always be cautious and think of your safety

vanna

[Guest Elizabeth K]

We at Laura's DO NOT ADVOCATE the use of herbals. Naturopathic physician or not, it is just not allowed.

Also - personal experience talking here. I tried for 40 years to find a herbal estrogen, or at least a testosterone blocker. I studied and researched - finding those suspected of working. I was on woman's PMS prevention vitamins (mainly herbals) for ten years

Nothing = ZIP = Nada!

THEY DO NOT WORK! And then you think - maybe not enough - so you take twice, then ten times, then a 1000 times the recommended dosage?

NO NO NO

Laura herself nearly died from this! She is now in critically bad health

DO NOT USE HERBALS - trust me on this one.

I also know about primrose oil. For a time it was popular as a suspected prevention agent for heart disease. But researching it carefully, it seemed to have the opposite effect than being an estrogen substitute. I scratched it off the list early - as I did with vitamin E.

See your regular physician. I suggest stories of TGirls transitioning without properly moderated HRT are probably bogus.

My advice

Lizzy