Usually experienced for a short period of time, some women complain of them all time for a number of years. Most women begin to experience hot flashes 1-2 years before menopause and they end within a year of their last menstrual cycle. Some women can experience hot flashes up to and sometimes more than 5 years after their last menstrual cycle.

While estrogen therapy is traditional solution to hot flashes it is good to try a less drastic measure first. Below are some things you can try to help reduce heat of hot flashes.

Recommendations For Wellness

Dress in layers so you can peel off a layer if you start to feel warm.

Stick to cottons, linens and rayon and avoid wools and synthetic blends.

Try to keep some ice water on hand to sip on and cool down your insides.

Turn down thermostat, buy an air conditioner or a ceiling fan to help keep your environment cool.

Silly as this may sound, many women report sticking their heads in freezer when a hot flash hits.

Try to identify what is triggering your hot flashes. Keep a record of when they occur, what you’re are eating or doing and how you’re feeling at time a hot flash strikes.

Incorporate massage, meditation, yoga, breathing exercises and other techniques to help you reduce your stress level.

Herbs such as black cohosh, chaste tree, wild yam and don quai have historically been used to relieve menopausal symptoms including hot flashes.

Talk to your health care provider about natural bio-identical hormone replacements.

A menopause homeopathic may also help to alleviate hot flashes, relieve pain and hyper-sensitivity.

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We cleaned and dried laundry and kids’ health immediately bounced back.

Disease causing mold will also grow on sweaty shoes placed in a tight closet.

It will also grow:

* On wet towels on bathroom floor * Sweating A/C duct work * And in wet basements

One sick stinky house we looked at had a pond in crawlspace. It seems that developer had one empty lot in subdivision with a spring in middle. He didn’t want to loose money on an unsold lot. So he built a house over spring.

Zoning regulations wouldn’t allow homeowner to drain water into street. Any other draining would put water in their downhill neighbors yard. That could get them sued.

If you have a moist house, stink will get into your clothes. You will carry stink on dates, to church and to work. If you go into another moist building, you could actually contaminate that building, too.

SOLUTIONS:

1> Mask smell. Many people fill air with a flowery smell to cover up stink. Its job is to be more powerful than unpleasant smell. Is this a solution? If all you worry about is smell, yes. Is part of smell that causes disease still there? Of course.

2> Take away ability of nose to smell. Most of those little devices that eliminate smells actually numb nose so we can’t smell anything. They use chemicals caused neurotoxins. These neurotoxins damage nerves of smell if we use them long enough. By way, smell is still there.

https://www.rmbarry.com/pamphlets/toxin_checklist.html

3> Remove cause of smell a> Don’t leave wet towels laying around b> Periodically open cabinet doors under sink so there is no moisture buildup. c> Dry out crawlspace and attic d> Use smell removers like Tea Tree Oil, and grapefruit seed extract. These are in cleaners and disinfectants found at most health food stores. These get rid of smell by killing smell makers. And they are totally safe.

So if your home stinks, you have several options. Hide it, ignore it, destroy your nose or eliminate problem

For 30 years, Dr Graham has been helping people treat and prevent disease by showing them how to live in a clean environment. He has a no cost ebook "Miscarriage, Infertility: The Environmental Solution"