Hidradenitis Suppurativa Support Group
Hidradenitis suppurativa (hi-drad-uh-NIE-tis sup-yoo-ruh-TIE-vuh) is rare, long-term skin condition that features small, painful lumps under the skin. The disease manifests as clusters of chronic abscesses or boils, sometimes as large as baseballs, that are extremely painful to the touch and may persist for years with occasional to frequent periods of inflammation,...
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Have been researching natural ways to get hormones in check when one has too many androgens in their blood.... ( male hormones ) ..... Females are only suppose to have like 5% or 10% of testosterone in their bodies...Sometimes the hormones go wacko and females get way too much of this in their system...This produces more facial hair, more acne breakouts...sometimes even a deep voice, hair on the abdomen as well as the breasts, and abdomen and back....About 3 months ago my sweet daughter was doing quite well on her paleo and then bam, she got facial hairs all of a sudden and guess what? The HS was out of control.....before her periods she would get horrible breakouts for the past 3 months....I was BESIDE myself and did not want to put her on spiroactolone or bc pills as all of these have MAJOR SIDE EFFECTS...I took Elisa to the doctor and she does have too much testosterone in her body (blood tests)....so I have been researching spearmint tea and its affects on acne and women with PCOS and hirtuism ( too much facial and body hair due to hormonal imbalances).... What I found out on the net was this tea does help women with mild cases of hormonal imbalance and so I asked my husband who is Mexican-American if he could find me a spearmint bush or the spanish call it Yerba Buena .
about a week ago I was desperate. Elisa was nonstop breaking out all of these past 3 months... I knew damned well it was not her diet. She does not cheat..... I have been giving her tea for a week ( spearmint ) and low and behold the bad ass lesions stopped coming and also the lesions she has are healing, yes, healing...getting better. I had no where to turn except the big pharma and thought no, I will try this first.....and guess what ladies, she had her period yesterday and was not broke out horrible...... NO BREAKOUTS NONE! Since I gave her the tea and the facial hair looks thinner! They say that one is suppose to only drink the tea during their follicular phase of their menses which is the first day oftheir period until day 14 but I was desperate...I knew her period was coming and I just did not want her to suffer more God awful lesions...you all know what I am talking about......She loves the tea. has a very pleasant taste...I take enough tea leaves and boil them in about a cup and a half of water until the tea is light brown.....I give it to her morning ( breakfast ) and usually after supper....Now mind you herbs have side effects as well as drugs but this seems a heck of a lot benign them spiro or bc pills..... you will be lowering the testosterone in the body and perhaps raising the estrogen so DO NOT TAKE THIS WITH spiroactolone or bc pills..... Men SHOULD NOT TAKE spearmint tea...... Ladies, I wanted to share this with you but waited until I saw results and GIRLS I AM SO HAPPY THAT THIS IS HELPING....if you all want proof, research spearmint tea and acne, and PCOS and hirtuism......Ladies, usually HS breakouts are right before, during period...in Elisa 's case it was the damned hormones that caused nonstop breakouts this past 3 months...it was not her diet...Her diet helped her tremendously before the hair and hormonal imbalance...... I was not willing to give up any more foods or experiment on her diet anymore...We have given up a ton of american foods and are eating paleo to stay well..... Her skin looks fabulous; no horrible God awful nodules now.....and like I said the other ones are drying up....... No, she will never get rid of HS..... but at least we have found a way to manage this hormonal stuff with out having to do the BC pills and or spiractolone....... God bless all you ladies and you may have a hard time getting spearmint tea without other stuff in it so you can check local nurseries and alot of them carry the bushes ....... In Texas yu wont have a problem cause we have a huge Mexican population and they use this herb for alot of stuff.....God bless you all and I hope this information helps you guys.... .Tangerinebear xo
Have been researching natural ways to get hormones in check when one has too many androgens in their blood.... ( male hormones ) ..... Females are only suppose to have like 5% or 10% of testosterone in their bodies...Sometimes the hormones go wacko and females get way too much of this in their system...This produces more facial hair, more acne breakouts...sometimes even a deep voice, hair on the abdomen as well as the breasts, and abdomen and back....About 3 months ago my sweet daughter was doing quite well on her paleo and then bam, she got facial hairs all of a sudden and guess what? The HS was out of control.....before her periods she would get horrible breakouts for the past 3 months....I was BESIDE myself and did not want to put her on spiroactolone or bc pills as all of these have MAJOR SIDE EFFECTS...I took Elisa to the doctor and she does have too much testosterone in her body (blood tests)....so I have been researching spearmint tea and its affects on acne and women with PCOS and hirtuism ( too much facial and body hair due to hormonal imbalances).... What I found out on the net was this tea does help women with mild cases of hormonal imbalance and so I asked my husband who is Mexican-American if he could find me a spearmint bush or the spanish call it Yerba Buena .
about a week ago I was desperate. Elisa was nonstop breaking out all of these past 3 months... I knew damned well it was not her diet. She does not cheat..... I have been giving her tea for a week ( spearmint ) and low and behold the bad ass lesions stopped coming and also the lesions she has are healing, yes, healing...getting better. I had no where to turn except the big pharma and thought no, I will try this first.....and guess what ladies, she had her period yesterday and was not broke out horrible...... NO BREAKOUTS NONE! Since I gave her the tea and the facial hair looks thinner! They say that one is suppose to only drink the tea during their follicular phase of their menses which is the first day oftheir period until day 14 but I was desperate...I knew her period was coming and I just did not want her to suffer more God awful lesions...you all know what I am talking about......She loves the tea. has a very pleasant taste...I take enough tea leaves and boil them in about a cup and a half of water until the tea is light brown.....I give it to her morning ( breakfast ) and usually after supper....Now mind you herbs have side effects as well as drugs but this seems a heck of a lot benign them spiro or bc pills..... you will be lowering the testosterone in the body and perhaps raising the estrogen so DO NOT TAKE THIS WITH spiroactolone or bc pills..... Men SHOULD NOT TAKE spearmint tea...... Ladies, I wanted to share this with you but waited until I saw results and GIRLS I AM SO HAPPY THAT THIS IS HELPING....if you all want proof, research spearmint tea and acne, and PCOS and hirtuism......Ladies, usually HS breakouts are right before, during period...in Elisa 's case it was the damned hormones that caused nonstop breakouts this past 3 months...it was not her diet...Her diet helped her tremendously before the hair and hormonal imbalance...... I was not willing to give up any more foods or experiment on her diet anymore...We have given up a ton of american foods and are eating paleo to stay well..... Her skin looks fabulous; no horrible God awful nodules now.....and like I said the other ones are drying up....... No, she will never get rid of HS..... but at least we have found a way to manage this hormonal stuff with out having to do the BC pills and or spiractolone....... God bless all you ladies and you may have a hard time getting spearmint tea without other stuff in it so you can check local nurseries and alot of them carry the bushes ....... In Texas yu wont have a problem cause we have a huge Mexican population and they use this herb for alot of stuff.....God bless you all and I hope this information helps you guys.... .Tangerinebear xo
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I wonder if I could grow this myself???? I mean i.wonder if seeds are highly available?
tangerinebear
I am sure you can grow it yourself ; my husband is going to put this in the ground soon and it grows like rabbits have baby rabbits; so you will have a TON OF IT ...... dont know where you can get the seeds..... maybe on line or at feed stores or walmart garden supply..... and yes, you definately can grow the plants yourself. I used to grow it years ago and I had a ton of it..used to use it for sick tummies :O)
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I have PCOS and Hidradenitis Supprativa. Thank you for this post....I am definately going to look for spearmint tea! I am willing to try anything at this point. I am tired of them cutting on me (for now)...and would like to try something else. I dont know if it will help me as I have canals formed in most of my areas and the cysts are at least 3 inches and recurrent until I let them do surgery.
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