It happens every month around the same time.  Days when you’re feeling extremely cranky and highly moody, irritable and anxious on top of having that splitting headache, or a bloated tummy with bad cramps.  It’s duh PMS and how we all hate those days. 

Well, if you’ve been haunted by PMS throughout your life, it’s time to seek remedy.  Tine of Beautyholics Anonymous just wrote a very good entry in her blog titled: A Woman’s Guide to Battling PMS.  In it, she discussed several strategies to deal with PMS besides the usual pain relievers, including:

No matter what I use on my face, if I do not have sufficient rest or if I’m overly stressed, I look awful.  So I was glad to read PJ of A Touch Of Blusher sharing my sentiments about how our lifestyle can affect our skin.  

I do agree 100% with her 10 golden skincare rules.  On top of always wearing sunscreen, removing makeup, moisturising and learning to read skincare ingredients, it is very important that we sleep and eat well as well as are able to manage our stress level.  And I’ll like to add that we should also be hydrating sufficiently by drinking lots of water.

In many multivitamins for women today, Dang Gui (当归) or Angelica Sinensis, features strongly as one of the key ingredients.  Also known as Chinese Angelica Root, Dong Quai, or Tang Kuei, Dang Gui is highly respected in Traditional Chinese Medicine, and is also called the female ginseng and is an excellent all purpose women’s herb. 

Commonly used to treat women’s reproductive health issues, Dang Gui is a blood revitalizing tonic which helps to improve blood circulation as well as recommended to help prevent and treat some forms of cardiovascular disease.

Have you heard of gallbladder cleansing or gallbladder flush?  It’s a detox program that actually help to flush out gallstones that have accumulated in our body over time. 

I have heard about it but have no idea on how it works until I learnt it from Doris of Live Life…Organics & Your Health who did a 7-day detox program five years ago to flush out more than 50 stones of different sizes from her gallbladder.