Good for you miss trupeach! And if your hormones are raging, you can also use evening primrose oil or black cohosh. I have scads of books on the topic of herbs and their healing agents,,and how to use them,,,I should read them as much as I try to read the Bible,,and will start doing that. Medical drs know we are uneducated in the art of medicine,,,but we had all start getting educated just so drs like this one won't take advantage of us. Meds are already too expensive to take for Pete's sake! I'm going to start small, b'cuz I'm new at gardening, but I WILL start growing some of my own meds,,,so neener neener on the drs who THINK they have us in their clutches,,and neener neener to these HMO's and other big conglomerates!!!