As of May 2003, Hormone Replacement Therapy has now been shown to increase risk not only of cancer but of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of senile dementia (see HRT Now Linked to Alzheimer's, Dementia).
If there were a natural, harmless substitute — would you be interested in hearing about it?
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Recently, while I was in the Yucatàn, I learned of a project being conducted in South America by the University of Peru. Scientists had gone into the area around the headwaters of the Amazon, looking for ways to save the rainforests (which as we all know are essential for our survival).
There, the scientists found that the women of an indigenous Amazon tribe, the Quechua, are living something that almost no other women in the world can claim: They have almost none of the problems normally associated with female hormonal imbalances. PMS, hot flashes, and hormonal mood swings are virtually unknown among the women of the Quechua.
In searching for why these women are so unusually healthy, the scientists discovered that all of them either chew or drink a tea made from Piri Piri grasses that grow only in the area around the mouth of the Amazon River. (There are many other varieties of Piri Piri in South America, but these particular grasses are unique to this one area.)
The university scientists then talked to a Quechua shaman to find out how the Piri Piri is used, and how a product might be manufactured to give to other women.
With this information, they then formed a plan whereby tribal members would be paid to collect the grasses and bring them to the University, where they could be made into an herbal extract. The idea behind this venture was that it would provide a source of income to the tribes that would encourage them to preserve their local environment. Since the Piri Piri depends upon a rainforest habitat, it would no longer be economically viable for the Quechua to allow that habitat to be destroyed.
So the Piri Piri was gathered, the extract was manufactured at the University of Peru under clean, laboratory conditions, and the resulting product, called Female-Aid, was offered for distribution to a company here in the States.
Our Experiences with Female-Aid
Upon returning from Peru, we immediately obtained a supply of this extract, and gave it to a group of women, including staff members and relatives — just to see what it would do.
However, because of FDA restrictions, if we explain to you the results of our experiments, we will not be allowed to make this product available to you.
We can say that we are aware at this time of several women who no longer experience menopausal symptoms. Further, we have noticed a marked increase in the breast size of certain female acquaintances who had complained of their proportions in this area, and have been told by others that they have experienced a firming of the bustline and a softening of their skin. How did these things come about? We don't know. We absolutely do not claim that the use of Female-Aid might have contributed in any way to these results.
The University of Peru does affirm that use of Female-Aid seems to bring estrogen into balance, even though there is no estrogen in the formula itself. And they say that there are no known negative side effects.
Very excited about what this product could mean to our female friends (and the men who live with them!), the Spirit of Ma'at has obtained an agreement to receive through the distribution company all of the Female-Aid that the University of Peru can produce.
Limited Supply
For the time being, we are only going to be able to supply about 1000 women with Female-Aid on a monthly basis.
The University of Peru has assured us that within six months to a year they will be able to increase this limit dramatically. But in the meantime, we don't want you to be in the situation of depending on this product and then not being able to get more of it.
Future Amazon Herbal Extracts
There are other products coming out of the University of Peru under this save-the-rainforests program. As we test them and find them useful, we may offer them to you in the future.
