PCOS and Essential Oils?

srkm

Has anyone with PCOS or irregular cycles tried an estrogen and progesterone essential oil to help regular your cycles?  We may be taking a long break from IF treatments and someone told me about these oils.  She had irregular cycles and these have completely regulated her.  She isn't TTC but I wanted to know if anyone else has tried something like this.  The oils are from a company called Young Living.

CBL

I'm very skeptical of anything like this.  If these oils were the magic ellixer, why wouldn't REs be selling/recommending them.

If you're taking a break from treatments, but want to regulate your cycles, you'd probably have better luck with metformin combined with a low-glycemic diet (or just eating low glycemic alone).  A diet low on the glycemic index is pretty important to PCOS patients.  I never really put much stock in it, but it was a RD who explained it to me in a way that made sense.

Good luck.

LillyGrrl

They have found that 3mg of cinnamon daily (cylon cinnamon or cinnamomon veritas) can also help regulate cycles and can be as effective as metformin-if you are taking a complete med break but want to try to regulate your cycle.  It does take about 2 months though.  I also highly recommend a low glycemic diet.