Herbs are one of nature’s great remedies – chances are there is a herb for whatever you are going through – including PMS mood swings. In fact, chances are there are more than one herb that will relieve your symptoms.

Take PMS mood swings for example, the truth is there are a number of herbs that have been shown to help relieve this condition and in this article we are going to discuss the top four.

Before we get to the herbs, let’s take a quick look at menstrual irritability and PMS mood swings. The first thing you need to know is that these are not just part of being a female. The truth is in the “old days” when a woman was able to truly work directly on her health, women only had their period and menstruated when they urinated. Most women didn’t have issues with clots or with excessive bleeding or irritability or swelling or breast tenderness.

These symptoms began to appear when women began to have greater hormonal imbalance issues. Traditional medicine is not the answer because these medications have side effects that can lead to even worse symptoms.

The real solution is herbs, specifically the four herbs described below. These all-natural, no-side-effect, safe herbs have been shown to eliminate mood swings before and during your period.

Here are the herbs:

1. Chaste Berry – This herb has been shown in studies to effectively balance hormones which prevent hormonal mood swings. You should take 100 mg twice daily. Look for a product that contains a 10:1 extract of chaste berry.

2. Cat’s Claw – This herb has anti-depressive medicinal constituents in it. Cat’s Claw is also known to boost your immunity and get your digestive tract functionally normally. Normal digestive function will foster the growth of beneficial bacteria and studies have shown that having too many bad bacteria in your gut can be a cause of mood swings.

3. Milk Thistle – This herb detoxifies the liver, which is responsible for digesting your “bad emotions.” A clogged liver will cause these bad emotions to continue circulating in the body where they can lead to mood swings. Drink a cup of milk thistle tea each day.

4. Xiao Yao San – this Chinese herbal formula has been shown to be good for alleviating menstrual difficulties, including mood swings. It contains dong quai root, Chinese peony root, Poria, licorice root, mint, ginger and Atractylodes root.

One more way to ensure your body gets the vitamins, minerals and herbs it needs to function optimally during your period is to take Period Vitamin. A good Period Vitamin will contain 800 to 1200 mg of calcium as well as the B vitamin complex, which have been shown to help reduce or even eliminate mood swings.