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Spearmint Tea May Help Women With
Hirsutism
(HealthDay News, 2/21/07)
Mehmet Numan Tamer of Suleyman Demirel University in
Isparta, Turkey reports that spearmint tea may help women
with hirsutism, a condition characterized by excess facial
and bodily hair presumably caused by high levels of male
hormones. The investigators assigned 21 women with hirsutism
to drink two cups of spearmint tea daily for five days at a
specific time in their menstrual cycle. The researchers
found that the women showed a decrease in free (circulating)
testosterone and an increase in several female hormones, but
no decrease in total testosterone. It was not clear whether
the excess hair growth actually diminished.
(Phytotherapy Research, February 2007). |
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