What Are the Effects of Body Out of Balance?

Because of stress, processed foods, and other problems unique to civilized cultures, many women don't get enough of the building blocks needed to create a hormonal balance. In most cases, progesterone, not estrogen, is deficient. The symptoms listed below are created by estrogen dominance. When balance is restored by increasing progesterone levels, these symptoms disappear. So, a woman who is estrogen dominant must increase her progesterone levels to create the balance necessary for good health and quality of life. 

The best way to increase deficient progesterone levels is through natural nutritional sources. A progesterone-like molecule is available to assist the body in creating its own progesterone. The molecule supplies the body with the building blocks to produce the lacking chemistry. This progesterone-like molecule is found in about 5,000 plant sources. The richest plant source is the Mexican Wild Yam. Wild Yam extract can be mixed with a quality base forming a balancing cream or emollient to apply to the face, hands, chest, abdomen, or back.  These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.    These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. 

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 "I started this letter many times but never had the words to finish. After all, how do you say thank you for the most priceless and precious gift! A gift my husband and I thought we were never going to have, a child. We tried to have children for seven years during which time we endured infertility treatments, including surgery to remove endometrium growing on the outside of my ovaries and uterus. I also had large fibroids in the lining of my uterus, which made carrying a baby next to impossible. I lacked a menstrual cycle and didn't ovulate. After a few miscarriages and "chemical pregnancies" we regretfully accepted the idea that we were to be childless. Then, in May, 1996 my sister told me about RESOLVE. Before the first week ended I had a period which I had not had in eight months since I had discontinued using Provera. I faithfully used RESOLVE and my cycle became regular. In January of 1997 I became pregnant! Everything was going well until April when the baby dropped deep into the birth canal and I starting having contractions. Things didn't look promising. So, I increased the amount of cream and miraculously the baby moved up. Then on September 19, 1997 I gave birth to a healthy 6lb. 15oz. beautiful baby girl."

Sincere Thanks, 
Rebecca Hoffman

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 These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.    These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
 

RESOLVE: BETTER BY DESIGN! 
 
 

     Resolve effectively treats PMS, endometriosis and fibrocystic breasts. 
     May prevent or reverses osteoporosis.  Resolve has a proven track record, having 
     changed the lives of thousands of women. Resolve is the leading natural wild yam 
     cream sold in the United  States! 
     Resolve is your natural choice - the key to hormonal balance.   A quality cream base 
     is vital for effective absorption. ‘USP’ or ‘Natural’ progesterone is a drug synthesized 
     from diosgenin.   Wild yam provides the hormonal chemistry your body needs. 
     Resolve is carefully made from only the highest quality ingredients. 

Testimony      "Before Resolve I was bed-ridden, now I am full of life! Thank you Syringa!" 

Dioscorea (wild yam) has become widely used as a natural hormonal supplement. Its value lies in the close resemblance of the phyto- hormones to those in human physiology, and with the ability of the human body to synthesize its essential hormonal chemistry from the building blocks provided by Dioscorea supplements. In order to be maximally effective there are a number of factors to consider. 
     These are: 1) The extraction process of the dioscorea and components from its plant source; 
                     2) processing of the plant extract; 
                     3) the effectiveness of the transport method into the cells. 

Wild yam is a most common source for diosgenin and its related plant saponins. In order to make a product based on diosgenin, the phytohormonal chemistry must be extracted from the plant source. This process is crucial. There are several common processes used to produce the plant extract, most of which use too much heat or involve chemicals which reduce the active components of the plant sterols. The most common extraction processes are cold press, hot press, steam distillation, glycerin, and ethanol. Most of these are very rapid processes and the quality of the extract is often questionable. Because Diosgenin extract is not a pharmaceutical product, there are no guidelines nor standards upon which to base an objective analysis. A particular product may claim to have a  12% Diosgenin content, but in fact be totally devoid of the useful chemistry it is meant to provide. 

It is important that diosgenin alone is not the only component extracted from the plant source. The purpose of Dioscorea supplementation is to provide the body with the complex building blocks it requires to manufacture its own hormonal chemistry. One should not consider a wild yam cream as direct progesterone supplementation. While such products exist, they are much inferior.  What the body needs is to regain and maintain its correct hormonal balance. The endocrine system is a marvelous and miraculously complex system. It involves multiple sources of stimulation and many levels of feedback. Many different organs and tissues in the body make hormonal requests, and all of these factors are integrated together as the endocrine system produces just those amounts of hormones necessary to maintain the delicate balance of good health, and to preserve the normal 
healthy cycles of the body. 

When properly functioning, the endocrine system utilizes a myriad of different protein complexes in the form of enzymes, co-factors, hormones, and hormonal building blocks. Each of these is essential in the steps producing the correct homeostatic balance. If any one factor is missing, the body may fail to incorporate a path of hormonal stimulation, feedback, and/or control. It is for these reasons that one should avoid using Dioscorea products which have been reduced to only Diosgenin. The other plant sterols, enzymes and protein factors may be just as critical, or even more so for a given individual. 

The same is true for products based on USP progesterone. USP, or 'natural', progesterone is synthesized from diosgenin. This extra step produces a product which has none of the other essential plant sterols and sapogenins. To make matters worse, natural progesterone products are actually a drug. Giving a woman progesterone will in many cases relieve symptoms associated with progesterone deficiencies, but at the same time, available progesterone in the blood stream signals the endocrine system to shut down its production of the steroid hormones. This includes the important precursor hormone pregnanolone, an essential step in the production of DHEA, cortisol, aldosterone, estrogen and progesterone. By supplementing a woman directly with progesterone, or 
any other hormone in this chain, the delicate balance of stimulation and feedback is disturbed. While the symptoms of progesterone deficiency may be alleviated, there will be side-effects resulting from the disturbance of the entire reproductive hormone system. 

The final factor relating to the effectiveness of a wild yam product is the method and implementation of the transport mechanism. In the simplest approach, one simply eats wild yam. The digestive system reduces this to basic components to be delivered through the blood stream. This is not effective unless one's entire diet is based on the wild yam. The problem with ingestion is that the digestive tract reduces much of the active components beyond what is usable by the body. Only a small fraction is absorbed into the blood stream and delivered to the cells in a form useful to the endocrine system. The only other common application is in the form of a skin cream. The transdermal transport mechanism is far superior because it does not chemically alter the Dioscorea components through the absorption process. Even with this, however, not all skin creams are as effective. 

An effective skin cream is first, one into which the Dioscorea can be incorporated without undue processing and reduction of the active components. Secondly, it is essential that the skin cream be readily absorbed, and that it effectively carries the phytochemistry through the dermal layers and delivers it to the blood stream for transport to the target cells. A good cream will also provide its own mechanism for transportation across cell membranes, thus helping to place all of the phytochemistry into the active regions of the body. 

With the foregoing as a basic understanding, we can now look specifically at our product, Resolve. Resolve is made from the highest quality extract available in the United States. The plant is grown in an organically certified herbal plantation. The extraction process takes 6 weeks and is done most carefully and under constant observation to insure that the integrity of the extract is preserved. For this process we pay a premium cost, but it is the only known extraction process which does not compromise to any degree the value of the wild yam extract. 

Resolve is 7% wild yam extract by weight. Our initial product offering contained 6% wild yam extract. This was based on calculations of the amount of progesterone a healthy woman needs in her body. During the course of a normal menstrual cycle a woman's progesterone production level varies from 2 mg/day to 25 mg/day. Diosgenin is known as a phyto-progesterone, and we intended to provide a supplement for progesterone deficiencies. While we achieved excellent success with the 6% composition, we felt that adding the extra 1% would insure that enough of the critical phytochemistry was available to help a majority of women in need of our product. Indeed, we have maintained for several years an 85% success ratio for helping women regain their hormonal balance. 

The skin cream base used for Resolve is marketed by Syringa as Lite Replenishing Cream. This skin cream was developed many years ago by Syringa co-founder Homer Wolfe. The late Mr. Wolfe was a pharmacist and biochemist. He developed our replenishing cream with the encouragement and help of the local dermatologists and cosmetic surgeons. They were in need of a good skin healing cream, which Homer was able to provide. This cream has been available commercially for 12 years, during which time it has achieved great success at reducing the healing time for skin. The cream was developed especially to promote rapid cell division. The cream is absorbed rapidly, providing cell hydration and carrying nutrients to, and transporting through, cellular membranes. This cream was a natural selection for the base of our wild yam product, and has been key to Resolve's success as the most effective wild yam cream available. 

At the time Resolve was initially formulated, it was one of only three such products available in the U.S. It is in fact largely due to the success of Resolve that the current widespread interest and awareness of the benefits of the wild yam have sprung. Resolve remains by far the most successful product available, as evidenced by the extremely high success ratio of women using our product. 

In the last couple of years there has literally been an explosion of interest in the health benefits of wild yam. This has of course been accompanied by an incredible proliferation of wild yam products. It is very difficult to make meaningful comparisons between products based on lists of ingredients and percentages of active elements. The quality of the wild yam extract is not disclosed for specific products, nor is it clear the quality of the skin cream base. It is possible to make a clear distinction and comparison with any product labeled as 'Natural' or 'USP' progesterone. These are products based on wild yam extract where the diosgenin of the wild yam has been synthetically altered into the identical progesterone molecule. By their very nature such products are inferior for the reasons described at the beginning of this section. 

Aeron Lifecycles, an independent laboratory, has performed an assay on the progesterone content of wild yam products. The best products are not those that show the highest progesterone content. The opposite is true. The best products have little, if any, natural progesterone. Instead the best products provide all of the fundamental building blocks necessary for your own body to function naturally, producing the levels of hormonal activity you need. Why take a drug when a wholesome, natural and nutritional source is readily available and more effective? 

The only significant measure of a wild yam cream's efficacy is in how it affects the lives of the women who use it. In this respect Resolve is clearly the leader. We have the experience of many years working with Resolve. We are constantly providing lectures to women, educating them on how to properly use Resolve. We continually receive unsolicited letters from women whose entire lives have been changed by our product. We firmly believe that our product is the most carefully constructed, most efficacious and most beneficial wild yam product available. 
 
  For those trying to conceive.



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Prostate Cream for Men (Syringa Stock #025)

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• Soothes the discomfort associated with prostate enlargement.
• Designed for quick absorption.
• Natural herbs: Saw Palmetto Berries, Uva Ursi, Siberian Ginseng, Wild Yam and Bayberry

"I had all the symptoms of prostate enlargement. I had seen doctors and nothing helped. Surgery seemed my only remaining option. My wife bought me ajar of Pro-Gain and I found immediate relief. All of my symptoms have disappeared and I feel like a new man. I want to tell the world, 'Pro-Gain has changed my life!' Thank you Syringa." - B.H., Wilmington, S.C.

Attention Men:       $23.95   for 2 oz. jar

75% of men over the age of 50 have measurable enlargement of the prostate gland, called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). As the gland enlarges, it constricts the urethra, blocking the passage of urine from the bladder. Urination becomes painful, the stream is weak, and men often have to get up three to five times a night. 

The results of 32 published studies have shown that the standardized extract of the Saw Palmetto fruit produces a significant improvement in men with prostate enlargement. This natural remedy is more effective than surgery, far less expensive, and without any of the negative side effects. 001 care 

Pro-Gain is a Combination of Natural Herbs 

        Pro-Gain provides relief to men suffering from symptoms due to prostate enlargement. 

The leading synthetic drug, Proscar, has been shown to be less effective than saw palmetto, and it also has negative side effects. According to the 1995 Physicians Desk Reference, Proscar is highly toxic and can cause birth defects in the male fetus. 

 "I had all the symptoms of prostate enlargement. I had seen doctors and nothing helped. Surgery seemed my only remaining option. My wife bought me a jar of Pro-Gain and I found immediate relief. All of my symptoms have disappeared and I feel like a new man. I want to tell the world, ‘Pro-Gain has changed my life!’ 
          Thank you Syringa.— Bill Henderson, Wilmington, S.C. 
 
 

There is a natural remedy for prostate problems. An extract from the saw palmetto berry has been shown in many studies to be more effective than surgery, and to be far less expensive and without any of the negative side effects. 

The saw palmetto berry, also called "Serenoa repens", is native to the south eastern United States. It was first used hundreds of years ago by the Seminole Indians, who considered it a potent aphrodisiac. Over the past two decades, however, it has gained wide acceptance as a prostate treatment throughout Europe. In fact, most recent available figures indicate that saw palmetto accounts for 38 percent of all medications 
prescribed for BPH in Italy alone. That's a bigger chunk of the market than any synthetic BPH drug can claim. 

The results of 32 published studies have shown that the standardized extract of the saw palmetto fruit produces a significant improvement in men with prostate enlargement resulting in the following clinical observations: 

     Reduction of nocturnal urinary urgency. 
     Increased urinary flow rate. 
     Reduced residual volume in the bladder. 
     Reduction in uncomfortable urination symptoms. 

Syringa's Pro-Gain is an all natural cream for men. It is made carefully from the highest quality ingredients. These include: 

     Extract from Saw Palmetto Berries
     These berries have been shown to reduce prostatic enlargement by inhibiting the enzyme testosterone 5-alpha reductase. The ability of the berries to relieve the inflammation and pain of benign prostatic hypertrophy qualifies it as a sexual stimulant, relatively speaking, since the absence of pain is pleasurable. 

      Siberian ginseng contains chemicals that have become known as adaptogens. An adaptogen is a non-toxic compound that increases resistance to physical, chemical and emotional stress. These compounds seem only to be activated when one is under stress. These compounds also have a broad effect on the glandular system. Blood pressure and blood sugar are said to be normalized and adrenal and thyroid hormones are stimulated. 

     Uva Ursi is an astringent herb with strong affinity for the urinary system. Due to the proximity of the prostate to the urinary tract in males, it is often used in prostate remedies. 

    Bayberry is perhaps the most popular astringent herb because of its combination of stimulant effects and astringency. Astringent and stimulant herbs are often used to produce diaphoretic, diuretic and laxative effects that eliminate toxins. 

     Wild Yam There are certain molecules developed in the root of maturing Wild Yam plants that are nearly identical to the progesterone molecule and when properly introduced into the human body acts just as natural progesterone. Progesterone is a precursor to all other hormones and is necessary to the production of adrenal corticosteriods and testosterone. 

The base that these ingredients are added to is of the highest quality. It is Syringa's Lite Replenishing Cream, especially designed for quick absorption and serves as the transdermal transporter. 

"Helping the Body Help Itself" - Naturally with Pro-Gain! 

"For most men, the ‘golden years’ mean difficult urination. Seventy-five percent of men over the age of 50 have measurable enlargement of the prostate gland, called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). As the gland enlarges, it constricts the urethra, blocking the passage of urine from the bladder. Urination becomes painful, the stream is weak, there is dribbling and men often have to get up three to five times a night. 

The most common treatment for this is surgery, a trans-urethral resection (TUR) in which the central core of the prostate gland is removed, taking the pressure off the urethra. Roughly 400,000 of these procedures are done per year, and the results are far from satisfactory. According to Dr. John Weinberg of Dartmouth Medical School, the death rate has been as high as 1.8% (one death per 56 procedures), 8% are hospitalized within three months because of complications, 5% (one out of 20) become impotent, and about 20% (one out of five) will need another resection." 

- Dr. Julian Whitaker, Health & Healing, March 1992. 
 

Application: Pro-Gain is to be used topically only, and should be applied to the inner thighs, groin, and lower abdomen. 

Dosage: Should be approximately 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon applied twice daily. 

This information is designed to provide information on selected herbs. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional medical help. The user must assume full responsibility for the use of this information and for the use of any product it describes.