In this weeks Woman's World mag, there is a snipet about women drinking spearmint tea to reduce levels of excessive hair and acne producing hormones. Might be worth investigation.
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aparantly it reduces androgens but i think you have to drink quite a bit of it. another good herb is saw palmetto i have bought some but not trying it yet as i have been put on spiro and using vaniqa.
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i love tea! i'd read about this in a couple different places. at one site it said 2 cups of spearmint tea a day showed improvements. i'm definitely going to start drinking it!!
I Googled it and the articles all said that the partcipants drank 2 cups over 5 days with lower androgen levels after the 5 days, it only mentioned mild hirsutism but it sounds like something worth a try, thanks for the info.
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Symptoms: Hirsutism, obesity, skin tags, acne Dx'd: January 2007 RX: Diet and exercise
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I read about this about a month or so ago and I have been drinking a large cup of spearmint tea every morning. Not sure if my results are real or wishful thinking but I have noticed slightly less chin hairs. I have a few sporadic hairs that grow on my chin and neck but they appear to have lessened.
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i have chamomile and spearment tea.... will this be as effective, or should i drink pure spearmint tea?
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This is interesting! I think iced spearmint tea sounds like a great summer drink. Think I'll pick some up this weekend & try it out.
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I found pure spearmint tea in a local neighborhood market that caters to the Hispanic community. The package is small (8 tea bags) but it was only $0.69 The company is Miravalle Foods of El Monte, CA (not sure if I'm allowed to give out the phone # too though.
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Hmm, is there any connection between spearmint tea helping excess hair, and Spironolactone tasting like spearmint? I wonder if Spironolactone has spearmint in it??
I found some organic spearmint tea over the weekend at my Wild Oats store. A little more $ than I had planned on spending, but cheaper than a prescription!
It's really very good & something easy to fix here at work. I just steeped one cup for 5-10 minutes, poured it over a big glass of crushed ice, added a squirt of lemon & a dash of stevia. Very refreshing! Now if it will only give me as good a result on the hair issue!
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Trader Joe's has good Spearmint tea. I steep 6 bags in 4" of almost boiling water for about 10 min in the bottom of a pitcher. Then I squeeze the bags out, toss them, and add cold water to the top. It's nice to have it all made up in the fridge for whenever you want a cold glass of tea.
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Spearmint tea and hormones... 
