Female Reproductive System
Synopsis of Female Reproductive System
The female reproductive system consists of internal and external organs that are responsible for sexual function, reproduction, menstruation, and hormone production. Major internal structures include the ovaries, fallopian tubes, uterus, cervix, and vagina. External parts, collectively called the vulva, include the labia, clitoris, and vaginal opening. This system undergoes cyclical hormonal changes driven by estrogen, progesterone, FSH, and LH, orchestrating menstruation, ovulation, and fertility.
The ovaries produce eggs (ova) and secrete hormones that influence the menstrual cycle and secondary sexual traits. After ovulation, if fertilization occurs, the uterus supports the development of the embryo. If not, the uterine lining sheds during menstruation. The reproductive system also plays key roles in sexual health, pregnancy, and menopause.
Common issues include irregular periods, PMS, PCOS, endometriosis, fibroids, infertility, yeast infections, and menopausal symptoms. Reproductive health can be affected by hormonal imbalances, stress, diet, toxin exposure (e.g., endocrine disruptors), chronic inflammation, and infections.
Natural remedies to support Female Reproductive System
Cycle tracking: Helps identify hormonal patterns, ovulation, and irregularities.
Balanced diet: Supports hormone synthesis—especially healthy fats, B vitamins, zinc, and magnesium.
Reduce xenoestrogens: Limit plastics and synthetic chemicals that disrupt endocrine function.
Regular movement: Improves circulation to reproductive organs and reduces cramping or stagnation.
Stress management: Chronic stress can suppress ovulation and disrupt cycle regularity.
Castor oil packs: Traditionally used over the lower abdomen to promote circulation and reduce congestion.
Probiotic support: Maintains healthy vaginal flora and helps prevent infections.
Ingredients
These raw ingredients are often used in alternative medicine to support Female Reproductive System.
7-hydroxymatairesinol (HMR)
alpha lipoic acid
amino acids
ashwagandha
basil
black cohosh
borage oil
boron
broccoli
chaste tree
conjugated linoleic acid (CLA)
cordyceps
turmeric
d-alpha tocopherol
daidzin
damiana
dandelion
DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone)
DIM (diindolylmethane)
dong quai root
eleuthero
evening primrose oil
fennel
fenugreek
flaxseed
folate
gamma linolenic acid (GLA)
gamma oryzanol
genistein
genistin
ginger
glycitin
goldenseal
hawthorn
hemp oil
hibiscus
HMR lignan
Indian tinospora
indole-3-carbinol
inositol
ipriflavone
jujube
lactobacillus acidophilus
lactobacillus crispatus
lactobacillus fermentum
lactobacillus gasseri
lactobacillus jensenii
lactobacillus reuteri
lactobacillus rhamnosus
lactobacillus salivarius
lignans
linoleic acid (LA)
maca
marine lipid
motherwort
nettle
omega-3 fatty acids
phytocannabinoids
pumpkin
raspberry
rose oil
saffron
saw palmetto
secoisolariciresinol diglucoside
selenium
soybean
spearmint leaf
stigmasterol
tribulus
almond fruit
vitamin B
vitamin B6
vitamin E
wild yam
red clover
squawvine
mugwort
anise
caesalpinia crista
rubia cordifolia
blessed thistle
peony
lingzhi
lingusticum wallichii
yarrow
yarrow
broomrape
dioscorea
dodder
royal jelly
Equol (proprietary)
guelder rose
trace minerals
anemarrhena asphodeloides
barrenwort
shepherd's purse
wood betony
herbal blend (proprietary)
soy isoflavones
19-Nor-DHEA
17a-ethyl-estr-5(6)-ene-3B-diol
27-deoxyactein
25-d-spirosta-3, 5-diene
3b-hydroxy-androsta-1,4,6-triene-17-one
4-Hydroxyandrostenedione
4'-hydroxy-3'-methoxyisoflavone-7
4'-hydroxy-3'-methoxyisoflavone
6-Ketodiosgenin
7-Alpha-Hydroxy-DHEA
7b-hydroxy, 17b-dihydro DHEA
8-Prenylnaringenin
Achyranthes bidentata
Asoka
Animal Tissue
Alpine Lily
Angelica
Angelica gigas nakai
Allium tuberosum Rottl.
Asparagus racemosus
Apigenin
Anamu
Asoka Tree
AHCC
Alchemilla
Aletris
Alkaloid (unspecified)
Anserina
Anemone
Agnoside
Agnusides
Abutua
Alkaloids
African Scurf Pea
alkaloid
Agnuside
Ashoka
Abuta
Aniseed myrtle
Asparagus adscendens
Anti-aromatase
Animal protein
Betony
Blue Cohosh
blend (herb/botanical)
botanical (unspecified)
Bugbane
Black Haw
Black Cohosh
Black Currant Seed Oil
Boron
biochanin
Broccoli
berry
Borate
Bethroot
Boron
Blend (Fatty Acid or Fat/Oil Supplement)
Borage Oil
Barbasco
Boron Alpha-Ketoglutarate
Broomrape
Boron ascorbate
blend (herb/botanical)
Blessed Thistle
Bovine (not specified)
Blue Vervain
Bovine (unspecified)
Blackhaw
Belamcanda
Bird's nest
Boric acid
Calochortus
Cyperus (unspecified)
Chinese Yam
Cohosh
Chinese Chastetree
Clary sage
Cannabis
Cucurbita
Coumestrol Dimethyl Ether
Curcuma comosa
Cnidium
Cynanchum wilfordii
Cynomorium
Chinese mugwort
Cannabinoids
Catauba
Cramp Bark
Chinese Pond Turtle
Chlorophytum
Casticin
Cowhage
Cyperus rotundus
Chastetree
Ceylon Leadwort
Chinese Dodder
Choline
California Peony
Chinese peony
Chinese Motherwort
Crinum latifolium
Coumesterol
Curculigo (unspecified)
Cistanche (unspecified)
Damiana
Dioscorea hondurensis
DHEA
Desoxydiosgenin
DHEA
DHA (Docosahexaenoic Acid)
Date Palm
Daidzein
Dioscorea oppositifolia
Dong Quai
Diindolylymethane
Diindolylmethane
Diosgenin
Dioscorea nipponica
Date
Dodder
Damask rose
Diindoylmethane
Egg
Epimedium
Eleuthero Root
European Pennyroyal
Erythrina
Elephant Yam
Epimedium extract
Egg
Ester derivatives (unspecified)
Essential oil (unspecified)
European peony
Easter Lily
Evening Primrose Oil
Euryale
evening primrose oil
Evening Primrose oil
Estrogen
Folic Acid
Fat (unspecified)
Flax
Fenuside
food additive (unspecified)
Flax protein
Flower Pollen
Fo-Ti
Furostanols
formononetin
Fatty acids
Fungus
Fatty Acid (unspecified)
False Unicorn Root
Fish
Flaxseed
Fruit (unspecified)
formononetin
Flax lignans
Fish
Five-leaf Chastetree
False Unicorn
Flaxseed Protein
French rose
Fish Oil
Fish Oil
Fenugreek
Fennel
Fish (including shell)
Folate
Gamma Linolenic Acid
Ginsenosides
Ghee
Gamma-linolenic acid
Ginseng
Grapeseed Oil
Goat's rue
Giant Trillium
Genistein
Ginseng (unspecified)
Glycitein
Glycetein
Genistein
Golden Ragwort
Galbanum
Horn
Humboldt Lily
Horny Goat Weed
Hypericum (unspecified)
Holy Basil
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin
Hemp
Indole-3-Carbinol (I3C)
Isoflavones (unspecified)
isoflavone (unspecified)
Inositol
Inositol
Indian Gooseberry
Isoflavones
Indian Valerian
Ipriflavone
Iodine
icariin
Indian Fagonia
Inositol phosphate
Isoflavones (mixed)
jasmine
Jamaican Dogwood
Kigelia africana
Korean Angelica
Kaempferol
Lariciresinol
Lady's Mantle
Ligustilide
Levant Cotton
Ligustilides
Linolenic acid
Lilium humboldtii
Lycopene
Lipids (unspecified)
Lignan (unspecified)
Lignans (mixed)
Lavandin
Lignan
Lactobacillus crispatus
Labrador Tea
Leptadenia
Lily
Lignans
Loranthus
Laminaria
Lipids
Labisia pumila
Motherwort
Macamides
mineral (unspecified)
Marine fat (unspecified)
mineral (unspecified)
Montanoa tomentosa
Maca
Marine oil (unspecified)
Mexican Yam
Mammary
Mantis Egg Case
Miroestrol
Marine fat
Mugwort
Mandrake
Mammary
Macaenes
Neem
Nigella Seed
Nut Grass
Oil Palm
Omega-6
Ovary
Oxytocin
Omega-6 Fatty Acids
Ovary
Pomegranate
Puerain
Proprietary Blend (Fatty Acid or Fat/Oil supplement)
peptides (unspecified)
Pennyroyal
Progesterone
Proprietary Blend (Herb/Botanical)
Pulsatilla
Peony
Pennyroyal (unspecified)
Peptides (unspecified)
Polyunsaturated Fat
Protodioscin
Proprietary Blend (Dietary substance used by man to supplement the diet by increasing the total diet
Pollen
Pomegranate Oil
Palm-Leaf Raspberry
Placenta
Provence Rose
Protodioscin
Polyunsaturated fatty acid
Placental protein
polyphenols (various)
Pregnane
Potato Yam
Pubescent Angelica
plant (unspecified)
Phytocannabinoid (unspecified)
Progesterone
Proprietary Blend (Herb/Botanical)
Phytoestrogen
Placenta
Pituitary
Peony (unspecified)
Phytoestrogen (unspecified)
Phytoestrol (unspecified)
Pollen (unspecified)
Peptides
Rue
Rubus (unspecified)
Roe
Roe
Royal Jelly
Raspberry (various)
Resveratrol analog (unspecified)
Raspberry (unspecified)
Rhapontic rubarb
Raspberry
Rhapontic rhubarb
Royal Jelly
Relaxin
Red Raspberry
Rose
Red Clover
Softgel/ Soft gel
Secoisolariciresinol diglycoside
Sichuan Lovage
Secoisolariciresinol-diglycoside
Sea vegetation (unspecified)
Soy
Soy Isoflavones
Spearmint
Sichuan Teasel
Squawvine
Safed musli
Spatholobus suberectus
Saffron
sage oil
Sweet Potato
Seleno Methionine
Soy Protein
Secoisolariciresinol-diglucoside
Stem Cells
Shataverins
Sterones (unspecified)
Shepherd's Purse
Sparganium
seaweed
Squaw Vine
Stilbenoid (unspecified)
Tissue (unspecified)
Tiger Lily
Taxillus chinensis
Tree Peony
Tofu
Tetrahydrocannabinol
Tribulus
Thai kudzu
Tribulus alatus
Uterus
Uterus
Unsaturated fatty acid
Vitamin E (mixed tocotrienols)
Vitamin E (unspecified)
Vitamin B9 (Calcium Folinate)
Vitamin B9 (calcium methyltetrahydrofolate)
Vervain
Vitamin B9
Vitamin E (Alpha-Tocomonoenol)
Vitamin E (natural tocopherols)
Vitamin E (tocopherol ascorbyl palmitate)
Vitamin E (tocopheryl acetate)
Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols)
Vitamin B9 (Folate)
Vitamin B9 (folic acid)
Vitamin E (beta tocotrienol)
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol succinate)
Vitamin E (alpha tocopheryl)
Vitamin B9 (unspecified)
Vitamin E
Vitexicarpin
Vitamin B9 (calcium methylfolate)
Vitamin E (alpha tocopheryl acetate)
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopheryl polyethylene glycol succinate)
Vitamin E (beta-tocotrienol)
Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols
Vitamin E (tocopheryl succinate)
Vitamin E (tocotrienol unspecified)
Vitex negundo
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopheryl acetate)
Vitamin E (delta tocopherol)
Vitamin E (alpha tocopherol)
Vitamin E (beta tocopherol)
Vitamin E (mixed)
Viburnum (unspecified)
Vitamin B9 (folic acid/folate)
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol acetate)
Vitamin E (beta and delta tocopherols)
Vitamin E (beta-tocopherol)
Vitamin E (mixied tocopherols and tocotrienols)
Vitamin E (tocotrienols)
Vitamin E (unspecified tocopheryl acetate)
Vitamin E (gamma tocopherol)
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopheryl succinate)
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine HCl)
Vitamin E (Mixed Tocopherols and Tocotrienols)
Vitamin B9 (methyltetrahydrofolate)
Vitamin B9 (Mixed)
Vitamin E (tocopherol not specified)
Viramin E (mixed tocopherols)
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopheryl hydrochloride)
Vitamin E (mixed alpha-tocopherol)
Vitamin E (mixed tocopherols/tocotrienols)
Vitamin E (mixed tocotrienols/tocopherols)
Vitamin D
Vitamin B
Vegetable Oil (not specified)
Vitamin E (not specified)
Vitamin E (vitamin E acetate)
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)
Vitamin E (gamma unspecified)
Vitex Agnus-Castus
Vitex (unspecified)
vegetable oil
Vitamin (unspecified)
Vitamin E (alpha tocopheryl succinate)
Vitamin E (delta-tocopherol)
Vitamin E (tocofersolan)
Vitamine E (mixed tocotrienols)
White Dead Nettle Flower
White Lily
White Peony
Wild carrot
Wild Yam
Western Mugwort
White Nettle
Wood Betony
Yam (unspecified)
Zinc Picolinate
Zinc alpha-ketoglutarate
