by Elizabeth Smith, M.D. A True Help readily acknowledge that
pregnancy retards endometriosis and in some cases cures
endometriosis. Mainstream medicine also acknowledges that
menopause cures endometriosis. Now, the United States Food and
Drug Administration (U.S. FDA) has approved Natural Progesterone
for endometrial (uterine lining) hyperplasia (proliferation).
Many mainstream physicians are now using natural progesterone to
fool the body into thinking it is pregnant ("pseudopregnancy")
and stop endometriosis. Endometriosis is simply uterus innner
lining (endometrium) that has ended up where it should not be.
The endometrial cells (uterine inner lining) end up in the
abdominal cavity next to the intestines, fallopian tubes, or on
the ovary, and cycle through a menstrual period there causing
endometriosis. What is it about pregnancy that cures
endometriosis? There are three types of estrogen that the body
produces: estradiol, estrone, and estriol. Estradiol produced
during a normal menstrual cycle goes into