General symptoms: fatigue, weight gain, feeling depressed , mood swings, irritability, headache, loss of sex drive, anxiety , palpitation in both males and females and hot flushes, night sweats, vaginal dryness , irregular periods ,fibroids in females.
According to ayurveda: hormonal imbalance is of three types.Vata aggravating diet and lifestyle will give symptoms like nervousness, anxiety, insomnia, depression, poor skin tone, scanty painful and late menses occurs.
Pitta aggravating diet and lifestyle will give symptoms like short temper, angry outbursts, hot flushes and night sweat, early and heavy menses occurs.
kapha aggravating diet and lifestyle will give symptoms like weight gain, sleepiness, sluggishness, slow digestion , water retention and scanty late menses with dull ache
Remedy: herbal supplements Amritprabha, amritkala ,Shatavari happimento, brahmi helps in balancing the hormones.
Panchakarma procedures like shirodhara, heartdhara, shirobasti also help
Eating light, steamed, soupy and balancing diet and avoiding smoking and alcohol is important.