A Natural Guide to Wellness for Women’s Health

Perimenopause and menopause explained  

As of early 2026, there are approximately 1 billion women globally who are experiencing perimenopause, menopause or post menopause, with this figure expected to increase to roughly 1.2 billion by 2030, with an average of 47 million new women entering perimenopause each year. It’s safe to say that this is an area of women’s health and wellness that deserves recognition, support, and empowerment.  

Despite these statistics supporting the evidence to say that roughly 12% of the global population is, or will be, impacted by symptoms, shifts and changes related to peri/menopause, we know that this specific area of women’s health is still underfunded, under researched and misunderstood in a myriad of ways. Confusion and misinformation are rampant, in part because the list of symptoms and the way they present for each woman is so unique and varies widely; you might know that key presenting symptoms of perimenopause include irregular periods, hot flashes and night sweats, as examples, but do you also know that symptoms can include burning mouth syndrome, electric shock sensations and itchy ears? Suffice to say, there is still so much to learn and further research when it comes to peri/menopause and how we can continue to support women through this life stage and beyond. 

What is perimenopause and menopause?

Before we dive further into natural support during peri/menopause, it's important to clarify the differences in these life stages, to help understand where a woman may be at on her own specific health and wellness journey. The life stage known as perimenopause is defined as a natural transitional phase, leading up to menopause. It’s the time pre-menopause when your body is getting ready to stop having periods. It can start for many women in their late 30’s and early 40’s, typically lasts anywhere between 2-10 years and ends when you’ve reached 12 consecutive months without a menstrual cycle. 

Menopause is defined as the natural, permanent end of menstruation and fertility. This typically occurs by the early 50’s and is diagnosed once a woman has reached 12 consecutive months without a period. While these life stages do differ in that one occurs prior to the confirmed end of a menstrual cycle and fertility, they share many of the same changes and transitions characterized by hormonal fluctuations. 

Introducing Saje’s Pocket Farmacy – Women’s Edition

Here at Saje, we’re proud to introduce a new and novel product we’ve thoughtfully curated in support of women’s health and wellness called the Pocket Farmacy – Women's Edition. For more than 30 years, we’ve been a trusted source for 100% natural and plant-powered remedies that are formulated to tackle daily wellness needs relative to pain and recovery, rest, stress relief, and more. The curation of the Pocket Farmacy – Women’s Edition has been a natural expansion of our product offering to bolster women’s health and wellness and includes five targeted roll-ons to address specific life stages and accompanying changes that occur as we age and adapt. This natural state of change for women presents as physical, mental and emotional, and it deserves to be recognized for more than symptomatic relief; we want to empower women with gentle and effective options for daily support they can use to feel naturally well as they navigate these shifts and transitions.

Tranquility

Tranquility is intended to be used in support of mental and emotional wellness, to promote feelings of calm and to ease restlessness. Some of the key ingredients in the formula are as follows:  

• Lavender essential oil: floral and herbaceous; lavender is commonly considered the most popular essential oil to help promote peace, calm and relaxation. This adaptogenic flower oil brings us many benefits, including naturally boosting the mood when you're feeling low and helping to soothe the body and mind  
• Orange essential oil: despite being citrusy and bright, this oil can help you feel calm and relieved from feelings of stress and restfulness, all of which can promote overall better rest  
• Ylang Ylang essential oil: floral, sweet and exotic smelling, this rich and musky oil is deeply soothing and emotionally balancing, helping to promote natural calmative effects that support rest at nighttime 

To use, we suggest applying up to 3 times per day, typically at nighttime, to areas of the body like the pulse points and the soles of the feet.

Transitions 

Transitions is a more general wellness tonic with multiple uses. This might include mood-related shifts like irritability or emotional fluctuations, mental fatigue, low clarity, physical sensations like discomfort or tension, and general well-being. Some of the key ingredients in the formula are as follows: 

• Fennel essential oil: sweet and slightly spicy; this oil is lesser known in its many uses for balancing support. A symptom of different life stages like peri/menopause can be bloating, due to fluctuations, and fennel can help ease digestive discomfort as well as to soothe cramping and gas. Emotionally, it can encourage positive thinking and provide mental balance and comfort 
• Geranium essential oil: a sweet and rich floral oil, geranium may support balance and emotional well-being. It has mild cooling properties; it helps to ease the mind by calming emotional irritability and its adaptogenic properties can help promote emotional steadiness and a feeling that calm and balance are being restored. It can help to combat mental and emotional experiences of fatigue and stress 
• Clary sage essential oil: one of the most widely used and researched essential oils for balancing support. Clary sage is earthy and musky, and it has a natural cooling and calming effect which can help reduce the intensity of sudden temperature shifts, like overheating, in the body. Emotionally, it has a powerful effect on the mind and can be mood-stabilizing and relieving of fluctuations that often bring feelings of sadness or overwhelm. This powerhouse oil reduces stress and encourages emotional grounding 

To use, we suggest applying to areas like the throat, back of neck and chest as needed. 

Period

Period is for use during your monthly cycle, to help ease, soothe and relief daily discomforts and to help you feel balanced. Some of the key ingredients in the formula are as follows: 

• Geranium essential oil: a sweet and rich floral oil, geranium may support balance and emotional well-being. It has mild cooling properties; it helps to ease the mind by calming emotional irritability and its adaptogenic properties can help promote emotional steadiness and a feeling that calm and balance are being restored. It can help to combat mental and emotional experiences of fatigue and stress  
• Roman Chamomile essential oil: with its soft and apple-like aroma, it's one of the gentlest essential oils. A well-known nervine (nervous system soothing), it can help ease emotional volatility which can accompany your emotional health during your time of the month. Physically, it's effective at soothing general discomforts in the body 
• Ho Wood essential oil: this gentle, floral-woody oil is deeply calming and stress relieving, making it the perfect oil to help manage experiences like mood shifts, irritability and emotional highs and lows. From a physical perspective, ho wood has very gentle yet efficacious benefits which means it can support relief from general unease in the body   

To use, we suggest applying to areas like the lower abdomen, lower back, and inner thighs.

Solace

Solace is meant for use when you’re experiencing unwelcome temperature shifts in the body, like feeling overheated, and the discomforts that accompany these fluctuations. Some of the key ingredients in the formula are as follows:

• Clary sage essential oil: one of the most widely used and researched essential oils for balancing support. Clary sage is earthy and musky, and it has a natural cooling and calming effect which can help reduce the intensity of sudden temperature shifts, like overheating, in the body. Emotionally, it has a powerful effect on the mind and can be mood-stabilizing and relieving of fluctuations that often bring feelings of sadness or overwhelm. This powerhouse oil reduces stress and encourages emotional grounding 
• Cypress essential oil: a clean, woodsy and camphorous aroma; this oil is lesser known for the way it supports temperature balance in the body. It has a cooling and clarifying sensation when applied topically, which can help refresh the senses and lessen the feeling of 'brain fog' that can often accompany a temperature shift. Because feeling overheated can often be elevated by stress or emotional dysregulation, cypress is useful at grounding and lessening nervous tension so that you feel less reactive 
• Rose essential oil: our most precious floral is widely regarded for its emotionally supportive properties. Because it is regarded as deeply balancing, it can often work to bring the body and mind back into harmony, thus potentially reducing the triggers and onset of temperature shifts. Rose promotes emotional resilience and works to reduce feelings of sadness, disconnection or loneliness which can accompany these shifts for many women 

To use, we suggest applying to areas of the throat, back of neck and chest at the first sign of a hot flush.  

Pain Release

Pain Release is licensed to be used topically in aromatherapy to help relieve muscular aches, tenseness, and stiffness, most commonly experienced as soreness and tension in the joints and surrounding tissues. Some of the key ingredients in the formula are as follows: 

• Peppermint essential oil: responsible for the cooling sensation on the skin and offering a strong aroma from menthol, peppermint is the superstar herb that helps to ease soreness, provides a topical sensation and promotes relief from aches and pains in joints and muscles. Menthol from peppermint can help to relax muscles and ease pain; it's what is known as a vasodilator, which means a substance that can dilate (or widen) the blood vessels to stimulate blood flow and causes a tingling, refreshing and cooling sensation  
• Rosemary essential oil: herbal and clarifying; this warming stimulant is well-regarded for its ability to relieve pain by reducing swelling and inflammation. It's used to dull the sensation of pain by promoting muscle relaxation, tension reduction and by encouraging circulation and blood flow to tense areas of the body  
• Marjoram essential oil: this warm, woody and slightly spicy herb is nurturing and soothing to both the body and mind. It's frequently found in products formulated to help comfort emotional upset as well as physical fatigue and discomfort. It contains compounds that can help reduce inflammation which may support faster recovery and a lessened experience of overall pain and soreness 

To use, we suggest applying to acute areas of the body as needed, such as fingers, wrists, elbows, knees, and ankles.  

Real women’s experiences

Here at Saje, we believe it’s important to elevate real women’s voices and lived experiences. Below we hear from a few of the women on our Team about how and why it matters to share openly about the effects of peri/menopause on our lives and well-being, and why we’re so proud to bring the Pocket Farmacy – Women's Edition to market.  

“I think women are searching for so much since they are feeling very lost and confused.  It is only recently that experts have started talking about peri/menopause, and the topic has gone from being ignored and dismissed to being a culturally relevant topic in women’s health.  So now women are faced with being their own advocates and educating themselves since they feel out of sync, not like themselves, and want to know how to get help and solve it.” - Poupak Sionit, Chief Marketing Officer

“As a woman living through these experiences myself, it’s validating to know what I am going through is real and felt by so many others. By hearing from other women and having these conversations, we have the realization of “wait, maybe I’m not going insane” and it removes the feeling of being isolated. For too long, women have been told these symptoms are ‘normal’ or even minimized to being ‘stress’ or ‘just aging’. Women sharing their personal stories can close an education gap around what we know about perimenopause and menopause – symptoms appear at different ages, in different ways, and in varying severities. Hearing firsthand experiences from others can help us better self-advocate for ourselves and continue to share knowledge with other women, so they don't have to feel alone.” - Sari Friedman, Senior Director, Consumer Engagement  

“I feel proud of this product because of how strongly I am an advocate for women in all areas of our lives. Specifically knowing that peri/menopause is highly stigmatized, that information is not readily available for millions of women, and that the healthcare system in general disproportionately under-represents the specific needs of women, we have an excellent opportunity at Saje to be a trusted voice, a thoughtful partner and a vocal ally for women’s health and wellness.” - Kristin Rondeau, Director of Education 

“At Saje, for over 30 years, our mission has been to remedy real life with the proven power of plants. Part of real life is this kind of black hole that is perimenopause and menopause. For years our mothers and grandmothers suffered through it, our healthcare system treats it like a disease and even under teaches it – the average medical student spends ONE day studying what can be two decades of a woman’s life. But it’s a natural part of being a woman. And as a brand built on natural solutions, it’s not just time we joined the conversation, but owned it with a game-changing new all-natural way to support women’s health – the Women’s Pocket Farmacy.” - Jess Willis, Executive Creative Director  

“When you're creating something specifically for women navigating perimenopause or menopause, you have a real responsibility— because this is a population that has historically been underserved, under-discussed, and under-resourced. Even within the medical system, there's a Johns Hopkins study where 80% of OBGYN residents reported receiving zero formal menopause training during their residency. So even women who are actively working with their doctors are often navigating this with incomplete support. Natural solutions aren't a replacement for that relationship— they're a complement to it. Women deserve to be supported from every angle, and that's the space we want to occupy.” - Britt Martin, Product Category Manager  

“Women’s health needs to be front and center – it often isn’t, but it needs to be.” - Cynthia Nixon