[surferjoe2007]

Yes those are fine and popular. Yes pueraria mirifica may mess with your period. You put progesterone cream on your skin but you don't need to massage it. It can give some people headaches or such pains IIRC. Cycling means you use PM during follicular (first 12-14 days starting with your period, some skip days 1-2) and PC during luteal (last 14 days). Both PM & PC are very strong - both for NBE and for negative effects - so start with a little. And figure out which one you need more which is whichever one has less negative effects. A lot of those negative effects are from an imbalance of the two so when one makes things worse the other one can actually make things better (and is better for NBE for that person too). Most women are low in progesterone. Especially those who have had kids. So PC is actually popular for helping those issues and removing those negative effects, like issues with your period, for a lot of people. But too much progesterone is possible too. If you're afraid of guessing wrong you can use something weaker instead. Or get a hormone test from a doctor.

Just as a guess try 250 mg PM and the minimum recommended PC to start, then increase gradually. Probably increasing the PC first but eventually increasing both to maintain balance. Like I said just my guess, a hormone test would be more certain.

The reason you cycle these is to match and avoid disrupting your natural cycle: estrogen is higher in the first half, progesterone is higher in the second half.