Menopause. A stage in life that every woman experiences. Hot flashes, mood swings, palpitations, and night sweats are among the most common. Kidney Yin.

Menopause

Menopause

• A stage in life that every woman experiences.

• Hot flashes, mood swings, palpitations, and night sweats are among the most common.

• Kidney Yin deficiency.• By nourishing a woman’s yin TCM can ach

ieve balance within the body.

• West– declining and fluctuating hormonal levels

• TCM– yin deficiency of the kidney and liver– Hyper-active of the heart and liver’s fire– decline in essence and blood storage– marrow depletion in the brain

• Menstrual irregularities

• Vasomotor changes

• Mental and emotional

• Urinary and vaginal changes

• Menstrual irregularities– Over-heated blood– Blood deficiency– Blood stasis– Qi deficiency– Liver stagnation– Kidney deficiency

• Vasomotor changes– Yin deficiency creating virtual fire– Exhaustion of qi and yin– Deficiency of heart and spleen

• Mental and emotional– Deficiency of heart and liver– Yin deficiency creating virtual fire:– Disharmony between heart and kidney– Qi and phlegm stagnation

• Urinary and vaginal changes– Kidney yin deficiency– Unconsolidated kidney qi– Damp-heat in bladder– Liver stagnation

PrinciplesPrinciples

• Nourishing yin and tonifying kidney are essential

• Clear liver and heart’ fire are important

• Activating blood and qi as well as dissolving phlegm and stasis are necessary

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• Excessive sweating or vaginal discharge– long gu– mu li

• Sleeping difficulties – ye jiao teng– he huan pi

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• uneasy mind– long chi– hu po

• Severe body heat– huang qin– huang lian

• Hot sensation in the palms and soles– di gu pi– bai wei

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• Diarrhea or loose bowels– bu gu zhi– rou dou kou

• Skin itchiness – chan tui– bai xian pi

• Heavy menses– bu gu zhi– ai ye tan

Special drugsSpecial drugs

• Night urination– yi zhi ren– sang piao shao

• Dizziness and headache– tian ma– gou teng

• 六味地黃丸 liu wei di huang wan– Relieves menopause symptoms due to kidney yin defi

ciency

• 杞菊地黃丸 qi ju di huang wan– Relieves menopause symptoms due to kidney and liv

er deficiencies

• 知柏地黃丸 zhi bo di huang wan– Relieves menopause symptoms due to yin deficiency

and virtual fire

• 麥味地黃丸 mai wei di huang wan– Relieves menopause symptoms due to kidney

and lung deficiency

• 金匱腎氣丸 jin kui shen qi wan– Relieves menopause symptoms due to kidney

yang deficiency and essence depletion

• 消遙散 Shao yao wan– Soothes the liver and tonifies the spleen so as to nour

ish the blood and regulate sex organs• 天王補心丹 tian wang bu xin dan

– Nourishing heart, calming spirit, clearing heat and enriching yin

• 甘麥大棗湯 gan mai da cao tang– Nourishing heart and calming the spirit

• 人參歸脾丸 ren seng gui pi wan– nvigorating the spleen and heart

• No way to prevent the onset of menopause

• Reduce or prevent its symptoms.

• Improving lifestyle habits; diet, exercise and one's attitude are just