Women and Menopause

Women health and wellness.

Menopause, is the cessation of ovulation typically occurs between the ages of 42-52 normally 49. It is a unique experience for each woman. Some hardly notice any changes and enjoy the freedom of this next stage of life. Others, however experience minor shifts to stronger more uncomfortable changes. There range from sleeplessness (particularly between 3-5am), hot flashes, fatigue, heart palpitations, vaginal dryness, night sweats and weight gain Acupuncture Menopause & Alternative Medicine.

The symptoms vary because our lifestyle and choices vary prior to menopause and this greatly impacts our health leading up to our forties. Excessive stress, poor diet, too many children or births too close together, overworking and emotional stress. One or all of these drain our kidney energy over time. The kidneys in Chinese Medicine are our foundation and need to be supported and nurtured throughout our life. This is accomplished through diet, positive thinking, and healthy exercise like Tai Chi and Qigong and of course meditation. As we mature our kidney energy does wane and thus our hormones deplete also. Thus creating menopause.

Hormone Replacement Therapy the prescribed pill used in treating medicine in the western world does not treat the underlying inbalance. It is a fake estrogen that has been linked to cancers, hypertension, and headaches just to name a few. It does not nurture the kidney yin.

Through my years of clinical experience I have found that dietary changes, alternative medicine treatments such as acupuncture and herbal remedies have been a safe, natural and incredibly effective solution to hormonal inbalances.