CLINICAL APPROACH

"Hot flashes" such as hot flashes on the face and body, stiff shoulders, and irritation are typical symptoms of menopause. Although there are individual differences, other symptoms such as hot flashes, sweating, insomnia, irritability, dizziness, and depressed mood appear. These occur because the autonomic nerves are disturbed by a decrease in estrogen (female hormone).

Since female hormones drop sharply during the menopause, it is easy to feel that the activity ability has fallen sharply and that it has weakened. Also, mentally, it is a time when the onset of depression and the like increases. In addition to the so-called menopause that occurs before and after menopause, urine leakage occurs several years after menopause, and osteoporosis develops 10 years later due to the decreased bone mass due to a decrease in female hormones. there is. It can be said that health management before and after the menopause affects the health of old age.

In addition, the number of juvenile menopause that develops in the 30s is increasing. Symptoms include headache, dizziness, nausea, stiff shoulders, low back pain, numbness and pain in the limbs, coldness in the lower back and limbs, light sleep, palpitation / shortness of breath, anxiety / depression, frustration, tiredness, and irregular menstruation. Causes such as stress, irregular life, strenuous exercise, obesity, extreme diet, and smoking are thought to be imbalances in female hormones. Of course, even if you think that you have menopause, you may have another illness. It is also important to see a specialist without making a self-judgment.

In Chinese medicine, the "kidney" is mainly closely related to reproductive function. During the menopause between the ages of 45 and 55, the function of the whole body deteriorates, but the function of the "kidney" in particular declines as a natural phenomenon. The kidney is also said to be the source of energy, and regulates it with the power to warm the entire body (the work of qi) and the power to nourish and moisturize the viscera and organs (which applies to the work of blood and water). When this warming power decreases, cold symptoms such as coldness, swelling, and frequent urination appear strongly, and when the moisturizing power decreases, it is thought that it causes swelling, sweating, dizziness, decreased bone density, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol in some people. I have. In addition, if such a condition continues for a long time, it affects other organs and causes various symptoms.

In order to survive the menopause well, traditional medical treatments can reduce the symptoms. The acupuncture points are Kiko, Saninkou, and Taikei. The nipple is the urn on the nipple line, just below the collarbone, and people with high stress feel painful when pressed. It removes the sickness of your heart.