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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– 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
Special drugsSpecial drugs
• Excessive sweating or vaginal discharge– long gu– mu li
• Sleeping difficulties – ye jiao teng– he huan pi
Special drugs
• 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
Special drugs
• 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