How to check if you are in menopause

Female menopause refers to a special transitional period in the physiology of men and women. Please note that both men and women experience it, but generally speaking, it is more obvious in women. Women are the majority of those who suffer from various symptoms, which is related to the different physiology of men and women. Women's menopause mainly refers to a period of time when the reproductive function gradually declines and even disappears. From Huangdi Neijing we can know that this time is generally around 49 years old, when the kidney essence begins to gradually become deficient, Tiangui declines, and the menstrual period gradually stops, then the reproductive ability is no longer available.

During this time, most women will experience hot face and head, sweating, irritability, insomnia, headache, limb numbness, chills, body pain, restlessness, palpitations, etc. Before the menstrual period ends, there may be situations where the menstruation comes early, the menstruation is too heavy, the menstruation is bleeding, or the menstruation is delayed indefinitely.

What are the causes of female menopausal syndrome? The main cause lies in the imbalance of kidney yin and yang, which is mainly divided into liver-kidney yin deficiency, yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire, and deficiency of both kidney yin and yang. According to each person's physical condition is different, there are also others such as liver yin deficiency, liver depression and qi stagnation, spleen deficiency, heart qi deficiency, heart yin deficiency, etc. Because everyone's physical condition is different and the situation is relatively complicated, it is precisely because of this that dialectical treatment is needed. In fact, it should be based on the overall dialectical treatment of heat and cold, excess and deficiency, and the yang and yin of the five internal organs. At every stage of development, the rise and fall of kidney essence is the core. When it comes to women's menopausal syndrome, the key is to regulate and replenish kidney yang and restore the balance of yin and yang. Let’s look at the three situations below.

First, liver and kidney yin deficiency. The main symptoms of this type are fever, sweating, dizziness, palpitations and insomnia. There may also be facial flushing, headache, tinnitus, numbness of hands and feet, itchy skin, vaginal dryness, frequent urination, red tongue, and less white tongue coating. This is a common situation. It is caused by excessive loss of yin blood due to childbirth and menstruation.

Second, Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire. The clinical symptoms of this type are fear of cold, mental fatigue, physical weakness, dull complexion, edema of the face or feet, palpitations, frequent drowsiness, cold pain in the lower abdomen, sore waist and weak legs, poor appetite, heavy menstrual flow, light-colored, clear and watery stools, frequent urination at night, and a fat mouth.

Third, deficiency of both kidney yin and yang. The clinical symptoms of this type are fear of cold, cold hands and feet, swollen hands and feet, edema, fatigue, drowsiness, more serious lack of energy, or unexplained sadness and discomfort. Sometimes the body sweats, feels irritable, eats less, feels chest tightness and shortness of breath, has loose stools, frequent urination at night, and even urinary incontinence. The mouth is dull and the tongue coating is white or light yellow. This type of disease is mostly caused by long-term kidney yin deficiency which depletes yang, or by qi deficiency, yang deficiency, and menopause which damages yang and yin, leading to kidney yin and yang deficiency syndrome. This kind of key is to nourish yin and kidney, regulate spleen and kidney.