Menopause at 49

The human body will gradually become weaker over time, and the body's metabolism will become slower and slower. Women begin to experience menopause around the age of fifty. During this period, the skin's color will become more sallow and wrinkles will develop more rapidly. Due to the disappearance of menstruation, hormone secretion will also decrease. Therefore, you should eat some nutritious foods that supplement vitamins to regulate your body. The following is a detailed introduction.

After the age of 45, women begin to age very quickly and will experience symptoms of menopause. In the early stages of menstruation disappearing, you will noticeably feel abnormally tired. During this period, try to reduce sexual activity as much as possible to avoid causing serious damage to the uterus. After menopause, cell aging will accelerate, so you must adjust your diet. You can choose some foods to replenish qi and blood, calm the mind and help sleep. Let’s take a look with the editor below.

1. Wear multiple layers of clothing, preferably cotton. If you get hot flashes, take off your outer clothing. Also, drink a glass of cool water or cold juice when a hot flash starts.

2. Wear cotton pajamas and keep the bedroom cool. Put extra sheets on your bed. When hot flashes occur, wet the top sheet and remove it.

3. Pay attention to your diet, don’t drink alcohol or eat spicy food.

4. Keep exercising. Some women find that regular exercise can lessen the effects of hot flashes and help them sleep better.

5. Eat more tofu. Beans contain a substance from the same family as estrogen that may help relieve symptoms like hot flashes. You can also drink cool soy milk when hot flashes start.

6. Be patient. The symptom of menopause is "the rabbit's tail - it won't grow longer". It will gradually disappear within 3-5 years at most.

7. Treat vaginal dryness. It seems that decreased libido is associated with vaginal dryness. Vaginal dryness can cause painful intercourse. There are vaginal lubricants on the market, which come in two types: water-soluble and estrogen-containing. They can lubricate the vagina and solve the problem of vaginal dryness during sexual intercourse.

From a health perspective, some symptoms of menopause are not a big deal. Even more important are the long-term health effects after menopause. Today, women have at least 30 years to live after menopause. These 30 years can be very healthy, happy and enjoyable. However, due to the significant decrease in estrogen levels in the body, the risk of two health-threatening diseases increases significantly. One of them is heart disease. Before menopause, few women die from heart disease. After menopause, the number of women dying from heart disease begins to increase. By age 75, men and women are about the same risk of developing heart disease.

At age 65, about the same number of women die from heart disease as from cancer, and by age 75, heart disease is the leading killer of women. Another major health threat after menopause is osteoporosis. Osteoporosis can cause fractures, seriously affecting women's quality of life in their later years. Women's bone density is not as high as men's from birth, and the rate of bone loss after menopause is faster than that of men. This is why many women develop osteoporosis after age 65. Therefore, it is important that women recognize these risks and begin prevention before menopause. Good health habits are the best way to prevent heart disease and osteoporosis.

Diet therapy

Specific methods

[Recipe 1] Lotus seed and lily porridge: Cook 30 grams each of lotus seeds and lily rice together into porridge, and take it once in the morning and evening every day. It is suitable for people before and after menopause who suffer from palpitations, insomnia, restlessness, forgetfulness, limb fatigue and rough skin.

[Formula 2] Ganmai Drink: 30 grams of wheat, 10 red dates, 10 grams of licorice, decocted in water. Take once daily in the morning and evening. It is suitable for people before and after menopause who suffer from hot flashes, sweating, irritability, palpitations, depression, irritability, and dull complexion.

[Recipe 3] Goji berries and red dates soup: Take equal parts of wolfberry, mulberry fruit and red dates, decocted in water and taken once in the morning and evening; or use 30 grams of Chinese yam and 100 grams of lean meat to make soup, once a day. It is suitable for menopausal women who suffer from dizziness, loss of appetite, drowsiness, fatigue and pale complexion.

[Recipe 4] Red bean, coix seed and red date porridge: 30 grams each of red bean, coix seed and glutinous rice, 10 red dates, cook into porridge and eat every day. 3 times a day. Suitable for people in menopause who suffer from limb edema, loose skin and joint pain.

[Recipe 5] Shredded pork with wolfberry and winter bamboo shoots: 30 grams each of wolfberry and winter bamboo shoots, 100 grams of lean pork, and appropriate amounts of lard, salt, MSG, soy sauce, and starch. Heat lard in a wok, add in shredded pork and bamboo shoots and stir-fry until cooked, then add other seasonings. Once a day. It is suitable for dizziness, irritability, heavy menstrual bleeding, dull complexion, hot hands and feet, etc.

[Recipe 6] Raw Rehmannia and Polygonatum odoratum porridge: 30 grams each of raw rehmannia, processed Polygonatum odoratum and polished rice. First, boil the two ingredients in water to remove the residue and take the juice. Use the juice to cook polished rice porridge and eat it. Once a day. Indications are the same as above.

[Recipe 7] Jujube kernel porridge: 30 grams of sour jujube kernel and 60 grams of polished rice. Wash the Chinese jujube seeds, decoct them in water to extract the juice, and cook them together with rice into porridge. Take one dose a day, and take it for 10 days as a course of treatment. It is suitable for menopausal mental disorders, excessive mood swings, dull complexion, poor appetite and other symptoms.

[Recipe 8] Aconite Carp Soup: 15 grams of prepared aconite, 1 carp (weighing about 500 grams). First, boil the aconite root in clean water for 2 hours, clean the carp and then boil the carp with the medicinal juice. Add minced ginger, chopped green onion, salt, MSG, etc. when eating. It is suitable for menopausal women with symptoms such as dizziness, tinnitus, back pain or lower limb edema, preference for warmth and aversion to cold, or clear and cold leucorrhea, cold pain in the lower abdomen and dull complexion.

[Recipe 9] Albizzia julibrissin porridge: 30 grams of Albizzia julibrissin (dried) or 50 grams of fresh, 50 grams of polished rice, and appropriate amount of brown sugar. Put the flowers of Albizia Julibrissin, glutinous rice and brown sugar in a pot, add 500 ml of water, and simmer until the porridge is cooked. Take warm on an empty stomach 1 hour before bedtime every night. It has the effects of calming the mind and relieving depression, promoting blood circulation, beautifying the complexion, and reducing swelling. It is suitable for menopausal symptoms such as irritability, depression, restlessness, forgetfulness and insomnia.

[Recipe 10] Licorice and Barley Jujube Porridge: 50 grams each of barley and japonica rice, 10 jujubes, and 15 grams of licorice. First, boil the licorice, remove the residue, then add the rice, barley and jujube and cook into porridge. Take twice a day on an empty stomach. It has the effects of invigorating qi, calming the mind, and beautifying the skin. It is suitable for women in menopause who are in a trance, often sad and want to cry, cannot control themselves, or suffer from insomnia and night sweats, have a red tongue with little coating, and a thin and rapid pulse.