Menopausal headaches

One of the most common clinical symptom after menopause is headache. If you feel that your headache has become more severe than before, you should do more Chinese medicine treatment, which can achieve the effect of replenishing qi and blood, and can also appropriately improve your headache condition. In addition, you must pay special attention to the use of medication and do not take some cold medicines to avoid letting cold air enter your body.

Treatment of menopausal syndrome by TCM differentiation of symptoms

Treatment with traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that menopausal syndrome is caused by insufficient kidney qi, a decrease in essence, and an imbalance of yin and yang. Therefore, the main methods of treatment are to replenish kidney qi and adjust yin and yang.

When using specific medications, you should also pay attention to the fact that the medicines for clearing away heat should not be too bitter and cold, and the medicines for dispelling cold should not be too pungent and hot. Don't use attacking drugs casually. Clinically, it is mainly divided into kidney yin deficiency type and kidney yang deficiency type.

If you experience dizziness, tinnitus, hot flashes, sweating, irritability, back pain, insomnia, menstrual disorders, bright red menstrual blood, or accompanied by dry skin, itching, dry mouth, dry stool, yellow urine, red tongue with little coating, and thin and rapid pulse, you are suffering from kidney yin deficiency. The treatment for this type of disease should be to nourish the kidney and nourish yin. The prescription should be Zuoguiyin with added ingredients, including raw and cooked rehmannia, yam, cornus fruit, wolfberry, poria, roasted licorice, processed Polygonum multiflorum, tortoise shell, white peony root, mulberry, etc.

If clinical symptoms include listlessness, edema, fatigue, back pain, fear of cold, abdominal distension, loose stools, frequent urination at night, heavy menstruation with light and dark color, a fat tongue, a pale tongue, a white tongue coating, and a deep, thin and weak pulse, it belongs to the kidney yang deficiency type. The treatment should be to warm the kidney and support yang. The prescription should be Youguiyin with modifications. The medicinal ingredients include cooked rehmannia, cornus fruit, wolfberry, processed aconite, cinnamon, antler glue, dodder seed, yam, Codonopsis pilosula, Atractylodes macrocephala, etc.

If symptoms of cold and heat occur at the same time, it means that both yin and yang of the kidney are deficient and the balance is unbalanced. Erxian Decoction can be used for treatment, which contains Curculigo, Epimedium, Chinese Angelica, Morinda officinalis, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, and Phellodendron chinense. If you can take it regularly, the effect will be significant. Of course, depending on the needs of the disease, the combination of Chinese and Western medicine will be more effective.

(I) Daily life care for menopausal syndrome

You should lead a regular life, pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and ensure adequate sleep, but you should not stay in bed for too long. When you are in good health, you should take the initiative to do work and housework within your ability, or participate in some beneficial cultural, sports and social activities, such as practicing qigong and tai chi, to enrich your spiritual life and enhance your physical fitness. Maintain a harmonious sex life.

(II) Psychological conditioning for menopausal syndrome

Patients must first understand that menopause is a normal physiological change process that can last for several months or even years, so the appearance of some symptoms is inevitable. There is no need to be overly anxious, but to relieve the mental burden and maintain an open-minded and optimistic attitude. Participate in more recreational activities to enrich the fun of life. Pay attention to improving interpersonal relationships and promptly resolve new psychological barriers to maintain a happy spirit and stable emotions. In addition, relatives should give more comfort and care in spirit and life, and avoid mental stimulation and excessive excitement. This can often alleviate symptoms or even cure them without treatment.