HOT FLUSHES
As a woman who is now in my fourties I am really sitting up and hearing the changes in my own body. Yes, by that I mean the ticking clock otherwise known as my hormones are starting to give out mini alarms.
Oh NO! I am on the road to the dreaded menopause. But, Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine is wonderful at helping this natural state. For example: Lets talk about that awful sense of heat in the perimenopausal stage that strikes you, perhaps leading up to, or before a period and very prominently nearly everyday, when in full flow of the menopausal stage . Acupuncture is incredibly effective at lessening if not resolving that. Obviously a lot of other factors need to be addressed too especially diet. However sometimes a few sessions of needles alone resolve the intensity or experience altogether but in full flow menopause having it every 2 weeks can make life so much more tolerable.
I guess what I want women to know is there are things out there to help us and it does not have to be a desperate time. Like most things in life a bit of effort pays off. Lets enjoy our next stage in the chain of womanhood and flow smoothly into life without fertility issues and pressures and a lot of the time 12 times in the month full of pain or discomfort.
Life is definetely a journey of stages for a woman……..might be hard but its always interesting……..
Article: New Study Finds Acupuncture May Curb Severity of Hot Flashes
Many women are willing to try anything to get rid of the dreaded hot flashes and mood swings associated with menopause.
A new study out today offers an alternative to the herbal remedies and hormone replacement therapy so many turn to: traditional Chinese acupuncture.
Watch “World News with Diane Sawyer” for more on this story on ABC.
The study, conducted by the Ankara Training and Research Hospital in Ankara, Turkey, concluded that acupuncture, which treats patients by inserting and manipulating needles in the body, curbs the severity of hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms, largely related to mood.
The authors based their findings on the experience of 53 postmenopausal women. The participants measured their symptoms using a 5-point scale before and after treatment.
Twenty-seven of the women received traditional Chinese acupuncture for 20 minutes, twice a week for 10 weeks. The rest thought they were given acupuncture treatment, but the needles didn’t actually penetrate the skin. Click here to read the full article