Patient's question:
Lately, I've been feeling hot flashes and chest tightness, which is very uncomfortable. I also tend to get angry easily. Which treatment is better for menopausal syndrome?Doctor's answer:
For symptoms of menopause, if only medication is used, it is difficult to achieve lasting effects. Therefore, it is necessary to appropriately adjust lifestyle, enhance physical exercise, participate in sports activities, improve physical fitness, regulate diet, quit smoking and drinking, follow a regular schedule, control sexual activity, always maintain a cheerful mood, avoid overexertion, and reduce worries. It can also be achieved by immersing oneself in nature, painting, and other activities to cultivate character and nourish the body and mind.Traditional Chinese Medicine believes that symptoms of menopause are primarily caused by an imbalance of yin and yang in the kidneys and dysfunction of internal organs. The treatment should focus on balancing yin and yang and nourishing the internal organs. Some tonifying kidney herbs and dietary therapies, such as goji berries, Chinese Cistanche, polygonum multiflorum, epimedium, cordyceps, reishi, Chinese yam, walnuts, dog kidney, and polygonum multiflorum, as well as dietary recipes like millet with pig kidney, cordyceps braised chicken, deer horn and cordyceps chicken, and alisma chicken.