Patient's question:
My menopausal wife always gets angry for no reason and makes me bear it. It's not that she's in menopause and needs to eat something, so I want to ask if it's good for women entering menopause to take ginseng?Doctor's answer:
Menopausal irritability is very common and is often caused by endocrine disorders. Ingredients with special therapeutic value are rare and have a cold nature, entering the lung meridian, with functions of clearing heat, reducing hyperthermia, replenishing yin, generating fluids, and lowering blood pressure. They can stabilize or completely eliminate severe fluid and blood deficiency syndromes such as emaciation, red eyes, severe thirst, shortness of breath, sore waist and knees, yin deficiency fever, heat-induced yin deficiency, prolonged cough due to lung deficiency, and hemoptysis. Therefore, menopausal women can take it, but it is best to do so sparingly, as ginseng is primarily used to replenish qi. It is also appropriate to take some herbs that regulate the liver and qi. Dietary considerations during menopause are also important. To alleviate menopausal symptoms, it is generally advisable to consume more soy products rich in soy isoflavones.