Patient's question:
Women in menopause, palms feel hot, emotional irritability, excessive eye discharge, intermittent sweating, and simultaneously report feeling cold feet with a sensation of cold air escaping from the vagina. They have previously taken Yin-Yang tonifying medicine and Yang-boosting medicine, which made them feel excessively hot and resulted in thick, yellow tongue coating. How should this be treated from a TCM perspective? Which medicine should be taken?Doctor's answer:
Hello: Palmar heat, emotional irritability, and excessive eye discharge are signs of kidney yin deficiency. Yin deficiency leads to internal heat, while intermittent sweating indicates lung qi deficiency. If the body's defense is weak, it results in spontaneous sweating. At the same time, the patient reports feeling cold feet and a sensation of cold air escaping from the vagina, which is due to spleen yang deficiency and a lack of warmth distribution. Traditional Chinese Medicine can be used for diagnosis and treatment.