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Hot flushes:

For the reader who wanted to know what exactly goes on in her body when she's having hot flushes, one practitioner gave an explanation from a traditional Chinese medicine perspective. Menopause-related hot flushes are due to a deficiency in the cooling Yin energy. When there isn't enough of it, the heating and active aspects of Yang become more apparent and the hot flushes starts. Chinese herbal remedies can help to rebalance the Yin and Yang energies. One lady offers a more orthodox explanation for hot flushes, saying that they coincide with a sudden drop in the body's diminishing oestrogen level. She uses acupuncture to manage her menopause and takes Agnus Castus and sage capsules to manage the symptoms. Try increasing intake of oestrogenic foods like soya, fennel, linseeds and tofu. Aromatherapy with oils like cypress, fennel, palmarosa and bergamot can help alleviate symptoms.

Hot flushes: - Quite a lot of support for vitamin E in helping hot flushes.

Clinic of Traditional Chinese Medicine - PracticeName Clinic of Traditional Chinese Medicine Discipline Acupuncture Massage Address1 41 Moor Lane Address2 North Hykeham Address3...

Making light of hot flushes burns me up - Re HRT (WDDTY vol 13 no 2), if the risk of death or disease is increased by a certain percentage, then I feel less than informed if you don’t say what...

Ms Julie Almond (Traditional Chinese Medicine Centre) - PracticeName Traditional Chinese Medicine Centre Discipline Traditional Chinese Medicine Address1 21 St Andrews Road South Address2 Addre...

Song-Xuan Ke (The Centre For Traditional Chinese Medicine) - PracticeName The Centre For Traditional Chinese Medicine Discipline Acupuncture Address1 78 Haverstock Hill Address2 Address3 Town...

Low oestrogen - A reader’s daughter has had very few periods over the past year and a blood test has revealed she has low oestrogen.

Chinese medicine to treat colitis and crohn's disease - I treat colitis and Crohn's disease with traditional Chinese medicine usually combining acupuncture and diet. Colitis often appears due to excess live...

Menopausal symptoms - Q My life is being made hell by hot flushes and night sweats. I am 50 years old and reluctant to take HRT. And now all the herbs have been discredited...

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