Women's menopause

Menopause is a stage that every woman must go through. Just like menarche, menopause is equally important for women. The arrival of menopause in women means that their ovarian function begins to gradually decline and even disappears completely during the transition period. During this period, women's physical and mental health will undergo great changes, and they will experience symptoms such as irritability, anger, and even menstrual disorders.

Women are prone to various discomfort symptoms during menopause, so both diet and daily health care must be done well during this period so that they can safely go through menopause. So what should women pay attention to during menopause?

Women's menopause

Female menopausal syndrome is a transitional period in which female ovarian function gradually declines to complete disappearance. It is a series of clinical symptoms caused by physiological and psychological changes, with common symptoms including hot flashes, sweating, irritability, palpitations, insomnia, or depression and forgetfulness. According to clinical manifestations, this disease belongs to the category of "pre- and post-menopausal symptoms" in traditional Chinese medicine. The occurrence of this disease is the physiological changes that occur in women before and after menopause, when kidney qi gradually depletes, Chong and Ren meridians become deficient, essence and blood are insufficient, and the essence gradually stops, and menstruation is about to stop, but some women cannot adapt to these physiological changes for a while due to physical or mental factors as well as other factors, causing the imbalance of yin and yang, and dysfunction of qi and blood in the internal organs, resulting in a series of symptoms of internal organ dysfunction.

symptom:

(1) Menstrual disorders: It is the most common and prominent symptom in menopausal women. Menstruation is often delayed, sometimes only occurring once every few months, and the amount of menstruation gradually decreases. When estrogen becomes less and less and can no longer cause changes in the endometrium, menstruation stops, which is called menopause. (2) Hot flashes: Hot flashes are one of the main characteristics of menopause. Some women experience a decrease in estrogen levels and blood calcium levels during menopause. They may experience hot flashes, flushing, sweating, dizziness, and palpitations. The duration of the hot flashes may be one or two minutes or 12 to 15 minutes. (3) Cardiovascular and lipid metabolism disorders: Coronary heart disease and diabetes may occur. (4) Neurological and mental disorders: Some women have significant fluctuations in blood pressure and may experience emotional instability, irritability, personality changes, memory loss, general discomfort, etc. (5) Degeneration of the musculoskeletal system: pain in the waist, back, and limbs occurs, and some women develop frozen shoulder and cervical spondylosis.

Diet therapy

The most common diseases in female menopause are menstrual symptoms and psychological symptoms. Many menopausal patients also experience insomnia, palpitations, night sweats and other problems, but when treating these symptoms, patients often ignore the role of diet therapy. In fact, food can effectively relieve the symptoms of female menopause.

Food therapy for female menopause: 1. Women in menopause should eat more foods rich in B vitamins: such as millet, oatmeal, beans, lean meat, milk, green leafy vegetables, fruits, etc. These foods have many functions such as protecting the nervous system, promoting digestion, calming and promoting sleep; 2. Protein, sugar, vitamins, macroelements, trace elements, cellulose and other substances are rich in fungi, soybeans, sesame, corn, rice, yeast, beer, tea, dried fruits, seafood, animal offal, etc. Women in menopause should eat more of these foods. 3. Menopausal women with anemia and poor physical condition should choose foods with high protein content: such as eggs, lean meat, beans, pork liver, vegetables, fruits, etc. 4. Calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins B1, B2, linolenic acid and linoleic acid help lower cholesterol. Menopausal women with high cholesterol and overweight body should eat more of them, which will benefit them a lot. 5. Eat less irritating foods: alcohol, strong tea, coffee, chili, pepper, etc. Smokers should quit smoking.

Chinese medicine treatment

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that menopausal syndrome is caused by the gradual decline of women's kidney qi and deficiency of Chong and Ren meridians, and is related to the imbalance of yin and yang in the body and the disorder of qi and blood in the internal organs.

Experts say that TCM treatment of menopausal syndrome emphasizes syndrome differentiation and treatment, and the following four methods are often used in clinical practice.

1. Medication conditioning: Traditional Chinese medicine treatment of menopausal syndrome emphasizes syndrome differentiation and treatment, so it pays great attention to symptomatic medication. 2. Psychological care: In the treatment of menopausal syndrome, Chinese medicine pays great attention to the role of psychological care while taking medication. First of all, patients should be made aware that menopause is a normal physiological change process and there is no need to be overly anxious, so as to relieve their mental burden and maintain an optimistic mood. 3. Acupuncture and conditioning: In addition to the use of medication and psychological conditioning, TCM treatment of menopausal syndrome can also use other methods for conditioning according to the actual situation of the patient. The most commonly used method is acupuncture conditioning, such as acupuncture, ear acupoint pressure pill method, etc. 4. Daily conditioning: Experts point out that TCM treatment of menopausal syndrome also pays special attention to self-conditioning in daily life, such as regular living and dietary adjustments. Patients should maintain a regular life, pay attention to the combination of work and rest, ensure adequate sleep, insist on physical exercise, strengthen dietary conditioning, etc.

Daily Health

1. Adjust your daily life. You should lead a regular life, pay attention to the combination of work and rest, and ensure adequate sleep, but it is not advisable to rest in bed too much. When physical condition permits, you should take the initiative to do work and housework within your ability, and try to participate in some cultural, sports and social activities to enrich your spiritual life and enhance your physical fitness. Maintain a harmonious sex life.

2. Psychological adjustment. Patients must first understand that menopause is a normal physiological change process, and the occurrence of some symptoms is inevitable, so there is no need to be overly anxious. We should relieve our mental burdens and maintain an open-minded and optimistic attitude. Participate in more recreational activities to add fun to your life. Pay attention to improving interpersonal relationships and promptly resolve psychological barriers.

3. Diet adjustment. Appropriately limit high-fat and sugary foods, eat less salt, don’t smoke, don’t drink, and eat more protein-rich foods and fruits and vegetables.

4. Have regular physical examinations. Menopausal women should go to the hospital regularly for health checks, including gynecological examinations, cancer prevention examinations, etc., so that they can be aware of the disease and seek treatment early if it is discovered.

After reading the above detailed introduction about women's menopause, I believe that all female friends have some knowledge and understanding of how to better get through menopause. In daily life, we should pay more attention to rest, maintain good living habits, ensure adequate sleep time, eat healthier, eat more nutritious food, etc. We should also go to the hospital for regular physical examinations to maintain a healthy body.