Acupuncture for Menopause and Perimenopause

Common Perimenopause & Menopause Symptoms

If any of these are interfering with your life, you don’t have to just push through it. Imagine being free from physical and emotional discomfort as you enter this wiser, more audacious phase of your life.

• Hot flashes and night sweats
• Irregular menstrual cycles
• Irritability and easy crying
• Vaginal dryness, low libido and pain with intercourse
• Difficulty sleeping
• Brain fog and poor concentration
• Fatigue

How Chinese Medicine Understands Perimenopause & Menopause

Everyone is unique. Some people experience a combination of both Yin and Yang deficiency as they move through perimenopause and menopause. A detailed intake illuminates the distinct underlying cause of each person’s hormone journey. Herbs, supplements, and lifestyle shifts are powerful interventions for reducing the discomfort and frustration of this transition — and for bridging the gap between your current Western medicine care and where you’d like to be.

Your hormone balance is shaped by age, genetics, stress, lifestyle, and diet. Modern life is fast paced — asking you to show up fully in your career, family, and community. And all of that participation and leadership — the late nights meeting deadlines, the sick kids, the networking events, the meals grabbed on the run — contributes to the hormonal shifts you’re feeling now.

Should You Also Consider Hormone Replacement Therapy?

You may have already seen it — through your doctor, a friend, or one of the many Instagram memes on the subject — that a wide range of symptoms (insomnia, body pain, brain fog, urinary issues, low libido, hot flashes, night sweats) can all trace back to hormone decline in perimenopause and menopause.

Chinese Medicine has supported women through this transition for centuries. And increasingly, current research also points to Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) as a supportive option for many women’s health and wellbeing. I’m here to support you in whatever approach feels right for you — including both, together. Because, honestly, I don’t usually see HRT handle all the symptom discomforts. 

Regardless of which path you choose, the Chinese Medicine perspective remains valuable. The severity of your symptoms is shaped by a combination of genetics and lifestyle — nutrition, substance use, movement, work intensity, stress, and emotional health. Together, these either build strength and vitality, or contribute to symptoms and inflammation. Chinese Medicine offers real tools for shifting that balance in a way that not only addresses your discomfort but supports your longevity. 

If your transition has been a rough one, acupuncture, herbs, and Chinese Medicine lifestyle support — even alongside HRT — can help rebalance both your nervous system and endocrine system, ease uncomfortable symptoms, and help your body release the impact of years of unmanaged stress.

What to Expect in Your First Session

Your first visit starts with a full picture of your health — your symptoms, your pulse, your tongue, and the rhythms of your daily life. From there, we build a treatment plan specific to you, combining acupuncture with herbal formulas, nutrition, and lifestyle guidance where it’s needed. I offer deep experience in women’s health, including Western gynecology, Traditional Chinese Medicine gynecology, and post-graduate training in women’s health and fertility — so you’re getting care that honors both traditions.

How Often Should You Get Acupuncture for Perimenopause or Menopause?

Most people start with weekly sessions to help the body find its footing through this transition, tapering to every other week and then to a maintenance rhythm as symptoms ease. Because perimenopause and menopause unfold gradually, treatment often works best as an ongoing partnership rather than a one-time fix — we adjust the plan together as your body continues to shift.

Ready to get to the root of it? 

Menopause symptoms Treated
Easy Crying and Emotionality
Hot Flashes
Irregular Menstrual Cycles
Irritability
Low Libido
Night sweats
Thirst
Vaginal Dryness