Menopause

Are you bursting into flames as the decade of your 50’s looms?

As many women navigate their 40’s and 50’s they experience something called Yin Deficiency. This is most commonly experienced with a decrease in the body’s natural cooling and moisture, as well as decline in hormone levels such as estrogen and progesterone.

As these hormones decline we might experience a variety of symptoms including:

  • Night sweats
  • Hot flashes
  • Irritability
  • Insomnia
  • Vaginal dryness and discomfort
  • Pain with intercourse
  • Skin and hair dryness
  • Irregularly timed menstruation
  • Excessive menstrual bleeding

Some women experience their menopause or peri-menopuase years with more of a yang deficiency presentation. These symptoms may include:

 

  • Fatigue
  • Low libido
  • Lowered metabolism
  • Weight gain
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Depression
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Everyone is unique and some people may experience a combination of BOTH yin and yang deficiency as they go through peri-menopause and menopause. Individualized acupuncture, herbs, supplements and lifestyle shifts are powerful interventions for reducing the discomfort, and frustration of this experience as well as bridging the gap between your current western medicine interventions and where you’d like to be.

Would you like to have a conversation about what it would look like to work on this project together?

 

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