Menopause

Menopause is a natural, physiological occurrence for all women. Conventional medicine treatments focus only on addressing the symptoms that are associated with these natural changes and treat it like a disease.  Acupuncture and Chinese medicine looks at the whole picture and can be effective (especially when combined with herbs) in treating a wide range of physical as well as emotional symptoms that may arise during menopause. For example Yin(estrogen) is thought of as the cooling system of the body . When this naturally declines heat symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia and irritation can occur.  Acupuncture and Chinese Herbs can address these at the same time instead of taking medications for each. Your practitioner will design a program that is tailored to your specific needs and symptoms.