Menopausal symptoms are different for men and women. If you have three or more symptoms that appear stably, you should pay attention to your body.

The annual Hands-Chopping Festival has already opened deposit pre-sales one after another. What have you ordered?

Last night a friend came to me to discuss and asked what to buy for my mother. I thought about it for a while and replied to her: Ganmai Jujube Tea.

I half-joked about her mother's turbulent menopause, but after thinking about it, there was nothing wrong with it.

Shopping on Double Eleven may not be cheap. People pay more attention to a sense of ritual, to store up some happiness for themselves, and to show some filial piety to their parents at the end of the year. Why not do it.

But in fact, no matter when, the most worthwhile investment for yourself and your family, I think it is different.

healthy, beautiful

Before, some friends kept saying that they wanted me to talk about menopause. In fact, menopause is becoming more and more youthful now. Menopause is no longer synonymous with mothers. It is more like a manifestation of physical changes. Dad We also have "menopausal" changes, and many young girls are also clamoring that they are going to menopause soon.

How old are you! Menopause? To put it bluntly, it means that the body has an imbalance of yin and yang.

How to maintain physical and mental health and beauty, today I want to talk about menopause.

Menopause signal to be vigilant

In our inherent concept, menopause is exclusive to women around the age of 50, before and after menopause. In Chinese medicine, menopausal syndrome is also called "periomenopausal syndrome". Combined physical and psychological changes.

But as mentioned earlier, social life is under great pressure now, people have irregular work and rest, different lifestyles, and menopause is gradually becoming younger. Leaving aside the specific menstrual period before and after menopause, it is just a syndrome. Look, everyone can test themselves to see if they have a tendency to age.

Sweating easily, hot flashes, flushing

Rough, flaky skin

itchy skin, prone to allergies

Habitual upset, or unreasonable discomfort and want to cry

Irritable and irritable, wanting to get angry for no reason

dizziness tinnitus

Palpitations, insomnia, poor sleep quality

hair loss

Sore waist and weak legs, easy to get tired

The face and legs are prone to swell, one press a pit

Osteoporosis, loose teeth, leg cramps easily

Premenopausal women: Irregular menstruation, severe menstrual irritability and insomnia

Obvious changes in temperament: such as low self-confidence, easy depression, mental sensitivity, moodiness

Discomfort in the heart area, easy palpitations

high blood pressure fluctuations

Sweating easily, flushing

Loss of appetite, poor digestion, irregular bowel movements (often constipation or diarrhea)

insomnia, easy to wake up

memory loss

Decreased desire

Obesity, loose skin, muscle atrophy

The above symptoms are just for reference~ If you find that there are three or more symptoms appearing stably in the self-test, then you should pay attention to your body~

Tracing back to the source to find the kidney

Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to syndrome differentiation and holistic principles. Any discomfort should be found out to its root cause, and then overall recuperation should be carried out according to the type of constitution. The same is true for menopausal problems.

Regardless of men and women, menopausal problems are still most related to the kidneys.

According to Western medicine, menopausal changes in men and women are mainly due to changes in hormone levels in the body:

Before and after menopause, women's ovarian function declines and estrogen is severely lacking, so endocrine disorders are disordered, which in turn affects the body and emotions. After a man reaches the age of 40, the hormones in the body begin to decline, especially the most important testosterone content drops by about 1% per year. This is the main reason for men to experience "menopausal" changes. Low testosterone will have physical and psychological effects on men. In traditional Chinese medicine, the kidneys are responsible for various changes during menopause. The imbalance of yin and yang in the kidneys will affect the heart, liver, and spleen. The relative disturbance of essence, qi and blood will form the symptoms mentioned above.

The basic pathological changes are based on kidney deficiency.

Kidney deficiency is divided into yin and yang, and when dialectical, it is necessary to distinguish between cold and heat.

1. Kidney yin deficiency (more heat and less cold)

"Plain Questions" said: "Women...Qiqi, the Ren meridian is weak, the Taichong meridian is weak, the sky is exhausted, and the tunnel is blocked, so the shape is broken and there is no child."

The kidney is the innate foundation of human beings. When the essence is stored and the kidney qi is strong, a girl's menstruation will start. When Qiqi is 49 years old, the essence will decline, and menstruation will gradually stop.

"Huangdi Neijing" also said, "After forty years, the yin qi is half." Before and after menopause, women's kidney qi declines, menstrual blood exhausts, and the body is in a state of "yang is always surplus, yin is often insufficient". Turning into fire, it is prone to irritability and restlessness.

Therefore, menopausal syndrome in women is mostly caused by kidney yin deficiency.

Deficiency of heart and kidney yin, excessive fire, and generally cold stomach. This type often manifests upset sweating, insomnia, fever and chest pain, likes to eat cold food, but stomach pain and diarrhea after eating.

2. Deficiency of kidney yang (less heat and more cold)

This type is more common in men, "husband... Fifty-eight, kidney qi declines, and hair falls and teeth become haggard." At the age of 40, kidney qi begins to decline, which is what Western medicine calls a decline in hormone levels.

The symptoms of kidney yang deficiency are partial cold syndrome, fear of cold, frequent urination at night, diarrhea in the morning, easy edema, easy fatigue, and heat and irritability.

Regulating the body and mind should be symptomatic

Menopause is a signal of an imbalance of yin and yang in the body, and sometimes it will last for several years. It is a war of attrition for yourself and your family and friends, so you must take care of it carefully.

There are two major types mentioned above, partial heat and partial cold, but in fact, in real life, many people have mixed cold and heat, spleen and kidney yin deficiency will also be accompanied by stomach cold, spleen and kidney yang deficiency will also have False fire disturbs the heart, so when adjusting, you must also identify the key points you want to improve. Don't rush or be impatient, take your time~

General principles: regulate the liver and nourish the kidneys, nourish yin and eliminate troubles, calm yin and yang

A few points that apply uniformly are listed first:

1. Mood adjustment is very important. Do what you like. If your family members have menopause, you should listen to him patiently and pamper him more.

2. You can exercise moderately

3. Pay attention to protein supplementation in diet, you can eat more grains, especially beans

4. Pay attention to calcium supplementation! Especially for menopausal sisters, calcium should also be supplemented with vitamins, especially B vitamins

5. The principle of dietary therapy: light and balanced, less oil, less salt and less stimulation, especially male friends, smoking and drinking should be reduced ~ you can eat more foods that nourish the liver and kidney, enrich blood and strengthen the spleen, such as: beans, red dates, longan, walnuts, Fungus, fish, yam, etc.

Diet recipes:

1. Ganmai jujube soup

15g wheat, 10 jujubes, 9g licorice. For Sanwei, boil 3L with 6L of water, and take it three times a day, or as a substitute for tea.

This is the Ganmai Jujube Soup I mentioned at the beginning. It is a must-have basic recipe for menopause. Many people should have tried it. Although the recipe is simple, the effect is really nothing to say.

This is the prescription in "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber". Zhang Zhongjing used it to treat "women's irritability". Women's irritability is a kind of menopausal syndrome. It belongs to the deficiency of heart and kidney yin, and the imbalance of liver qi. Anxiety, crying, worry, boredom, forgetfulness, itchy, sensitive skin.

This recipe uses wheat, which is sweet in taste and cool in nature. The viscera of the mother, the son can make the mother strong, so it is mainly to nourish the liver qi", using the idea that the mother and the son can nourish the liver at the same time. Wheat is an excellent choice for nourishing the heart and liver. The viscera must be nourished, and the deficiency fire will clear itself.

The compatibility of licorice and wheat can nourish the heart, neutralize the priorities, and help the transformation of qi and blood. Jujube is sweet and flat, nourishes the temper, calms the mind and nourishes the mind, nourishes the blood and regulates the middle. Three simple medicines and food from the same source can clearly and clearly coordinate the arrangement of the liver, spleen and kidney~ Give Zhongjing a big thumbs up~

Another: People with weak spleen and stomach can usually make porridge to drink~

Ganmai jujube porridge

50g wheat, 10g jujube, 15g licorice. First fry the licorice and remove the residue. Then add wheat and jujube, and cook with some japonica rice to make porridge. Consume on an empty stomach, 2 times a day.

2. Walnut Gorgon Lotus Seed Porridge

20g of walnuts, 15g of Gorgon fruit, 15g of lotus seeds, and appropriate amount of rice. Cook together into porridge. Consume on an empty stomach, 2 times a day.

This kind of porridge is more suitable for friends with liver and kidney yang deficiency. People who are usually afraid of cold, weak spleen and stomach, weak waist and legs, and prone to diarrhea in the morning can cook this porridge to drink. Gorgon fruit and walnuts can nourish the liver, spleen and kidney, and warm the kidney yang. At the same time, it helps to capture the essence of the body, adding lotus seeds to nourish the mind and calm the mind, and to relieve the troubles. The effect is very good, and it is also delicious~

3. Black bean wolfberry mulberry tea

The simple formula of this tea is black beans, wolfberry, and mulberries. This is the prescription of Dr. Zhou of Xiushantang. It nourishes the liver and blood, nourishes the kidney and yin. It is sweet and delicious, taking into account the taste and efficacy.

Black beans can first strengthen the liver and dispel wind, second can clear away heat and dampness, third can nourish blood and improve eyesight, and fourth can nourish kidney and yin. Combined with goji berries that up-regulate the liver and kidney, and mulberry that nourishes blood and nourishes yin, promotes body fluid and moisturizes dryness, it can regulate liver and kidney in one step.

4. Tremella yam sweet soup

Ingredients: Tremella 25g, yam 1/4, lotus seeds 50g, Polygonatum 10g, Ophiopogon japonicus 10g

practice:

☆Soak the white fungus first, peel and cut the yam into pieces, wash other materials, put Polygonatum and Ophiopogon japonicus into a filter bag, and put wolfberry into a bowl for later use

☆Add an appropriate amount of water to the pot, put the filter bag and goji berries, bring to a boil over high heat, then turn to low heat and continue cooking for 20 minutes, add tremella and yam in the last 5 minutes, add a small amount of rock sugar, and serve.

Yangshen point

In addition to regular exercise, you can also massage some acupoints to nourish the kidneys and calm the nerves, replenish qi and eliminate troubles.

1. Sanyinjiao point

Location: 3 inches above the tip of the medial malleolus

Efficacy: In addition to strengthening the spleen and blood, it can also regulate the liver and kidney, and has the effect of calming the nerves

2. Taixi Point

Location: On the inside of the foot, behind the medial malleolus, in the depression between the tip of the medial malleolus and the Achilles tendon

Efficacy: clearing away heat and qi, benefiting the kidneys and relieving restlessness, press more if the soles of the feet are prone to cold sweats

3. Neiguan point

Location: Two horizontal fingers above the horizontal crease on the wrist, between the two tendons.

Efficacy: It has the effects of calming the mind, calming the nerves, regulating qi and relieving pain, and treating insomnia.

The above three acupoint massage methods: press each acupoint for 5 seconds and then release, repeat 30 times, twice a day. Usually a lot of stimulation is good~