1. How to treat climacteric hot flashes
1. Diet conditioning: Traditional Chinese medicine believes that menopausal women's hyperhidrosis is mainly due to internal heat due to yin deficiency, hyperactivity of yang deficiency, and unconsolidated body fluid, while summer is the season when all kinds of soft and juicy fruits and vegetables are abundant, such as watermelon, pear, lettuce, loofah, lily, fresh lotus root, etc. Eating them in moderation every day can nourish yin and reduce fire, promote fluid production to quench thirst, and replenish deficiency and strengthen vital energy. You can also cook porridge with meals: lotus lily porridge: 3g of lotus seeds and 3g of lily japonica rice are cooked with porridge, once a day in the morning and evening. Red bean and coix seed porridge with red dates: 3g of red bean, 3g of coix seed and 3g of japonica rice, and 1 pieces of red dates, which are boiled and eaten daily. As for meat, duck meat is cold, which can be eaten with stewed soup such as lily and radix adenophorae. Reduce the intake of foods with high fat, salt and sugar, and avoid mutton, Sichuan pepper and fennel, which are spicy and easy to disperse, help to raise internal heat and aggravate sweating symptoms.
2. Medicine and food are of the same origin: for patients with heavy sweating, they can be combined with some Chinese patent medicines, such as Liuwei Dihuang Pill, Kunbao Pill, Danzhi Xiaoyao Powder, etc., or they can be combined with some decoction to replace tea, such as Ganmai Drink: 3g of wheat, 1g of red dates, 1g of licorice, decocted in water once a day. Qizao decoction: Fructus Lycii, Fructus Mori and Fructus Jujubae are decocted in water, once in the morning and once in the evening; Or use 3 grams of yam and 1 grams of lean meat to stew, once a day.
3. Exercise nursing: Women who lack physical exercise, smoke and are obese have a higher incidence of hot flashes and sweating. Strengthening necessary physical exercise, forming regular living habits, paying attention to the combination of work and rest, and strengthening physique can prevent hot flashes and sweating. You can choose an appropriate exercise method and try to avoid sweating and dehydration before sunrise or after sunset.
4. Adjust daily life: Adjust the temperature and humidity of the living environment appropriately. For example, the living environment of people with yin deficiency and blood heat should be slightly cold, and some summer sleeping mats and water pillows can be used. Keep bedding, pajamas, etc. clean, often dry or disassemble and wash, and often take a bath to reduce the irritation of sweat to the skin. Avoid staying up late.
5. Hormone replacement: When hot flashes and sweating are very serious and all the above methods are ineffective, hormone replacement therapy can be considered. The application of hormones has strict indications and contraindications, and it is necessary to go to the hospital and consult a specialist before deciding whether to use drugs.
2. Treatment of climacteric hot flashes
1. Nutrition and health products mainly composed of drugs with kidney yin nourishing function
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the symptoms of hot flashes and sweating in menopause are mostly caused by internal heat due to yin deficiency, hyperactivity of yang deficiency, and unconsolidated body fluid. In shame, most patients can eliminate or alleviate the symptoms of hot flashes and sweating through some effective health care measures and methods, in addition to taking drugs seriously. It is suggested to choose nutritional health products mainly composed of drugs with kidney yin nourishing function, such as Ejiao Polygonum Multiflori Juice, Guiling Ointment, Scarab Tablets, Polygonatum odoratum, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Polygonum Multiflori Radix, Fructus Lycii, Fructus Ligustri Lucidi, Cornus officinalis, etc.
2. Acupoint massage has a good effect on hot flashes and sweating in menopause.
The specific methods are as follows: firstly, massage Ganshu (1.5 inches below the spinous process of the ninth thoracic vertebra) and Shenshu (1.5 inches below the spinous process of the second lumbar vertebra) on the back, and then press Cewei (.5 inches above the hairline of the frontal angle) and Baihui with your thumb. Finally, massage the Quchi of the upper limb (elbow flexion is at right angles, which is the midpoint of the connecting line between the outer end of the elbow transverse stripes and the external epicondyle of the humerus) and Neiguan (2 inches above the wrist transverse stripes, between the palmaris longus tendon and the flexor carpi radialis tendon).
3. Pay attention to hot flashes during menopause
1. Eat more vegetables and coarse grains
Many fiber-rich vegetables, such as bean sprouts, radishes, taro, seaweed, leafy vegetables, potatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, etc., contribute to the secretion of digestive juice, increase gastrointestinal peristalsis and promote cholesterol excretion. In addition, onion and garlic have good lipid-lowering and food-aiding effects. Auricularia auricula and Lentinus edodes can replenish qi and strengthen the body, and replenish qi and help food. And should eat more foods rich in thiamine and nicotinic acid, such as miscellaneous grains, brown rice and legumes. Thiamine has a certain sedative effect, and nicotinic acid can dilate blood vessels, which is beneficial to lowering blood pressure.
2. Increase the intake of calcium and iron
The estrogen level in menopausal women is decreased, and the synthesis and metabolism of bone tissue are decreased, so osteoporosis is easy to occur and the incidence of fractures is increased. In addition, women's daily intake of 1 mg of calcium can reduce the diastolic blood pressure by about 6%. Calcium can also maintain the excitability of nerves and muscles. Therefore, menopausal women should often eat foods containing high calcium, and the calcium supply should be no less than 1 mg per day. Honey contains more than 1 kinds of trace elements, and calcium reaches 18 mg per 1 grams of honey, which can effectively prevent women from convulsions. You can take 2-3 cups of warm milk every day and 2-3 grams of honey each time. Honey can refer to jujube honey.
3. Eat as much fish, shrimp and beans as possible
protein is related to the construction and repair of human tissues and the maintenance of immune function. However, it should be noted that land animal meat is usually accompanied by a lot of saturated fat, which makes you gain weight. Therefore, it is suggested to reduce land animal meat food, and low-fat dairy products, beans and fish and shrimp can be the main sources of protein.
4, control the intake of high fat and sugar
menopausal women are prone to obesity, which is because endocrine changes during menopause, which makes the feeding center out of balance. With the increase of age, the amount of activity decreases, and the heat energy consumed in the body decreases, resulting in excess heat and obesity, which will lead to disorder of glucose metabolism and induce obesity. Obesity will lead to abnormal glucose metabolism, promote the formation and development of arteriosclerosis, and increase the incidence of cardiovascular diseases. Therefore, diet must be controlled during menopause, especially the intake of high fat and sugar.
4. Symptoms of hot flashes due to yin deficiency
Hot flashes due to yin deficiency are characterized by low fever in the afternoon or at night, with the feeling of heat penetrating from the inside to the outside of the bone, and symptoms such as cheekbone redness, night sweats, red tongue with scanty fluid, and thready and rapid pulse. It belongs to yin deficiency syndrome, because the yang is gradually declining in the afternoon, the body's disease resistance is low, and evil spirits live alone in the body, so the condition is aggravated and fever occurs. At night, the qi of weiyang enters the interior and steams in the yin, so there is a feeling that heat penetrates from the bone to the outside.
Hot flashes due to yin deficiency are the most common and typical symptoms of menopausal women, and about 85% of menopausal women have experienced this symptom. Flushing is that patients sometimes suddenly feel the heat wave spreading from the chest to the neck and face. The above skin parts are accompanied by diffuse flushing, often accompanied by symptoms such as sweating, palpitation and chest tightness. Hot flashes refer to the feeling of heat without skin redness and sweating. Hot flashes and hot flashes can occur in the same woman at different times.
The symptoms of hot flashes can last for more than one year, and 5% of women can last for more than five years. The frequency of hot flashes due to yin deficiency varies greatly from individual to individual. Some of them occur occasionally for a short time, while others occur every day for several seconds to several minutes. In severe cases, they occur dozens of times a day for as long as 15 minutes. The inducement is mostly after exercise, after eating, when wearing too much clothes and covering, when nervous and anxious. These symptoms make patients feel uneasy and in a bad mood, which affects their daily work.