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Chinese herbs and acupuncture for menopause have come into the spotlight recently because of the dangers of HRT (hormone replacement therapy) and the search for more natural and healthy alternatives.

Certain herbs and foods with phytoestrogen compounds like black cohosh and tofu can help by imitating estrogen in the body and ease the symptoms of menopause such as hot flashes (hot flushes), night sweats, insomnia etc. But this in not the best way of going about it. Even using black cohosh as HRT can be harmful as it has been linked to liver damage.

Acupuncture and Chinese herbs reduce and then eliminate the hot flashes etc. but they do so by going with, as opposed to against, Nature. Menopause is a transition. Menopause symptoms result from unbalanced hormones during the transition. Instead of simply trying to replace the estrogen, and keep this natural process from happening, what should be done is to allow this transition to happen smoothly and to bring about a new balance to the hormones. Acupuncture balances the hormones of the body and brings about the health and wellbeing that results. Not only are the hot flashes etc. reduced and brought to an end but the result is a healthy newfound balance.

Some women do not notice symptoms when they pass through menopause. The idea that menopause is some sort of problem, a lack of estrogen, that needs to be fixed is an odd way of looking at the matter.

Menopause is a natural process that every woman goes through. The symptoms can even be helpful, because they make the woman aware that her health can be improved. And in the course of getting acupuncture and taking herbal medicine, the health of the body in general is improved as well.