Menopausal depression is a common psychological disorder that manifests itself as symptoms such as low mood, insomnia, anxiety, depression, etc. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that some menopausal discomfort stems from blood blockage. In TCM terms, it isGore.
Let me tell you a real medical story.
It is said that there is such a woman, who is 47 years old.
She hasn't had her period for the last five months. She thought to herself that she might have amenorrhea and reached menopause.
Although, she is mentally prepared. However, the discomfort that followed still surprised her.
First of all, yesIrritable and emotionally unhappy, as if there is invisible pressure that makes her breathless.
Secondly, the throat is blocked, as if it is not breathing. This made her sigh from time to time, and she had to take a deep breath to find a quick solution.
At night, they dream a lot, they can't rest all night, and when it's serious, they can't sleep all night.
In that case, let's take medicine well. However, after taking all kinds of western medicines and Chinese patent medicines, the patient did not see any effect.
Eventually, she sought Chinese medicine.
On immediate examination, it was seen that the patient's pulse was astringent, the lichen was thin and white, and the tongue was purple and dark.
After learning this, I gave a prescription.
Peach kernel, safflower, angelica, raw land, red peony, ligusticum chuanxiong, bupleurum, citrus aurantium, bellflower, hyssop, licorice.
As a result, after the patient takes it, and the symptoms of one body gradually lessened. After a while, the patient's tongue and appearance have changed greatly, and all the evidence is calm. The uncomfortable feeling of suffocation in the throat is almost completely gone
In fact, judging from the tongue and pulse of this patient at the time of consultation, we can clearly perceive that he belongs to oneBlood stasis syndromeYes.
Blood stasis, the skin is not nourished. Therefore, later on, the patient developed a sense of ant movement on the skin.
As the blood stasis lasts for a long time, it will become hot. This is known as the heat of stasis. With heat, she will be thirsty, always want to drink cold water, and have heat in her chest.
As I said earlier, the understanding of the symptoms of women's menopause in Chinese medicine is mostly not from the perspective of blood stasis.
However, from the perspective of clinical practice, people with blood stasis syndrome in menopause do exist. Typical manifestations are dark or bluish tongue, and some may be accompanied by stubborn pain in some parts of the body, such as breathlessness, suffocation, and tightness in the throat and chest, poor sleep, emotional and psychological instability.
At this time, it is better to use the method of blood circulation and blood stasis. This is what my colleagues and I have really felt in recent years.