Support for the change, inside and out. Herbal formulas for the transition, alongside skincare made for skin going through menopause.
The three patterns I see most
Menopause is not one presentation in Chinese medicine, and the formula that helps one woman will do nothing for another.
Kidney Yin deficiency with heat. Hot flashes, night sweats, dry eyes and vagina, insomnia in the small hours, a racing feeling at night. This is the most common picture and the one most people mean when they say menopause. It wants cooling and yin-nourishing formulas.
Kidney Yang deficiency. Cold rather than hot. Fatigue, weight settling at the middle, low libido, a weak lower back, needing more sleep than you used to. Less talked about because it does not match the stereotype, and cooling formulas make it worse.
Liver Qi stagnation with Blood deficiency. Irritability with a short fuse, breast tenderness, mood that swings hard, headaches around the cycle while it is still happening. Common in late perimenopause when estrogen is spiking and crashing rather than simply falling.
Many women move between these across the transition. What worked at 47 may be wrong at 52.
What I check before reaching for herbs
A single hormone panel on one morning tells you very little in this window. FSH and estradiol swing week to week, so a normal day-three result means only that the number was normal on day three.
I also rule out the things that look identical: thyroid, because hypothyroidism produces the same fatigue and weight change and a TSH alone will not catch it; ferritin, because heavy perimenopausal bleeding drives iron down; and fasting insulin, because the metabolic shift in this window is real and easier to catch early.
The full workup is in what I track before the periods stop. If sleep is the main complaint, the 3 a.m. wake-up is the more useful piece.
The skin part nobody warns you about
Collagen production drops sharply in the first years after the change, which is why skin can feel thinner and less resilient seemingly overnight. That is a different problem from hot flashes and it needs different tools.
The Skin Through Change range is built for exactly this, and I go through the physiology in why your skin changes.
Before you order
Evergreen formulas are dispensed after a consultation, and menopause is one of the clearer reasons why. Several of these formulas are contraindicated alongside hormone therapy or with certain medications, and the yin and yang patterns want opposite treatments.
Not sure which pattern you are in? Call 725-800-8930 or book a visit and I will sort it with you. Guessing here usually costs three months.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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