Chinese medicine views perimenopause and menopause as a time when Yin energy (the calming, cooling energy in you) decreases and becomes less stable. Chinese medicine´s solution for this is to use tools to nourish Yin, and this usually means making sure you have restorative sleep. Sleep often becomes less restful and more disrupted later in…
When most people say “menopause,” they mean more than the end of a woman’s reproductive years, and more, even, than just the accompanying hormonal changes. They often imply at the flurry of unpleasant symptoms thought to accompany those changes, from hot flashes to night sweats, sleeplessness, vaginal dryness, low sex drive or psychological problems like “irritability”. This bleak view of menopause is unique…
