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After scheduling your appointment, please print and complete the first visit form found on this web sites home page. Thank you for visiting acupuncture Connecticut (CT). Acupuncture is probably the safest treatment for menopause in Connecticut (CT). It took me about three years to figure out how the ancient acupuncture treatment actually reduced the number of hot flashes and night sweats.   At a certain point in a woman's life cycle she will enter menopause. Her follicles start to change. A shorter menstrual cycle is a most common change. A dramatic decrease in circulating estrogen levels will occur. When a woman has hot flashes and night sweats we in Chinese medicine define this as a deficiency heat pattern, the symptom is heat and the condition is caused by a deficiency or lack of estrogen.                      Medical doctors measure clinical menopause as an elevated FSH level. The FSH level rises more than the LH levels. Because of the reduced renal clearance of FSH compared to LH an imbalance occurs. In Chinese medicine this imbalance is defined as Kidney Yin or Yang deficiency.                  For more western information... Menopausal patterns in Chinese Medicine are divided into either Kidney Yin or Kidney Yang vacuity with liver, heart, and digestive system frequently involved. Please note that patients usually only have a few of the symptoms listed under each pattern and frequently have symptoms from multiple patterns due to the tendency to have multiple deficiencies. The heart’s involvement in menopausal symptoms is fascinating. Why do we treat the heart? The heart is the pump that pushes estrogen around the body. When the body needs to move estrogen around quicker, to compensate for a deficiency, the body increases the heart rate and body temperature. This increased activity causes insomnia and night sweats. I've also listed the most commonly seen symptoms for menopausal woman in Connecticut. Woman with thyroid disorders and those undergoing chemotherapy require additional treatment. I believe the elevated heart rate is slightly higher then normal, the difference in the heart rate would be equivalent to the difference in someone attempting to sleep sitting up and that same person sleeping laying down.   Hormone Imbalance Alternating cold and heat symptoms, achy lower back and knees, increased appetite, edema of the face or body, weight gain, decreased libido   Yang Deficiency: Edema of the face and limbs, Weight Gain, Decreased Libido, Lower Back Pain, Fatigue, Memory Loss Yin Deficiency: Hot flashes, Irritability, Fatigued, Itchy Hands and Feet, Night Sweating CONNECTICUT WOMAN COMMON SYMPTOMS   Hot flashes, perspiration, hot hands, hot feet, insomnia, back pain, knee pain, depression, ringing in the ears, irritability, high blood pressure, anxiety Hormone Deficiency