Acupuncture and Herbs for Menopausal Hot Flashes
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Acupuncture helps hot flashes
ABC news has published a video on menopausal hot flashes and acupuncture. We had a number of positive studies recently on hot flashes and acupuncture.
Among them hot flashes experienced by breast cancer patients. It is a side effect of estrogen-antagonist treatment.
Acupuncture has also been shown to be effective for hot flashes experienced by men undergoing treatment for prostate cancer. It’s a side effect of LH-RH agonists and Antiandrogens.
The video is now removed. But you can find the story on ABC news website.
Acupuncture and hot flashes: five times more effective
September issue of a reputable journal Fertility and Sterility confirmed acupuncture to be effective in reducing hot flashes associated with menopause.
In a well designed placebo controlled study, acupuncture was almost five times more effective than placebo. Seven weeks of acupuncture reduced the severity of hot flashes by 28% among menopausal women.
The research was conducted by Mary Huang, M.S. of Stanford University, California.
My comment: Additionally to acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine is extremely effective in reducing menopausal hot flashes. I often combine acupuncture and one of the herbal formulae like Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan consisting of rehmannia (shu di huang), cornus (shan zhu yu), Chinese yam (shan yao), alisma (ze xie), moutan (mu dan pi), poria (fu ling), anemarrhena (zhi mu), and phellodendron (huang bai).
Most of the time, you will see the results after one or two weeks, no need to wait for seven weeks like suggested in the study.