6 tips to relieve hot flashes and get through menopause gracefully

Menopausal women often suddenly feel their skin is as hot as if it is on fire, and the heat rushes to the face and neck, and then spreads to the upper body. This is menopausal hot flashes, the most common and typical symptom of menopausal syndrome. In mild cases, there may be slight discomfort, while in severe cases, there may be symptoms such as palpitations and shortness of breath; affecting emotions, work and sleep, and making people feel painful.

Drink a glass of water and calm your mind

As the saying goes, "If you keep calm, you will feel cooler." When you experience hot flashes, you should pay attention to stabilizing your emotions. You can try relaxing methods, and drinking a glass of cool water is also very effective.

Quit smoking, drinking and eating fruits and vegetables

Eat more vegetables, fruits, milk, soy products and other foods rich in vitamins and proteins, and reduce the intake of spicy, stimulating, high-fat and high-sugar foods. The stimulation of alcohol and nicotine can cause abnormal changes in blood pressure and mental aspects. You should quit smoking and drinking, and drink less coffee, tea, etc.

Regular exercise has benefits

Regular exercise can promote blood circulation, enhance the body's heat tolerance, help enhance the ability to adapt to and regulate temperature, and is effective in reducing body reactions such as hot flashes.

Chinese medicine conditioning has its own particularities

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that hot flashes and night sweats are caused by internal heat due to yin deficiency, hyperactivity of false yang, and lack of body fluid. Treatment should focus on tonifying kidney qi and adjusting yin and yang. Ingredients such as Tremella fuciformis and lotus seeds can nourish yin and reduce heat, replenish deficiency and strengthen the body, and they can play a better role when combined with Chinese medicinal materials.

Estrogen replacement therapy

1. Estrogen and progesterone cyclic therapy: oral estrogen for 21-25 days, and progesterone is added in the last 6-10 days.

2. You can also simply take 5 mg of estrogen orally once a month, but you need to be aware of the risk of endometrial hyperplasia. (Wang Sumei, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University)

Beans contain a substance from the same family as estrogen that may help relieve symptoms like hot flashes. You can also drink cool soy milk when hot flashes start.