Perimenopause is the period in a woman’s life when her body is preparing for menopause. During a woman’s thirties, her hormone production begins to slow down and continues to diminish, as she grows older. For many women, this period of adjustment is fraught with many symptoms that can interfere with the harmony of her body.

In Chinese medicine, there are patterns of disharmony in the body, caused by patterns of deficiency, that produce problematic and sometimes serious health conditions in perimenopausal and menopausal women.

The decision for many menopausal women, whether or not, to use Menopausal Hormone Therapy   (MHT), is based on the risk and benefits from using Estrogen and Progesterone therapy.  Clinical studies reveal serious health risks associated with hormone therapy that far outweighs the benefits. Research shows that not only are there serious health risk associated with (MHT), but the cost of (MHT) prescriptions is steadily on the rise.   

A few weeks ago, as Tina and I were sitting in my car about to leave work, a woman with a cast on her left arm came up to Tina's window.  There was a man sitting in his truck a parking space away from us quickly turned his head as she approached us.  She asked if we could spare 4 dollars for a dress to purchase at CHKD next door so she could go to Church later that evening.  She stressed it was very important she be at Church that night.  She explained to us that she was  a victim of domestic violence and just gave birth a few months ago.  I said to her, “ok, go ahead and walk over to CHKD and we’ll follow you in our car and walk in to lend you four dollars for your dress.”  She agreed.

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