04/20/2018 / By Jessica Dolores
Most older women will tell you menopause is a difficult stage in life. They experience hot flashes, night sweats, irregular periods, and a loss of libido, among others. These bothersome symptoms make it harder for them to enjoy life after retirement.
Other women take medicine to get going. But recent research shows they don’t have too. Menopausal women can turn to acupuncture instead.
A review from Duke Clinical Research Institute that covered previous research and randomized controlled trials showed that women who sought acupuncture experienced less menopausal symptoms than those who did not. Far from suffering difficult menopausal symptoms, these women enjoyed better health and an improved quality of life.
The research results, as discussed in the article “Management of Menopause Symptoms with Acupuncture: An Umbrella Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” were published in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine (JACM), a peer-reviewed publication.
The researchers thoroughly reviewed studies that examined the effectiveness of acupuncture in alleviating the symptoms of menopause and the harmful effects of treatment in perimenopausal and postmenopausal women.
JACM editor-in-chief John Weeks said the research results show “real promise” for patients facing difficult symptoms of menopause.
Besides acupuncture, menopausal women, and those in the perimenopause stage can turn to these natural ways of fighting aging that comes when women cease having their period.
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Menopause is inevitable. But we can breeze through this difficult period in life with the help of acupuncture, nutritious food, and a healthy lifestyle.
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