Acupuncture Treatment of Menopausal Syndrome

Case History Ms. Li, aged 51 years, a staff member from a certain university in Beijing, paid her first visit on Feb. 17,2003, with the chief complaint of irregular menstrual cycle for more than 2 years. The patient complained that in the recent two years, she had shortened menstrual cycle, sometimes only with a 10-day interval between each two cycles, and each menstrual period lasting 3-10 days. The menstrual blood was profuse and fresh-red in color, accompanied with such symptoms as feverish sensation in the face,uncontrollable irritability and peevishness, poor sleep,excitation, difficulty in falling asleep. She also sometimes had vexation, palpitation, dizziness,forgetfulness, lumbar soreness, dry throat and thirst,dry stool, and yellow urine. She had been diagnosed by western medicine to have menopausal syndrome,and treated with western medicine accordingly with little effect.