Elisabeth Staunton TCM Traditional Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture in Essendon and Williamstown

Perimenopause and Menopause

The transition into perimenopause and menopause can often be a wild ride.

Fluctuating hormones and symptoms like hot flushes, mood swings, sleep disturbance, and brain fog can be tough to navigate. While menopause typically occurs in early 50s, the years leading up to it (perimenopause) can be equally challenging.

Having gone through menopause in the last couple of years, I get how there can be many emotions at play too. At times relief and a sense of freedom, at other times grief, in acknowledging a transition from one life phase to another.

In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), this is an important life phase and an opportunity to re-calibrate and reset. Constitution, lifestyle, environment and state of health, can really influence how your body navigates the process. There is so much Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture has to offer… wherever you are at. We all have a unique experience of this process, therefore, an individual and targeted approach with Acupuncture, herbal medicine, diet and lifestyle changes can help smooth this transition.

When it comes to navigating the highs and lows of this time, I find, the more you can settle your nervous system the better. Acupuncture can be so helpful to reduce stress, allowing the body to drop into ‘rest and repair mode.’

Practising from Living Change in Essendon and Hobsons Bay Health Collective Williamstown. Click link below to book.