Treatment of Perimenopausal Syndrome Using the Method of Clearing the Heart and Pacifying Liver
10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2025.12.017
- VernacularTitle:运用清心平肝法治疗围绝经期综合征
- Author:
Yifei CHEN
1
;
Ji LI
1
;
Jie ZHANG
1
Author Information
1. Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine,Shanghai,200032
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
perimenopausal syndrome;
perimenopausal syndrome;
clearing the heart and pacifying liver
- From:
Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2025;66(12):1290-1292
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
To summarise the clinical experience of treating perimenopausal syndrome with self-prescribed Gengnian Formula (更年方). It is believed that the key mechanism of perimenopausal syndrome is the imbalance of heart and liver, and it is common to see the syndrome of blazing of heart-liver fire, so the treatment should be based on calmness of qi and blood. It is advocated that using the method of clearing the heart and pacifying liver, prescribing Gengnian Formula as the basic formula, and modifying according to the symptoms, so as to regulate heart and liver and balance yin and yang.