Menopause

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, menopause is known as The Second Spring — a time when the body’s energy begins to shift, inviting renewal rather than decline.

As oestrogen naturally falls, Yin and Yang find a new rhythm. The focus moves from fertility to vitality, from giving outwardly to nurturing inwardly. This season asks us to slow down, listen and restore balance — not to fight change, but to move with it. Hot flushes, mood changes and fatigue are simply signs that the body is asking for care and recalibration.

Through acupuncture, nourishment and self-kindness, women can enter this phase with steadiness, confidence and grace — feeling lighter, clearer and more in tune with themselves than ever before.

Menopause isn’t the end of growth. It’s your Second Spring — the beginning of a new kind of vitality.

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What the Research Says

  • This meta-analysis pooled 12 randomized controlled trials (869 women) to assess acupuncture for menopause-related symptoms. Across studies, acupuncture was associated with reduced hot flash frequency and severity, improvements in broader menopause symptom scores (including psychological, somatic, and urogenital symptoms), and a modest improvement in vasomotor-related quality of life. Some benefits were also reported up to 3 months after treatment. PubMed+1

    Read the article (DOI): https://doi.org/10.1097/GME.0000000000000260
    PubMed record: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25003620/ PubMed

  • In this large, real-world (pragmatic) randomized controlled trial, 209 perimenopausal and postmenopausal women (ages 45–60) with at least 4 hot flashes/night sweats per day were assigned to either acupuncture (up to 20 treatments over 6 months) or usual care with a waitlist. By 6 months, vasomotor symptom frequency fell by 36.7% in the acupuncture group, compared with a 6.0% increase in the control group. Benefits were seen after around 3 treatments, with maximum effects after a median of 8 treatments, and improvements were largely maintained for at least 6 months after treatment ended. PMC

    Read the article (DOI): https://doi.org/10.1097/GME.0000000000000597
    Free full text: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4874921/ PMC

  • This systematic review and meta-analysis pooled 35 clinical studies (3,014 patients) assessing acupuncture-related approaches for osteoporosis. Overall, the authors reported that acupuncture—particularly warm needling—was associated with improvements in bone mineral density (including lumbar spine and femur measures in pooled analyses), alongside favourable changes in some bone-related blood markers and pain scores, compared with Western medicine alone in the included studies. The paper also notes that study quality and risk of bias varied, so higher-quality trials are still needed to confirm the size and reliability of these effects. PubMed

    Read the article (DOI): https://doi.org/10.1142/S0192415X18500258
    PubMed record: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29614884/ PubMed

  • In a pragmatic randomised study in Danish primary care, 70 women with moderate-to-severe menopausal symptoms received either standardised acupuncture once weekly for 5 weeks or a waitlist/usual care control. At 6 weeks, the acupuncture group showed significant reductions in hot flushes and sweating, along with improvements in menopause-related sleep problems, and several emotional and physical symptom scores. Improvements were already noticeable by week 3, and only mild, short-lived side effects were reported (no serious adverse events). PubMed

    Read the article (DOI): https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023637 PubMed
    Free full text (PMC): https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6501989/ PubMed

Nutritional Advice

Because acupuncture supports the whole body menopause support works best when it is combined with daily nourishment and steady habits. The food you eat can influence hot flushes sleep mood energy and dryness and it plays a key role in helping the body adapt to hormonal change. Click the button below to explore our guidance on nourishing your body with mindfulness and balance to support a steadier menopause transition.

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