May 30th, 2010 by Stand Team

The stage of the menopause tends to be difficult for the majority of women, there are many times that, to overcome better this time, it was prescribed anti-depressants. And although the investigations show that the effects on the “treatment of the blows of heat” and other symptoms are positive, also has been shown to have negative side effects.

An alternative treatment that has good results for the treat menopause has proved to be the Acupuncture. This is a therapy traditional Chinese medicine in which are used small needles are inserted at several points of the body.

This type of therapy works to energy level, and deals with the 12 channels or meridians that there are in our body. Each meridian is associated with an organ different and dominates different aspects mental, emotional and physical aspects of our bodies.

The Acupuncture is based in recreating the flow of positive energy in those channels, restoring the flow of positive energy can recover the proper functioning of our body.

An investigation decided deal with the two types of treatment, one with anti-depressants and another with Acupuncture. On the one hand a group of women who were suffering the symptoms of menopause were treated with anti-depressants, and another group with Acupuncture.

The study concluded that in both groups the effects were similar and the symptoms had been reduced, even in the two groups the symptoms of depression also were lower.

The difference was that, in the group of women who took anti-depressants traditional, side effects were negative: dizziness, headaches, nausea, difficulty sleeping, and fatigue, anxiety, and tremors nightclubs.

Women treated with Acupuncture not felt any of these effects; on the contrary, these women reported an increase in energy, increased sexual desire and a feeling of well-being in general.

The Acupuncture is a treatment to take into account when it comes to face this difficult time.