CHEN Yifei,LI ji,ZHANG Jie.Treatment of Perimenopausal Syndrome Using the Method of Clearing the Heart and Pacifying Liver[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,66(12):1290-1292.
CHEN Yifei,LI ji,ZHANG Jie.Treatment of Perimenopausal Syndrome Using the Method of Clearing the Heart and Pacifying Liver[J].Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine,2025,66(12):1290-1292.DOI: 10.13288/j.11-2166/r.2025.12.017.
To summarise the clinical experience of treating perimenop
ausal 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
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