Professor Li Zhen's Experience In Treating Menopausal Syndrome

Menopausal syndrome which traditional Chinese medicine calls menopausal disorders is a common disease in gynaecology.Modern medical research has confirmed that it has a relation to the disorder of hormone levels in the female.So menopausal syndrome is classified as a part of reproductive endocrinology which is a branch of endocrinology department.As a result,it is a common disease in endocrine clinic.Professor Li Zhen is a chief physician of traditional Chinese medicine and works in the first affiliated hospital of Henan University of traditional Chinese Medicine.He is also the tutor of master,doctoral and post-doctoral.Moreover,he is one of the outstanding experts in Henan Province and has been rated as one of the national professors of level two.In the part of treatment,Professor Li Zhen insisits on the combination of disease differentiation and syndrome differentiation.In the same time,he is loyal to traditional Chinese medicine and use western medicine when necessary.Professor Li Zhen considers that the deficiency of kidney is the main cause of menopausal syndrome.By the way,blood stasis exists in onset an process of menopausal syndrome.Simultaneously,with the changing of work and lifestyle in modern society,Professor Li considers that the phenomenon likes diet stagnation,liver qi stagnation,and so on,which are becoming common.So,obstruction-removing therapy plays an important role in the treatment of modern life diseases.Professor Li Zhen focuses on that everything in body should be unobstructed.The obstruction-removing therapies he usually use such as dispersing stagnated liver qi,promoting blood,elimination of duress and tonifying methods,etc.And on the basis of this thought,Professor Li Zhen stresses the using of obstruction-removing therapy in treating menopausal syndrome.By using a basic prescription he fitted on the principle of reinforcing the kidney,regulating Qi and promoting blood flexibly,and giving psychological counseling in time,Professor Li Zhen has achieved a satisfied curative effect.So,this therapy is worth learning and applying to clinical treatment.This paper will discuss it from two aspects,one is the development of treating menopausal syndrome from western medicine to traditional Chinese medicine,the other is the treatment experience of Professor Li Zhen.In detail,the first aspect includes the acquaintance and therapies of this disease by western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine.The second aspect is divided into four parts:the first part is the etiology and pathogenesis,the second is the form of thinking characteristics,the third is the introduction of the basic prescription,the last part is clinical application.