From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the main cause of hot flashes (a burst of fever) is yin deficiency and fire (deficiency of yin essence in the body, hyperactive fire), so you can take nourishing yin and fire (nourish the yin essence, reduce the fire) medication and acupuncture nourishing yin acupoints for treatment. The treatment of hot flashes needs to be based on the patient’s specific type of diagnosis and treatment, there is no such thing as the fastest way.
1. Taking drugs: hot flashes caused by yin deficiency and fire need to be taken in a timely manner to alleviate the symptoms of hot flashes by nourishing yin and lowering the fire of the prescription drugs, commonly used in the clinic is the six flavors of dihuang pills and Zhibai dihuang pills and other proprietary Chinese medicines, the adverse effects of these two medicines and contraindications are not yet clear, and need to be used under the direction of a doctor.
2. Acupuncture and moxibustion treatment: patients with hot flashes symptoms, you can also be acupuncture acupuncture points on the foot Shaoyin kidney meridian, to play a role in nourishing the kidney yin to ease the role of hot flashes, clinically commonly used acupuncture points such as Taixi points and Sanyinjiao points.
When the symptoms of hot flashes are more serious, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to avoid self-medication.