Menopausal weakness and aching legs may be caused by kidney yin deficiency, kidney yang deficiency, kidney yin and yang deficiency, heart and kidney incompatibility (heart fire, kidney yin deficiency, heart and kidney physiological dysfunction), etc. The patient can follow the doctor’s instructions to take oral nourishment of the kidneys to nourish the liver, tonifying the kidneys to tranquilize the spirit, tonifying the kidneys to strengthen the yang for treatment.
1. Kidney Yin Deficiency: Clinical manifestations of Kidney Yin Deficiency include dizziness, tinnitus, lumbar and knee pain and weakness, insomnia, dreaminess, hot flashes and night sweating (sweating abnormally after falling asleep, but sweating stops after waking up) and other symptoms. Patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to take oral six flavors of dihuang pill, Zuo Gui Pill, large tonic yin pill and other traditional Chinese medicine for treatment.
2. Kidney yang deficiency: Patients with kidney yang deficiency will have symptoms such as soreness and weakness of the waist and knees, blurred vision, frequent urination at night, mental depression, and dysmenorrhea in women with uterine cold. Patients can follow the doctor’s instructions to take oral Jin Gui Ren Qi Pills, Right Angelica Pills, Gui Sui Di Huang Pills and other drugs for treatment.
3. Kidney yin and yang deficiency: Patients with kidney yin and yang deficiency manifest symptoms such as lumbar and knee soreness, premature ejaculation and spermatorrhea, night sweating (involuntary sweating during the day, aggravated by sweating with a little movement), and heartburn and heat (heat in the hearts of the hands and feet, and self-consciousness of heart and chest heat), etc. Patients can take Er Xian Ren Qi Pill, Yu Gui Pill, Gui Shen Di Huang Wan and other medicines for treatment. Patients can take Er Xian Tang and Er Zhi Tang and other traditional Chinese medicines as prescribed by the doctor for treatment.
4. Cardio-renal dysfunction: patients with cardio-renal dysfunction show symptoms such as heartburn and insomnia, palpitation, menstrual cycle disorders, scanty or heavy menstrual flow, bright red menstrual flow, dizziness and forgetfulness, lumbago and fatigue, etc. Patients can take TCM such as Tianwang Xinxindan as prescribed by the doctor for treatment.
It is recommended that menopausal patients with symptoms of weakness and aching legs should go to the hospital in a timely manner and use the correct medication under the diagnosis of traditional Chinese medicine, so as to avoid the adverse consequences of blindly using medication.