PREMATURE OVARIAN FAILURE (PREVENTION)

Clinical Manifestations
  • The woman's ovaries stop working before the age of forty
  • Not the same as menopause
  • \Still has occasional periods
  • Cannot ge pregnant naturally
  • Missed periods are the first sign of POF
Treatment Principle
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Heaviness
  • Thick fluid
  • Anorexia  
  • Feverish
  • Abdominal distension 
  • Chest discomfort
  • Uncomfortable bowel movements
  • Cough
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • T: Normal
  • C: Greasy and white or yellow
  • P: Slippery and maybe rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Resolve Damp
  • Disperse Stagnation
  • Resolve Phlegm
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Clear, pale menstrual Blood
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus or deafness
  • Poor memory
  • Aching, soreness or weakness of low back
  • Spermatorrhea or premature ejaculation
  • Aching in bones
  • Aching in leg and heel
  • Dry mouth
  • Thirst
  • Night sweats
  • Five sole heat
  • Malar flush
  • Low grade fever in the afternoon
  • Dry throat, maybe recurrent sore throat
  • Dry stools and / or constipation
  • Urine short and red
  • Heightened libido
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Reinforce the Kidneys.
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Lumbago: low back feels cold, weak and aching
  • Feeling chilled
  • Aversion to cold
  • Cold limbs
  • General debility
  • Pale face
  • Urinary frequency with abundant, clear urine or
  • Oliguria with edema
  • Maybe nocturia
  • Lassitude
  • Withdrawn, subdued behavior
  • Knees feel cold and aching
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus
  • Impotence, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation
  • Low libido
  • Female infertility ("uterus cold and infertile")
  • Maybe anorexia
  • Maybe loose stools
  • Maybe chronic diarrhea or "cock crow" diarrhea
  • T: Pale and swollen
  • C: Thin and white
  • P: Deep and thready - maybe slow
Treatment Principle
  • Tonify Yang
  • Reinforce the Kidneys.
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Early menstruation
  • Irregular periods
  • Decreased menses with light colored Blood and no blood clots
  • Emaciation
  • Dizziness
  • Night sweating
  • Blurred vision
  • Palpitations
  • Insomnia
  • Tinnitus
  • Hearing loss
  • A weak lower body
  • Five sole Heat or
  • Low-grade fever in the afternoon
  • Back soreness
  • Dry mouth
  • Dry bowl movements
  • Increased clear urine
  • Loose stools
  • Feeling cold
  • Depression
  • Cold limbs
  • Frequent urination
  • Long-drawn-out urination with a thin stream or dribbling
  • Fatigue
  • Pain and coldness in loin and knees
  • T: Red or Pale, swollen and wet
  • C: Little or None or White   
  • P: Thready and rapid or Floating and Empty or Deep and weak or Thin and soft or Deep and thready
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish the Kidney Yin and Yang
  • Generate Blood
  • Regulate the Chong and Ren channels
  • Support the Liver
  • Augment Jing
  • Nourish the uterus
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Dizziness
  • Blurred vision
  • Pale, lusterless complexion
  • Pale nails
  • Abdominal pain
  • Irregular menstruation
  • Tinnitus
  • Menstruation may also be accompanied by distention and pain
  • Feebleness
  • Exhaustion
  • Lower back pain
  • Low energy
  • Lethargy
  • Cold and pain of the knees
  • Cold extremities
  • Shortness of breath
  • Fatigue
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Headache
  • Bitter taste in the mouth
  • Dizziness
  • Frequent sighing
  • Epigastric pain and distention
  • Flatulence
  • Anorexia
  • Alternating chills and fever
  • Breast distention
  • Lassitude
  • Insomnia
  • Shoulder and back pain
  • Rib pain
  • Tightness or fullness in the chest
  • Cold extremities
  • Pain in the arms and legs
  • Heaviness of the head
  • Night sweats
  • Bloating and pain at the umbilicus and abdomen
  • Diarrhea alternating with constipation
  • Five sole heat
  • Palpitations
  • Malar flush
  • Depression
  • Irritability
  • Increased desire to sleep
  • T: Pale or Pink
  • C:Thin and white or yellow
  • P: Thin and weak or Wiry and Deficient or Wiry, tight and Deficient
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish the Kidneys
  • Promote the movement of Qi
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Copious bleeding of dark purple blood
  • The Blood is sticky during menstruation
  • May or may not have clots
  • Menstrual cycle is shortened (early menstruation)
  • Dizziness
  • Blurred vision
  • Pale, lusterless complexion
  • Pale nails
  • Abdominal pain
  • Irregular menstruation with little flow
  • Fixed lower abdominal pain
  • Vertigo
  • Tinnitus
  • Pale lips
  • May be amenorrhea
  • Menstruation may also be accompanied by distention and pain
  • Feebleness
  • Exhaustion
  • Lower back pain
  • Low energy
  • Lethargy
  • Cold and pain of the knees
  • Cold extremities
  • Shortness of breath
  • Fatigue
  • Hypochondriac pain
  • Headache
  • Vertigo
  • Bitter taste in the mouth
  • Frequent sighing
  • Epigastric pain and distention
  • Flatulence
  • Dry mouth and throat
  • Anorexia
  • Alternating chills and fever
  • Breast distention
  • Lassitude
  • Insomnia
  • Shoulder and back pain
  • Rib pain
  • Tightness or fullness in the chest
  • Cold extremities
  • Pain in the arms and legs
  • Heaviness of the head
  • Night sweats
  • Bloating and pain at the umbilicus and abdomen
  • Diarrhea alternating with constipation
  • Five sole heat
  • Palpitations
  • Malar flush
  • Depression
  • Irritability
  • Increased desire to sleep
  • T: Pale or Pink
  • C:Thin and white or yellow
  • P: Thin and weak or Thin and choppy or Wiry and Deficient or Wiry, tight and Deficient
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish the Kidneys
  • Promote the movement of Qi
  • Invigorate the Blood
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Clinical Manifestations
  • Insomnia with much dreaming
  • Spermatorrhea with erotic dreams
  • Premature ejaculation
  • Irritability
  • Easily startled
  • Palpitations
  • Poor memory
  • Dizziness
  • Tinnitus
  • Low back soreness
  • Legs weak
  • Tidal fever
  • Night sweats
  • Dry mouth
  • Red cheeks
  • Urine short and red
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Thready and rapid
Treatment Principle
  • Nourish Yin
  • Reduce Fire
  • Make the Heart and Kidneys communicate.
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