中醫藥治療更年期婦女失眠症探討

Research on Treatment for Insomnia of Women in Menopause

陳天定

《中醫婦科醫學雜誌》 12期 (2009/06) Pp. 37-39

https://doi.org/10.30030/JTCGM.200906.0009

摘要

更年期失眠症為婦科常見的病，是腎氣衰減所產生的一系列生理及病理變化，現代醫學治療失眠，採用睡眠誘導劑或鎮靜催眠藥，雖然起效快，作用強，但存在一定的副作用，潛在的成癮性和反彈性，另外西醫治療更年期失眠一般多採用激素替代療法，但長期服用易導致子宮癌、卵巢癌、乳腺癌的發病率，而中醫藥療法則無比疑慮，廣為人們所接受。

並列摘要

Menopausal insomnia is a common gynecological disease, is a series of physiological and pathological changes caused by the kidney qi's senile deficiency. In modern medical treatments, sedative-hypnotics or barbiturates are used, effects are fast and strong, but the potential side effects include habit forming and contra-effect. Besides, western medical treatments for menopausal insomnia often prescribe ”Hormone replacement therapy”, but in the long run, it can cause uterine, ovarian and breast cancers. As Chinese medicine treatments have no such side effects or worries and are widely accepted.