Perimenopause & Menopause Acupuncture Treatment

Hot flushes, broken sleep, and a body that no longer behaves the way it used to. Chinese medicine support through perimenopause and menopause, with Dr Cynthia White, RN & Doctor of Chinese Medicine.

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Initial appointment · $220 · 60 minutes

Follow-up appointments $140  ·  AHPRA Registered, Chinese Medicine Board of Australia  ·  Dr Cynthia White, RN & Doctor of Chinese Medicine

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What's included in your 60 minutes

  • Chinese medicine consultation and review
  • Chinese medicine pattern diagnosis
  • Individualised acupuncture treatment
  • Chinese herbal consultation and prescription
  • Review of current symptoms and changes over time
  • Treatment adjusted at each appointment according to your current presentation
  • Lifestyle and self-care recommendations where appropriate

Pricing

Initial appointment · 60 minutes · $220
Includes your Chinese medicine consultation and pattern diagnosis, your treatment, and the Chinese herbal consultation and prescription — a detailed herbal assessment, an individualised formula, and the formula preparation and prescribing work undertaken outside the appointment.

Follow-up appointments · 60 minutes · $140

Chinese herbal medicine is charged separately and generally prescribed in two-week quantities so the formula can be reviewed and adjusted as symptoms change. Routine adjustments are included as part of ongoing treatment.

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Menopause isn't one thing

Two women the same age can be having completely different experiences of the same transition. One can't sleep. One is furious by four in the afternoon. One is fine until the flushes start.

Chinese medicine doesn't treat menopause as a single presentation with a single answer. Treatment is built around your individual pattern, and around the symptoms that are actually bothering you — which might be temperature regulation, or sleep, or mood, or energy, or how much stress you can absorb before it shows.

What's treated is reviewed each visit and adjusted, because this stage of life doesn't hold still.

Dr Cynthia White, RN & Doctor of Chinese Medicine, works alongside your existing medical care rather than in place of it.

How the treatment works

  • Step 1: Assess

    We go through what you're actually experiencing, and how it's changed over the past months.

  • Step 2: Prioritise

    We agree what to work on first — usually sleep or temperature, because everything else follows them.

  • Step 3: Treat

    Individualised acupuncture, with Chinese herbal medicine where appropriate.

  • Step 4: Review

    Symptoms are reviewed every visit and the treatment is adjusted as things shift.

Questions you might have

Can I have this alongside HRT or MHT?

Yes, and many clients do. Bring the details of anything you're taking to your assessment so treatment and any herbal prescription can be planned around it. Chinese medicine is used alongside your medical care rather than in place of it — decisions about hormone therapy stay between you and your doctor.

Will it stop my hot flushes?

That's not something anyone can promise, and response varies considerably. What we can say is that flushes and night sweats are among the specific symptoms tracked at each visit, and treatment is directed at them rather than at menopause in general. If nothing is shifting after a fair trial, that's information, and the approach is changed or reconsidered.

I'm not sure whether I'm perimenopausal.

Diagnosing where you are in the transition is a conversation for your GP, and blood tests may or may not be useful depending on your stage. This treatment works from what you're experiencing rather than from a label — if your sleep, temperature, mood or energy have changed, there's something to assess and work with.

How often would I come in?

Usually more frequently at first, then spacing out as things settle. The pattern depends on how disruptive your symptoms are and how you respond. It's discussed at your first appointment and revisited as you go, rather than sold as a package upfront.

What does the herbal medicine add?

It works between appointments, where acupuncture alone can't. Your herbal consultation and prescription are included in your initial appointment — a detailed Chinese medicine assessment, an individualised formula, and the prescribing work done outside the appointment. The herbs themselves are charged separately and dispensed in two-week quantities so the formula can be reviewed and adjusted as symptoms change. Routine adjustments are included in your ongoing treatment.

Why does the first appointment cost more?

Your initial appointment is $220 and covers more ground than a follow-up. It includes the full Chinese medicine consultation and pattern diagnosis, your treatment, and the Chinese herbal consultation and prescription — including the assessment and formula work done outside the appointment itself. Follow-up appointments are $140 for the same 60 minutes. Herbs are charged separately.

What happens in my first appointment?

Sixty minutes, beginning with a full Chinese medicine consultation and pattern diagnosis — your symptoms, your cycle if you still have one, your sleep, energy and stress tolerance. Treatment is then individualised to that assessment. Where Chinese herbs are appropriate, they're prescribed to your pattern, following traditional use.

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Is this right for you?

This treatment supports:

  • Hot flushes and night sweats
  • Sleep disturbance and waking through the night
  • Mood changes and irritability
  • Fatigue and low energy
  • Headaches
  • Reduced tolerance for stress
  • Changes through perimenopause, before periods stop
  • Symptoms continuing after menopause
  • Anyone using hormone therapy who wants additional support alongside it
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“Two women the same age can be having entirely different experiences of the same transition.”

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