Q Every night I wake up in a cold sweat, and my eyes open at 3 a.m., so I'm always tired. Can this sleep problem also improve with Korean medicine?
A Menopausal insomnia often comes together with night sweats, flushing, and palpitations, so treating those underlying causes also improves sleep. This is an area where Korean medicine shows particular strength.
Detailed Answer
During menopause, it is common to wake from sleep as heat surges and cold sweats break out in the middle of the night. Once awake, it is hard to fall back asleep, which easily leads to chronic fatigue. Sleeping pills alone leave the root causes — nighttime heat and hormonal imbalance — untouched, so in many cases you cannot sleep again once you stop taking them.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
In Korean medicine, this kind of insomnia is seen as Non-Interaction of the Heart and Kidney (simsin-bulgyo). In fact, there was a patient in her 50s who suffered from palpitations and frequent waking; after treatment that restored this balance, three months later the number of times she woke at dawn had decreased and her morning fatigue felt much lighter. Rather than forcing sleep, we calm the night sweats and palpitations that disrupt deep sleep so that you naturally sleep well.
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