Zastosowanie akupunktury w leczeniu obni onego libido u kobiet w okresie menopauzy

Menopause of Polish women occurs approximately between 48 and 52 years of life. It is a time of manydisorders in the woman’s organism, which not only affect the health but also deteriorate the quality of life. Oneof the symptoms of menopause, very frequently “bashfully unsaid”, is the occurrence of decreasing libido amongthe patients. Despite the fact of hormonal replacement therapy (HRT) in treating symptoms of near menopausalstage, some of the women still suffer the decrease of libido. Acupuncture as an element of traditional Chinesemedicine (TCM) has been in use for thousands of years in therapy of many different chronic illnesses. Sincea couple of years ago once more we have been using it in menopause therapy. This article describes the impactof use of acupuncture procedures on level of libido in a group of 24 women aged 54-56. We observed a beneficialimpact of acupuncture procedures both on the increasing level of libido and in the improvement of women’slife after the treatment because of the profitable influence of acupuncture on different symptoms of climactericsyndrome (hot flashes, night sweats, sleeping disorder, depression).