To Evaluate the efficacy of selective acupuncture points for post-menopausal symptoms - A Randomised Controlled trial

Menopause is defined as the permanent cessation of menstruation resulting in the loss of ovarian follicle development. It means that the release of eggs for fertilization by ovaries is stopped. Natural menopause occurs between 45 and 55 years for women worldwide. Some women may have attained menopause earlier before 40 years of age. Most of the women were manage their symptoms. But about 15% of women need hormone replacement therapy, psychotherapy. Hormone replacement therapy includes administration of estrogen it will reverse the symptoms, but it has some own limitations. Acupuncture is system of medical treatment based on the principle of Taoism. Under this ideology the health is not merely an absence of disease it means that health is maintained by balance between yin and yang which based on 5 element theory. This study focus on the selected acupuncture points that nourish and tonify the kidney yin and calms the mind (shen) through increasing level of parasympathetic activation of sinoatrial node by vagus nerve and to reduce the symptomatic (climacteric) changes caused by deficiency of kidney yin patterns that affects the daily activities of life in post-menopausal women include KID -3 (TAIXI), HE -6 (YINXI), CV-4(GUANYOAN), KID -2 (RANGU).