Applying Chinese Medicine

Women’s Health: Managing Menopause

Soaks and Compresses

For hot flashes, try the following peppermint cooling soak.

Peppermint Cooler To Dispel Heat

Ingredients:
1/2 gallon of peppermint tea
made with 1/2 fresh peppermint
1 tub full of cool water

Preparation:

1. If you can buy, or grow fresh peppermint that is the best. Boil 1/2 cup in a gallon of water for 10 minutes.
2. Draw a cool bath and add the boiled peppermint tea, strained, to the tub.
3. Slip in and soak until you begin to feel cool. Don’t wait until you are cold.

If peppermint is not available, use spearmint instead.