Inclusion criteria |
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Postmenopausal (>1 year past last menstruation) |
Willing to receive acupuncture |
Mean value of ≥7 hot flushes/24 hours during a time period of 7 days |
Exclusion criteria |
Surgical menopause |
History of cancer within the past five years |
Use of anticoagulant drugs |
Heart valve disease |
Poorly controlled hypertension |
Poorly controlled hypothyroidism |
Hyperthyroidism |
Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus |
Organ transplant |
Mental disease |
Overt drug or alcohol dependency |
Inability to complete study forms |
Use of HRT (Wash out period: 8 weeks for systemic and 4 weeks for local use) |
Use of SSRI (Wash out period: 8 weeks) |