Question
My daughter is only 12 years old and has started menstruating. Could this be due to precocious puberty? What are the traditional Chinese medicine treatments for it?
Answer
The effectiveness of traditional Chinese medicine in treating precocious puberty is limited. If you choose to go with traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture therapy is recommended. Precocious puberty is closely related to the current standard of living. With children having better nutrition, they naturally develop earlier, and their diets may contain more hormones, leading to an increasingly common occurrence of precocious puberty and the earlier development of secondary sexual characteristics. It is advised that you closely monitor your child’s psychological state.