Hot Flushes Menopause

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A Remedy For Hot Flushes Menopause Is Easy To Find, If You Know What To Look For

Summarized by 123 Natural Remedies; Written by Patsy Hamilton

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A remedy for hot flushes, hot flashes or night sweats is not that hard to find. Products that help hot flushes menopause in some women may not help in others. So, here we look at several herbal remedies that may be beneficial.

The most commonly recommended remedy for hot flushes menopause is black cohosh. More research has been done concerning the effectiveness and safety of black cohosh than on any of the other herbs that can help hot flushes menopause. Scientific research and the experiences of other women tell us that black cohosh can help hot flushes menopause.

If you read the ingredients on a remedy for hot flushes menopause, you may see “soy isoflavones” or “isoflavones from red clover”. Red clover is grown for animal feed. Native Americans used the flower for tea and chewed the leaves raw. Healers used it to treat liver ailments, gall bladder ailments, ulcers, diabetes, tonsillitis, internal cancer, appendicitis, headaches and as a remedy for hot flushes menopause and other symptoms related to changing levels of hormones and aging.

These may help hot flushes menopause because they have an estrogen like effect on a woman’s body. Some researchers have been concerned that isoflavones or phytoestrogens could have the same side effects as synthetic estrogens used in hormone replacement therapy.

We know that estrogen replacement therapy can cause endometrial cancer. Thus, doctors would prescribe an estrogen-progesterone combination therapy. The progesterone would cause the lining to be shed each month, leading to a return of monthly periods, and decrease the cancer risk. For years, this was believed to be a safe remedy for hot flushes menopause and other symptoms associated with menopause.

Typically a woman would not use hormone replacement therapy to help hot flushes menopause and other symptoms for many years, but when the risks are blood clots, heart disease and stroke, even short term use is rarely recommended as a remedy for hot flushes menopause.

While no long term studies have been conducted concerning women who use phytoestrogens or isoflavones to help hot flushes menopause, short term clinical studies have revealed their effectiveness, lack of side effects and safety.

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