herbal medicine for treating hot flashes

Authors

l kashani infertillity ward, arash hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran

m heidari iranian academic center for education, culture & research (acecr), tehran, iranسازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی تهران (tehran university of medical sciences)

s akhondzadeh psychiatric research center, roozbeh hospital, south kargar street, tehran 13337, iran tel: +98-21-88281866, fax: +98-21-55419113

abstract

although some alternative therapies like botanical and herbal therapies have shown promise for relieving menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, more research is needed. eighty-five percent of the women in the united states experience hot flashes of some kind as they approach menopause and for the first year or two after their periods stop. between 20 and 50% of women continue to have them for many more years. as time goes on, the intensity decreases. in this review we focus on the evidence based herbal medicine in particular with herbs that have antidepressant effects.

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Journal title:
فصلنامه علمی پژوهشی گیاهان دارویی

جلد ۳، شماره ۵۱، صفحات ۱-۵

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