Reviewmethods MEDLINE, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, and Cochrane Library (all to Jan 2015) and reference lists were searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs). 47 RCTs (n = 8326) assessing 16 treatment classes (placebo, sham acupuncture, nonoral estrogen plus progestogen, oral estrogen plus progestogen, conjugated estrogens plus bazedoxifene, tibolone, raloxifene, selective serotonin reuptake ...

Cimicifuga racemosa L. NUTT), have since long been used as a popular herbal medicine to alleviate menopausal symptoms. Apart from the use of Cimicifuga racemosa extracts (CR) for treating menopausal symptoms mainly in the European countries and United States, CR have long been used for the treatment of rheumatism, and as antipyretic and analgesic agents in Japan and China. An isopropanolic extr...