Herbal Remedies For Hot Flashes

Traditional herbal remedies for hot flashes generally include cooling herbs. Hot flashes or night sweats which basically are hot flashes at night are very common to menopausal women, in fact 80% of women get them for a year or two after they stop having their periods.

Hot flashes are very uncomfortable and symptoms range from perfuse sweating, redness of skin or blotchiness of skin, anxiety, headaches and even in some rare cases a feeling of suffocation.

Hot flashes can last anywhere form seconds to minutes and usually strike in early hours of morning and in the evening before bed. Hot flashes occur as women go through menopause or go from having a period to not having one. Reduced estrogen output triggers them.

Traditional Herbal Remedies for Hot Flashes:   The Classic Herb - Dong Quai
Some excellent herbal remedies for hot flashes are Dong Quai which is a type of plant estrogen or emmenagogue and chaste berry and black cohosh. All can be gotten in pill, extract or herb form.

Dong Quai is naturally found in areas of Asia like Japan and China. It is effective in reducing hot flashes, painful or  irregular menstruation and uterine bleeding. It's regarded as being "female ginseng because of this.

Chaste berry thought to suppress libido and therefore encourage chastity long ago thus getting the name. This herbal remedy for hot flashes effects the pituitary gland and more specifically aids in progesterone production. So it has a regulatory and stabilizing effect on women's  monthly cycle.

Black cohosh has a rich history of being used for all types of gynecological disorders, relief of pain from miscarriage and labor pains. Many studies have indicated that it reduces anxiety and menopausal pain. It is believed to be effective as it has estrogenic properties.

Another common approach is to avoid hot flash triggers. Some commonly cited triggers are hot rooms and beds, diet pill consumption, excessive caffeine and alcohol and spicy foods.

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