Black Cohosh and Reduced Menopausal Symptom Score

• Black cohosh (Cimicifuga spp.) for menopausal symptoms.

  • 2012-09-12
  • Meta-Analysis · n = 2,027
  • The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2012(10)
  • • Matthew J Leach
    • Vivienne Moore

  • PubMed: 22972105
  • DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd007244.pub2

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Menopausal Symptom Score

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  or in menopausal symptom scores (standardised mean difference (SMD) -0.10; 95% CI -0.32 to 0.11; P = 0.34; 357 women; four trials; low heterogeneity: I(2) = 21%)

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  40 mg/day (median)