Red Clover and Reduced Hot Flash Frequency

• Red clover for treatment of hot flashes and menopausal symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

  • 2015-10-15
  • Meta-Analysis
  • Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology : the journal of the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 36(3)
  • • M Ghazanfarpour
    • R Sadeghi
    • R Latifnejad Roudsari
    • I Khorsand
    • T Khadivzadeh
    • B Muoio

  • PubMed: 26471215
  • DOI: 10.3109/01443615.2015.1049249

  6 Insights on

  • Reduced Hot Flash Frequency

  • High evidence
  • Clinical

  The mean frequency of hot flashes in red clover groups was lower compared with that in the control groups (close to statistical significance). Difference in means (MD) of hot flashes frequency was - 1.99 (- 4.12-0.139; p = 0.067; heterogeneity P > 0.01; I(2) = 94.93%; Random effect model).

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  not explicitly stated for the meta-analysis overall; 80 mg dose used for vaginal atrophy outcomes