Herbal Treatment of Little Use in Hot Flashes

Here is a great example of what Orac, Notes from Dr.RW, and others on the blogosphere classify as "woo" (unproven complementary alternative medicine) put to the test of evidence-based medicine published in the latest issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. . .

. . . Black cohosh — an herb that is a member of the buttercup family and is commonly given to ease menopause symptoms — is available in pill or liquid form and is sold over the counter in many health food stores and over the Internet. . .

. . . [a] yearlong study of 351 women suffering from hot flashes and night sweats found that those given black cohosh got about the same amount of relief as those who took a placebo. And those groups saw nothing close to the improvement in women on hormones. >Full Story: Yahoo!News

Let the data speak for themselves.