7 herbs for powerful menopause symptom relief

7 best herbs to relieve specific menopause symptoms

1. Black Cohosh: best for hot flashes, mood swings and insomnia

May influence your serotonin levels by imitating hormones and binding opioid receptors in the brain. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter that interacts with estrogen and has been long considered to be part of the hot flash process.

2. Red clover: best for hot flashes and night sweats

Helps normalize estrogen action by weakly binding to estrogen receptors in your body. It works through key phytoestrogens such as lignans, coumestans and isoflavones.

3. Chaste tree berry: best for mood swings and irregular periods

Contains molecules that may affect your neurotransmitters, which act in the brain and throughout the body. It also helps regulate perimenopausal menstrual cycles by balancing pituitary hormones and enhancing your body’s progesterone production.

4. Ashwagandha: best for low sex drive, fatigue and mood swings

Thought to balance adrenal hormones and androgens by restoring normal function to the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis.

5. Kudzu: best for hot flashes, vaginal dryness and other symptoms

Structured with phytochemicals that act protectively and include 5 major isoflavonoids that can bind weakly to estrogen receptors.

6. Passionflower: best for anxiety, irritability and insomnia

Contains natural monamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs), which have antidepressant and anti-anxiety properties.

7. Wild yam: best for perimenopausal menstrual cramps and discomfort

Is a muscle relaxant and may act as a precursor to or a functional imitator of sex hormones such as progesterone.