en Herbal Medicine for Treating Hot Flashes داروسازی سنتی و طب سنتی Traditional Pharmacy & Traditional Medicine مروری Review <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;">Although some alternative therapies like botanical and herbal therapies have shown promise for relieving menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, more research is needed. Eighty-five percent of the women in the United States experience hot flashes of some kind as they approach menopause and for the first year or two after their periods stop. Between 20 and 50% of women continue to have them for many more years. As time goes on, the intensity decreases. In this review we focus on the evidence based herbal medicine in particular with herbs that have antidepressant effects.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;">Although some alternative therapies like botanical and herbal therapies have shown promise for relieving menopause symptoms such as hot flashes, more research is needed. Eighty-five percent of the women in the United States experience hot flashes of some kind as they approach menopause and for the first year or two after their periods stop. Between 20 and 50% of women continue to have them for many more years. As time goes on, the intensity decreases. In this review we focus on the evidence based herbal medicine in particular with herbs that have antidepressant effects.</div> Black Cohosh, Evening primrose oil, Flaxseed Oil, Ginseng, Herbal medicine, Hot flashes, Saffron, St. John’s Wort Black Cohosh, Evening primrose oil, Flaxseed Oil, Ginseng, Herbal medicine, Hot flashes, Saffron, St. John’s Wort 1 5 http://jmp.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-34-16&slc_lang=en&sid=1 L Kashani L Kashani 100319475328460036350 100319475328460036350 No Infertillity ward, Arash Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Infertillity ward, Arash Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran M Heidari M Heidari 100319475328460036351 100319475328460036351 No Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture & Research (ACECR), Tehran, Iran Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture & Research (ACECR), Tehran, Iran S Akhondzadeh S Akhondzadeh s.akhond@neda.net 100319475328460036352 100319475328460036352 Yes Psychiatric Research Center, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Psychiatric Research Center, Roozbeh Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran