Originally published November 14 2003
Herbal medicine: black cohosh reduces hot flashes
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Evidence of the power of medicinal herbs continues to surface. The latest is news about the properties of black cohosh in reducing hot flashes.
Black cohosh, a medicinal herb increasingly used by women as an alternative to estrogen replacement therapy, may reduce hot flashes by targeting serotonin receptors --- some of the same receptors used by the brain to help regulate body temperature --- according to a team of researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago. The finding, the first to demonstrate a possible mechanism of action for the herb other than estrogen, increases the likelihood that the herb is safe to use, they say. "We now have new clues to how it might work in the body."
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