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Article: Soy & dong quai for hot flashes: latest studies.
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- HealthFacts
- Article date:
- February 1, 1998
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Two popular alternative remedies for the hot flashes associated with menopause have been studied and found wanting. One study involved dong quai, a powdered dried root, used in traditional Chinese medicine for over 2,000 years. Seventy-one women who suffered night sweats and hot flashes were randomly assigned to take either a placebo or dong quai in capsules three times a day for 24 weeks. At the end of the study, which was conducted at Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program of Northern California, there were no significant differences in symptoms between the two groups.
The investigators acknowledged that their study does not close the door on dong quai as a ...