3. Evening Primrose Oil
In 2013, a study by NCBI showed that evening primrose oil can reduce the intensity of hot flashes.
The oil was first used for stomach aches, hemorrhoids, and respiratory infections, but now it has been getting popular for easing hot flashes during menopause. Usually, evening primrose remedies are made up of its essential oil, which gets extracted from its seeds.
So, is evening primrose oil actually good for treating menopausal hot flashes?
Even though evening primrose oil is not very effective for decreasing hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms, but it is still popular. Women report that they only noticed their hot flashes being less intense, but nonetheless, the number and duration of the hot flashes didn’t decrease.
The results are all mixed up. The oil works for some women, and for others – it doesn’t. To put it into one sentence, you can say that evening primrose oil isn’t the most effective for treating hot flashes.
To sum it all up, meanwhile, you can’t get any other herb or medicine for treatment, at least you can try evening primrose oil.
It may turn out to be too effective, but the results vary from person to person.