A dietary supplement made from red clover provides relief for women with hot flushes, claims a new study.

Promensil, a standardised red clover supplement, reduces the frequency and severity of hot flushes, say the research, which appears in the current issue of The Female Patient.

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The study found that 40 milligrams a day of Promensil reduced hot flushes by 48.5 percent, while a placebo offered a 10.5 percent reduction.

The study included 30 healthy, non-vegetarian women who had been post-menopausal for more than a year. None of them had used hormone replacement therapy (HRT), soy or other oestrogen-active plant products for at least 16 weeks.

Non-vegetarian women were used in the study to avoid potential biasing. Vegetarian women eat more soy and legumes, which contain isoflavones that help control hot flushes.

"This study demonstrates that dietary supplementation with red-clover derived isoflavones is an effective alternative for symptomatic relief of vasomotor symptoms in post-menopausal women, reducing both the average daily frequency and severity of hot flushes," says study author Dr Arturo Jeri, director of the climacteric unit at the Institute of Gynaecology and Reproduction in Peru. – (HealthScout)

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