Hello everyone, has anyone taken black cohesh, particularly for hot flushes. Or can anyone recommend something better before going down the hrt route! Any advice would be welcome. Thanks
Hi Reb
I’ve never taken this but have read about it extensively to try and help my wife. It has terrible effects on the liver apparently - for us this far outweighed the potential benefits ref hot flushes, but you may feel differently. I’d just advise doing a quick bit of reading about it before you decide to take it.
Other remedy wise - try Sage. My wife has been on it for about a month (we are doing everything we can to avoid HRT) and it seems to be having a bit of an effect on those rancid flushes and sweats - fingers crossed. Good luck : )
Thank you for giving that piece of advice. I’ve since seen the issues regarding liver problems and feel a little put off. Some one else has recommended sage too, so I will look at the benefits of taking that. Thank you 
Hi Reb,
I had tried Menocerin from Amazon or iherb.com. It contains Black cohesh and other herb. It helps me a lot for menopause symptoms.
It made me extremely nauseous. I was unable to take it.
I took a “Spring Valley” version Black Cohosh complex that had a morning/night version and it helped a bunch for hot flashes and night sweats. It had more than just black cohosh in it. Like soy and I’m not sure what else now. I can’t get it here anymore, but it worked great at the time.