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title: Do herbal remedies help with PMS, pregnancy nausea, or hot flushes?
description: Preliminary evidence suggests chaste tree helps PMS, ginger helps pregnancy nausea, and black cohosh helps hot flushes, but the evidence is not strong enough
url: https://niyora.com/research/papers/herbal-medicine-in-womens-life-cycle-2006/
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Randomised trial, 2006

# Do herbal remedies help with PMS, pregnancy nausea, or hot flushes?

Preliminary evidence suggests chaste tree helps PMS, ginger helps pregnancy nausea, and black cohosh helps hot flushes, but the evidence is not strong enough to be certain.

 Strong study design

Women (review of studies on women across different life stages)

## What they did

This was a review of 19 randomized controlled trials studying herbs for women's health problems across different life stages.

## What they found

Studies showed possible benefits of chaste tree for PMS, ginger for severe pregnancy nausea, and black cohosh for hot flushes.

## What it means for you

Herbs may help these conditions, but the evidence is preliminary. Better-designed studies are needed to confirm whether they actually work and whether they are safe.

19

Randomized controlled trials reviewed

## About the study

Original title [Herbal medicine in womens' life cycle] Authors Ben-Arye E, Oren A, Ben-Arie A Journal Harefuah Year 2006 Study design Randomised trial What was tested Various herbal remedies: chaste tree, ginger, and black cohosh Read the paper [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17111709/](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17111709/)

## Topics

[Premenstrual syndrome (PMS)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/condition-pms/)[Vitex agnus-castus (chasteberry)](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-vitex/)[Other herbal medicine](https://niyora.com/research/topics/treatment-herbal-other/)[Perimenopause and menopause](https://niyora.com/research/topics/comorbidity-perimenopause/)[Pregnancy and postpartum](https://niyora.com/research/topics/comorbidity-postpartum/)

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