ArticleJournal of education and health promotion2018
A comparative study on the effect of "black cohosh" and "evening primrose oil" on menopausal hot flashes.
Article in Journal of education and health promotion, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05988242 (Effect of Primrose Oil Versus Lavender Oil on Hot Flashes and Night Sweats Among Menopausal Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effect of Primrose Oil Versus Lavender Oil on Hot Flashes and Night Sweats Among Menopausal Women
Who cites it
12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Effect of Evening Primrose Oil on Menopausal Symptoms Management: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of caring sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Precision nutrition guided by genomic and functional assessments in postmenopause: a case report.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Hot flashes: a review.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Evening Primrose Oil for Menopause Hot Flashes: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of menopausal medicine · 2024Review
- Prevalence of menopausal hormone therapy and alternative methods, health benefits experienced by peri- and postmenopausal Polish women.Przeglad menopauzalny = Menopause review · 2022Article
- Novel Evidence-Based Combination of Plant Extracts with Multitarget Mechanisms of Action for the Elimination of Hot Flashes during Menopause.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Herbal Products Used in Menopause and for Gynecological Disorders.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- The Effect of Evening Primrose Oil Capsule on Hot Flashes and Night Sweats in Postmenopausal Women: A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of menopausal medicine · 2021Article
- Effects ofJournal of education and health promotion · 2021Review
- Investigation of the role of herbal medicine, acupressure, and acupuncture in the menopausal symptoms: An evidence-based systematic review study.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2020Review
- Exploring the Efficacy and Safety of Black Cohosh (Journal of mid-life healthReview
- Appraisal of Core Therapy, Supportive Therapy, and Alternative Therapy in a Tertiary Care Rural Hospital of Vidarbha Region in Correlation to Plethora of Menopausal Problems.Journal of mid-life healthArticle
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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
introductionHot flashes are considered to be a common experience for menopausal women and they can compromise the quality of life. The objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of MATERIALS AND
methodsThis study was performed on 80 postmenopausal women with hot flashes. The participants were randomly divided into two groups by blocked randomization. The participants of one group received black cohosh and the other group received EPO for 8 weeks. The severity and number of hot flashes and quality of life were measured by four-point scale, and the Menopause-Specific Quality of Life (MENQOL) questionnaire at pre-intervention, 1
resultsAverage severity of hot flashes in both groups and number of hot flashes in black cohosh group in 8
conclusionBoth herbs were effective in reduction of severity of hot flashes and improvement of the quality of life, but it seems that black cohosh is more effective than primrose oil because it was able to reduce the number of hot flashes too.
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