Black Cohosh?

[BawdyWench]

I've been posting in this thread: http://www.proteinpower.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2324&page=4

The last thing I posted was concerning Black Cohosh, but figured I might get more response if I were to put it in a thread of its own.

A friend of mine at work (a year older than me -- she's 53, I'm 52) started taking Black Cohosh several months ago because of horrible hot flashes and mood swings. She told me yesterday that she hasn't had a single hot flash since starting to take it, and even her husband reports that her mood swings have gone by the wayside.

Hmmmm. So I got some and took my first dose 2 hours ago.

Anyone else have experience with Black Cohosh? THANKS!

[Ammy]

When I had my fibroid tumor and it was sucking the life out of my ovaries and pushing them into early menopause, I took it for night sweats. It did really help. I didn't have hot flashes during the day, just night sweats, and they were reduced when I was taking it regularly and consistantly.
I won't say it made them go away completely, but it did reduce their intensity and frequency.

Since my tumor was removed, I am not in any form of menopause and have (hopefully) many years before it comes back (I'm 37).

[Petey]

I use Lydia Pinkham, same as my grandmother did, which has black cohosh in it. There are a couple of other menopausal blends that contain the cohosh.

http://www.walgreens.com/store/product.jsp?CATID=100189&navAction=jump&navCount=0&skuid=sku303346&id=prod3346

I've used the remifemin mentioned here, too.

http://www.lydiapinkham.com/allherbs.html

[BawdyWench]

But did they help? If so, what were your symptoms (and severity) before, and then after?