Estrogen Matters: Why Taking Hormones in Menopause Can Improve Women's Well-Being and Lengthen Their Lives -- Without Raising the Risk of Breast Cancer (2024 Revised and Updated Edition)

by Carol Tavris

Over and over, studies find that about 20 percent of women who take herbs—red clover, soy, flaxseed, dong quai, evening primrose oil, ginseng, wild yam, chaste tree, hops, and sage—report improvement of symptoms, which is precisely the percentage reported by women given the placebo.