Natural Remedies for Hot Flashes

Don't be a slave to embarrassing hot flashes and troublesome night sweats.

Learn more about effective natural remedies for hot flashes and natural menopause remedies here....

For lots of women, some of the most troubling symptoms of menopause are hot flashes and night sweats.

You never know when you might feel a hot flash coming on … and there is always the danger of embarrassment in public … cringe!

Night sweats make a night of undisturbed sleep a luxury you can only dream of....

General herbal remedies for menopause mimic, or have an effect on, levels of estrogen in the body. This is how they work to relieve menopausal symptoms, including hot flashes and night sweats.

There are also some very useful specific natural remedies for hot flashes:

Always remember to consult your healthcare provider before taking any decisions regarding your health.

Herbal Teas
Tonic Wine
Essential Oils
Face Spray
Supplements

Herbal Teas

Peppermint Tea

• Try peppermint as a tea, or added to foods and salads.
  • Use 1 teaspoon of dried peppermint in a cupful of hot water
  • Steep for 10 minutes
  • Strain and enjoy!
• Peppermint tea bags are also widely available in supermarkets, and just as effective.

Sage Tea

• Sage is another very cooling natural remedy for menopause.
• This is especially good at preventing those disruptive night sweats that interrupt your sleep.
• Drink cups of sage tea throughout the day:
  • Use 1 – 2 teaspoons of sage leaves, in a cupful of hot water
  • Steep for 5-10 minutes
  • Strain and drink
• Sage also makes a lovely wine - medicinal drinking only please…! :o)

Marigold Tea (Calendula)

• Another lovely cooling and soothing remedy for hot flashes.
  • Use 1 teaspoon of dried marigold flowers in a cupful of hot water
  • Steep for 10 minutes
  • Strain and drink up to 4 cups per day

Lemon Balm Tea

• This is a great tea to get rid of those annoying night sweats. It will relax you, and help you to sleep better too.
• Place a few, fresh lemon balm leaves under your pillow.
• Or, make a tea:
  • 1 teaspoon of dried leaves in a cupful of hot water
  • Steep for 10 minutes
  • Strain and drink a cup before bedtime
• I use this tea as a natural sleep remedy all the time, and find it so soothing and relaxing. I even grow my own lemon balm in my garden, so have my own supply.
• Don’t worry, as you can buy lemon balm tea bags too.

Menopause Tea

• This blend makes an excellent, really effective tea, to help with hot flashes.
• Make a dry tea mix, with equal amounts of dried:
  • borage
  • lemon balm
  • raspberry leaf
  • burdock root
  • plantain
  • Use 1 teaspoon of the herbal tea mix in a cupful of hot water
  • Steep for 10 minutes
  • Strain and drink throughout the day

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Tonic Wine

• Sage makes a wonderfully effective tonic wine, for soothing menopause symptoms … One of the most fun natural remedies for hot flashes … medicinal drinking only please…! ;o)
1. Gather some fresh sage leaves
2. Place them inside a bottle of good quality white wine.
3. Stand in a cool dark place for 2 weeks
4. Then, add a spoonful of honey, and allow to stand for 1 further week
5. After this final week, strain the liquid and bottle
• Drink a glass of this tonic wine before dinner in the evening … and enjoy this wine that does you good - a fantastic excuse if ever I heard one…! :o)

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Essential Oils

• Aromatherapy essential oils can be some of the most effective natural remedies for hot flashes and night sweats.
• Use the essential oils:
  • in baths - use 5-10 drops (total) of between 2 and 5 different essential oils, in 2 teaspoons of vegetable oil (olive or almond) added to the bath
  • in massage oils - use as a 2 & 1/2 % mixture
• Try the following essential oils:
  • camomile
  • lavender
  • geranium
  • rose
  • ylang ylang
  • neroli
  • petitgrain
  • jasmine
  • clary sage
  • sandalwood
• Many of these are also the most seductive and aphrodisiac of the essential oils – so don’t worry, you’ll smell gorgeous too!
• A relaxing and soothing bath before bedtime will really help hot flashes and night sweats, due to hormonal menopause problems.

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Face Spray Mister

• Try keeping a small bottle of this cooling facial mist spray in your handbag.
• This is one of the best instant natural remedies for hot flashes. It can give you instant cooling relief at any time – whenever you need it - glamorous and unobtrusive.
  • Add 8 drops of lavender essential oil to 100 ml of rose water.
  • (Rose water can be purchased as a ready made product from many pharmacies or health stores.)
  • Spray your face gently, to cool yourself off, as and when you need it.

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Hot Flash Supplements

• The following vitamins and supplements can be taken every day, over a period of weeks, or months, to help to soothe and cool hot flashes (as well as help may of the other menopause symptoms):
  • Vitamin C
  • Vitamin E
  • Vitamin B6
  • Evening Primrose Oil

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Hopefully, some of these natural remedies for hot flashes will really help to cool and soothe your hot flash episodes…

Also try some of the general herbal remedies which will help to regulate your hot flashes, as well as relieving other menopause symptoms.

Some of the diet and lifestyle natural menopause remedies may very well help your menopause symptoms too.

Take a look at the rest of the symptoms, and treatment options for menopause

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