Hot Flash

Hot flash is the hot feeling in the upper body particularly on the neck and face accompanied by dizziness, headache, heart palpitations, and sweating. When the attack is over, there is a feeling of chilliness. Hot flash is caused by hormonal fluctuations that take place during menopause. In the course of some mechanism, the blood vessels get enlarged and more blood flows. This causes the flushed face and feeling of excess heat.

It is still unsure for scientist to find out why black cohosh is such an effective hot flash remedy. Evaluations of the chemical compounds of other plants have revealed an estrogen-like substance, appropriately named phytoestrogens. And these seem to affect other chemicals in a woman's body.