Whether you'd rather drink a number of cups of sage tea every day for a while or try a product with sage, this herb may be the solution to your uncomfortable heat.
Vitamin E and Evening Primrose Oil may reduce hot flashes, but you might need to take as much as 1,200 IU of vitamin E each day. This is a lot, especially since vitamin E thins the blood —— not a good choice for someone on Coumadin or other blood thinner medications. Evening primrose oil, on the other hand, is quite safe in any quantity and is high in gamma-linolenic acid (GLA), an essential fatty acid. You may want to try one capsule twice a day and gradually increase it up to six or eight capsules a day until you get relief.
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