Treatments and supplements · Red clover extract

Does red clover help with hot flashes?

What we can tell you today: how thoroughly this has been studied.

Well studied

3 studies, including one that brings together the results of several trials in people.

5 Repeated evidence 1 study

4 Large controlled trial 2 studies

This says how thoroughly something has been studied — not whether it works for you. What each study actually found is in the study itself, and in the plain-language write-ups we are adding.

Appears under: Menopause and hormones

The studies

5 Repeated evidence The effectiveness of red clover on hot-flash in menopausal women: a GRADE-assessed systematic review and meta-analysis.
2026 · European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reprodu
4 Large controlled trial Effects of Trifolium pratense on the climacteric and sexual symptoms in postmenopause women.
2011 · Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 120 participants
4 Large controlled trial Nonhormonal management of postmenopausal women: effects of a red clover based isoflavones supplementation on climacteric syndrome and cardiovascular risk serum profile.
2014 · Clinical and experimental obstetrics & gynecology · 150 participants