Compound or practice · Supplement
Red Clover
Another isoflavone source for menopause with weaker, more inconsistent data than soy.
- Overall grade
- Grade C
- Last revised
- 1
- graded outcome
- 0
- references listed
A structured monograph in Prometheus's bundled library. Its grades are the monograph's own reading of the evidence, not a peer-reviewed review.
2 at grade C — 2 graded rows
What is known
Each outcome with its grade (how strong the evidence is, A to D), the size of the effect where the entry records one, and how often studies agree.
- Menopausal hot flashesEvidence grade C
Inconsistent
Smalllow
Conditions
How the entry reads its effect on diagnosed conditions: the direction first, then the grade. Never a substitute for the person who treats you.
- Menopause symptoms May improveEvidence grade CInconsistentGrade C
What is uncertain
Read off the same rows as above. Nothing here is added that the entry does not itself record.
- Thin evidence: Menopausal hot flashes (grade C).
The evidence in words
What it is
Red clover (Trifolium pratense) supplies isoflavones used for menopausal symptoms and bone.
How it works
Phytoestrogenic isoflavones with weak estrogen-receptor activity.
What the evidence shows
Trials are mixed — some show modest hot-flash reduction, many are null; overall weaker than soy. Reasonable to trial, temper expectations.
How to use it
Standardized isoflavone extract daily, several weeks.
Safety & interactions
Generally safe; hormone-sensitive-cancer caution; mild anticoagulant effect.
Bottom line
A weaker phytoestrogen option than soy for menopause. Worth a monitored trial if soy doesn't suit.
How it is used
As the entry records it, from the studies it summarises. Not a recommendation for you — doses that suit a trial population may not suit you.
- Standard
- Standardized isoflavone extract daily.
Related reading
Entries that share this one's tags or conditions.
- Soy IsoflavonesPhytoestrogens with real, modest evidence for menopausal hot flashes — and no, they don't feminize men.Evidence grade B
- Red Clover for Menopausal hot flashesEvidence grade C — InconsistentEvidence grade C
- Red Clover for Menopause symptomsEvidence grade C — InconsistentEvidence grade C
- Red Clover: dosage and how to take itStandardized isoflavone extract daily.Evidence grade C
Sources
This entry lists no references of its own.
Last revised . A grade is this entry's reading of the evidence, not medical advice.