Menopausal symptoms: what the evidence supports

3 graded interventions for menopausal symptoms, ranked by strength of evidence.

Overall grade: Grade C
Last revised: Jul 10, 2026; 3
graded outcomes: 0
references listed

Assembled by the app from other entries in this library. It adds no evidence of its own — follow the links to the entries it draws on.

1 at grade C · 2 at grade D — 3 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.

Outcome	Grade	Effect size	Agreement
Royal JellySmall trials	Evidence grade C	Small	low
Dong QuaiLargely negative	Evidence grade D	Trivial	low
KudzuWeak	Evidence grade D	Small	low

Royal JellyEvidence grade C
Small trials
Smalllow
Dong QuaiEvidence grade D
Largely negative
Triviallow
KudzuEvidence grade D
Weak
Smalllow

What is uncertain

Read off the same rows as above. Nothing here is added that the entry does not itself record.

Thin evidence: Royal Jelly (grade C); Dong Quai (grade D); Kudzu (grade D).

The evidence in words

The evidence map

This is the ranked evidence for menopausal symptoms: every compound in the knowledge base with a graded effect, best-supported first. Grades reflect replication and effect size, not popularity or marketing.

Best-supported

No intervention here reaches grade A or B — an honest reflection of how thin the evidence for menopausal symptoms still is.

Weaker or unproven

Royal Jelly (grade C) — Small trials · Dong Quai (grade D) — Largely negative · Kudzu (grade D) — Weak

Goes with

Royal JellyGrade CEvidence grade C
Dong QuaiGrade DEvidence grade D
KudzuGrade DEvidence grade C

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Sources

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Last revised Jul 10, 2026. A grade is this entry's reading of the evidence, not medical advice.