6 Ways to Relieve Hot Flashes Naturally
If you find yourself wondering how long hot flashes from menopause last, here are six natural remedies to get rid of hot flashes.
Bruce and Jeanne Lubin
Get Cold Feet
Fill a bathtub with cold water, then stand or walk in the tub for a few minutes. Step out, dry off, get your shoes, and go for a short, slow walk outside. The cold water combined with a relaxing stroll will cool and relax your body.
Order In Some Chinese
If you like Asian food, you just might be in luck! Women in Asian cultures experience fewer symptoms of menopause and less frequent hot flashes—a fact likely due to a diet rich in soy-based foods. Several studies have shown that foods containing phytoestrogens, plant-based chemicals that behave like the estrogen hormone, might help prevent and minimize symptoms of hot flashes. You’ll get significant doses in soy products like tofu, tempeh, and soymilk, as well as in flaxseeds, lentils, and dried seaweed.
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Sage Tea for Hot Flashes
An ancient herbal remedy, sage leaves can help minimize symptoms and reduce the frequency of hot flashes. This tea is soothing and effective: Fill a tea infuser with dried sage, and let steep in a mug with boiling water for a few minutes. Remove the infuser, and let the tea cool down before drinking (or even better, stick it in the refrigerator until it’s ice cold).
Foods That Can Help Hot Flashes
When your body is burning up from a hot flash, look to cool-down foods for help: watermelon, cantaloupe, cucumbers, and celery can lower your body temperature and cut your hot flash short.
Cooling with Essential Oils
Hot flashes? Essential oils can help. Pick up peppermint, lemon, grapefruit, or lavender essential oils from a health-food store, and add a few drops to a spray bottle filled with water. At the first signs of a hot flash, spray your neck, chest, and face for a quick, calming cool-down.
Breathe Deep
Sometimes a simple belly-breathing exercise can tamp down the heat of a hot flash. Lie back on your bed or a couch and place your hands on your stomach. Inhale and fill your belly with air, inflating it; then exhale and let it deflate. Try this at the onset of a hot flash, repeating several times a minute until the flash subsides.
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About the Author
Bruce Lubin and Jeanne Bossolina-Lubin are the proud parents of three boys and more than a dozen books. After saving thousands per year using everyday tips and simple lifehacks, they started their own business in the hopes of sharing their knowledge with others. They have been known to go into their friends’ refrigerators to turn their eggs upside down so that they last longer.