The Impact of Date Palm Pollen on Women with Menopausal Symptoms

Background: The fact that hormone replacement treatment may elevate the possibility of breast cancer has led to the exploration of novel non-hormonal management of menopausal symptoms. Aim: This research aimed to assess the effectiveness of the Palm pollen Extract to alleviate the menopausal symptoms. Methods: A prospective randomized clinical trial has been conducted at Al-Zharaa university Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, from May 2024 to April 2025; 80 women who have menopausal symptoms that were randomly divided to (group A) received 3gm palm pollen extract mixed with bee honey, and (group B) received placebo (Bee honey) for 4 weeks then at four week intervals, the cases have been asked to assess 11 symptoms of the menopause utilizing Kupperman Menopausal Index (KMI). Results: It has been shown in the study that the Palm Pollen Extract is a safe natural remedy, and there is a statistically significant improvement of vasomotor symptoms in women who took the Palm Pollen, which was 77.5%, compared to the Placebo group, which was 30% (p = 0.001). In examining the efficiency of pollen extract in alleviating menopausal symptoms, significant findings emerge from our study, significant improvements were noted in Hot flushes (52.9%)(22.9%), Insomnia 31.6% 10.4% parathesia (28.7%) (8.3%), nervousness (42%) (11.6%), arthralgia (25.4%)(6.2%), melancholia (32.9%)(7.5%) fatigue (27.9%) (3.7%), Formication(24.5%)(2.5%), Palpitation(36.6%) (5%),Headache (30%) (9.5%) and Vertigo(35.8%) (2.5%) in study group than Placebo group respectively, with p-value (p below 0.05). Conclusion: The outcomes of the research illustrated that the Palm Pollen Extract has proven to be a safe and effective non-hormonal alternative for decreasing vasomotor symptoms when compared to placebo.