Complementary therapies for management of menopausal symptoms: a systematic review to inform the update of the International Menopause Society recommendations on women’s midlife health
Vitamin D, black cohosh, CHM and acupuncture + CHM may improve some menopausal symptoms, but overall evidence remains limited. More rigorous research is needed on the efficacy and safety of complementary therapies for menopause.
Authors
- G A de Souza
- J. Liu
- Sophia Torkel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5126-3570)
- Nick Panay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6662-1334)
- Nora Giese (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1238-2029)
- Hugo Pedder
- Guoyan Yang
- Vibhuti Samarth Rao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2614-6457)
- Carolyn Ee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3363-9199)
- Alison Louise Maunder
- Amelia K. Mardon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3492-782X)
- Ieman Al-Kanini
- Nur K. Abdul Jafar
- Evangeline Mantzioris
- Lorena Romero
- Najwa-Joelle Metri
Institutions
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- University of South Australia (AU)
- Liverpool Hospital (AU)
- The Alfred Hospital (AU)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital (GB)
- Liverpool Women's Hospital (GB)
- Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital (GB)
- Nutrition Sciences (Belgium) (BE)
- Centro Universitário de João Pessoa (BR)
- Monash University (AU)
- Western Sydney University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Climacteric
- Published
- 2026-01-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13697137.2025.2584061
- Primary Topic
- Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00