Estroven is a dietary supplement created for women to help ease the symptoms of menopause. It contains a mixture of herbal extracts and vitamins created specifically to reduce the occurrence of hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings and other unpleasant aspects of menopause.

The ingredients used in Estroven include a standardized extract of black cohosh and phytoestrogens (plant-based estrogen) that help replace part of the estrogen lost when a woman goes through menopause. The body also needs vitamins and minerals, especially during this phase of life, and two separate proprietary blends of herbs are designed to aid in calming moodiness and boosting energy levels. While what is in the blends can be learned, the exact amounts are a trade secret owned by the manufacturer of Estroven.

Why use Estroven? Doctors have been using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to treat the symptoms of menopause for years. The problem with HRT is that many of the hormones used are synthetically made in a lab somewhere and do not react the same way that natural human hormones do in the body. Some women are unable to use synthetic hormones, as their bodies reject them.

All of the ingredients in Estroven have been shown to be effective though centuries of use in different cultures. Herbs have long been a primary component of traditional Chinese medicine. The Chinese recognized centuries ago that nature provides many of the best treatments and cures in the form of herbs for when the body is in a state of imbalance. Blending herbs to produce medicines is an ancient practice.

The German agency that corresponds the closest to the American FDA has studied the use of black cohosh as a treatment for hot flashes and mood swings associated with menopause. They found clinically that this ingredient is particularly effective in easing these symptoms. They have approved black cohosh as a medication for the treatment of menopausal symptoms. In the US, the FDA makes it a practice to stay out of the dietary supplement and herbal remedies business so that they can focus on the testing of new drugs created for treating different problems.
The phytoestrogens in Estroven are derived from soybeans. While not identical to the human hormone estrogen, the same receptors in the body that normally attract estrogen pick up these plant phyoestrogens. When the production of estrogen drops in a woman’s body as she goes through menopause, these receptors are deprived of the hormone and cause the body to react strangely to certain stimuli. This is one cause for hot flashes and mood swings. Replacing the missing estrogen with weaker phytoestrogens does not completely replace the missing hormone, but it does fool the receptors in the body into thinking that the levels of estrogen are remaining nearly constant, thus reducing the symptoms produced during menopause.

Estroven is a natural blend of black cohosh, phytoestrogens from soybeans, vitamins, minerals and herbal blends that work together to relieve the symptoms of menopause.