Herbal Medicines for Improving Quality of Life in Menopause Women: A Systematic Review

Back ground and Objective: Menopause encompasses 25 million women worldwide each year, and the World Health Organization estimates that 1.2 billion women will be postmenopausal by 2030. Menopause is explained as the transition from the reproductive phase of women to the non-reproductive. Menopausal symptoms are common in menopausal women. These symptoms are not life-threatening, but may reduce especially quality of life. Our aim in this review is asses the articles that have herbal treatment for quality of life in menopause Method and Material: We conducted a literature search including published studies from database initiation from their inception through December 2015, using MED LINE Pub Med, Science Direct and Scopus search. The search was limited to published studies in English and studies of humans, clinical trial study and full text and published, by using the following search key words and medical subject heading terms: (menopause OR climacteric) AND ( Herbal medicine OR Medicinal Herb OR Medicinal Plant ). Furthermore, we then adhered to standard criteria for conducting and reporting systematic review Results: We conducted a literature search including published studies from database Initiation. A total of 371 articles were located, and 361 were excluded for the reasons. The remaining 10 RCTs were included, and their key data are summarized. Of 10 randomized control trials that we assessed, 6 of them showed significant improvement across all domains measured by the MenQoL and Greene climacteric scales and the Menopause Specific Quality of Life questionnaire. Conclusion: No final statement can be drawn regarding the effectiveness of herbal medicines treatment due to qualitative shortcomings of included studies and a general limited availability of studies in this feld. But most of the studies show that herbal medicines can be effective in improving the quality of life in menopause women especially in those who suffers from different disorders with the minimum side effects

Keywords:

Menopause , Quality of life , Herbal medicine