Red Clover Menopausal Tea may help balance estrogen hormones to help with hot flashes, bone loss, high blood pressure, and other symptoms associated with menopause. Further, red clover and peppermint are two herbs that can grow extremely easily in a simple herbal garden, and combine to make a great cup of fresh herb tea! The flavor is minty, sweet, and slightly herbaceous.
Red clover heirloom seeds are readily available and the plant can be grown in a pot or in the ground. It will bloom in late Spring all the way into the first Fall frost. Harvest the flowers before too many on the plant have started to bloom. This will maximize the sweet taste and nutritional benefits of the red clover blooms. Red clover has shown in multiple human research studies to help with menopausal symptoms. Research is listed below.
Peppermint is minty and herbaceous, and pairs well with the delicate and sweet flavor of red clover. It practically grows like a weed and can take over the garden. That is why I only grow my peppermint in a pot. Leaves are most flavorful before the plant begins to bloom. Cut off blooming tips to prolong the aroma and flavor of the leaves. Peppermint will grow and be harvestable for months in above freezing temperatures. It also takes well to growing in a pot indoors by a sunny window sill.
Red Clover Menopausal Tea Recipe Ingredients
- 4 ounces of fresh red clover blossoms, free of pesticides (2 ounces if dried blossoms)
- 4 ounces of fresh peppermint leaves, free of pesticides (2 ounces if dried leaves)
- 32 ounces of water
- Honey to taste
Red Clover Menopausal Tea Recipe Instructions
Boil the water. Then, remove from heat. Steep the clover and mint for 5-10 minutes in the hot water. Finally, remove the plant parts and add honey to taste. Cool and store unused brew in the refrigerator for up to three days.
Note: To extract the minerals, prepare clover as a decoction by simmering one ounce of fresh herbs in a stainless steel pot with one pint of water until it reduces to ¾ of a pint of water, about 20 minutes. Next: cool, strain, and store in the refrigerator for up to three days.
Precautions Before Drinking Red Clover Menopausal Tea
Red clover should not be consumed during pregnancy, due to a possible estrogenic effect related to its high isoflavone content. It may also interfere with certain medications. Furthermore, it has a possible blood thinning effect, and may increase bleeding and interfere with anticoagulant medications and aspirin related to its coumarin and isoflavone content. In addition, it may lower blood sugar levels, thus affecting diabetic medications. It can also interfere with antiretroviral drugs, oral contraceptives and other estrogen medications, and drugs that metabolize in the liver. It could have possible adverse interactions to treatment medications for breast cancer, hormone cancers, hormone conditions, coagulant disorders, protein deficiencies, and surgery. Contact your Doctor before ingesting red clover related to possible drug interactions and contraindications. For more information, click here for Red Clover Research.
Nutrition: Red Clover Menopausal Tea
Red clover is high in minerals like iron, calcium, magnesium, and copper. It is also rich in vitamins A and B. Further, it contains phytoestrogenic isoflavones that may interact with the body’s estrogen hormone. Red clover also contains coumarins, salicylic acid, protein, and sugar.
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Red Clover Menopausal Tea Research
- Seventeen articles were reviewed and this mega-analysis concluded clover helps reduce hot flushes in menopausal women. Furthermore, no adverse side effects were found for short term use and there was no evidence on long term use. From: Trifolium pratense isoflavones in the treatment of menopausal hot flushes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
- A meta-analysis of multiple studies on the use of 80 mg a day of isoflavones (for 3 months) from red clover to treat menopause showed a safe and clinically significant benefit to reducing hot flashes. Effects of a standardised extract of Trifolium pratense (Promensil) at a dosage of 80 mg in the treatment of menopausal hot flushes: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
- This clinical trial was conducted on 72 menopausal women. It demonstrated that red clover isoflavones reduced menopausal symptoms. From: Effect of red clover Isoflavones extract on menopausal symptoms.
- Hot flashes were reduced with a supplement of red clover isoflavones in menopausal women. From: Isoflavones from red clover (Promensil®) significantly reduce menopausal hot flush symptoms compared with placebo.
- Isoflavones reduced lumbar spine bone loss in women. From: The effects of phytoestrogen isoflavones on bone density in women: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial1-3.
- Bone density improved after women took extracts of isoflavones from red clover. From: The effect of isoflavones extracted from red clover (Rimostil) on lipid and bone metabolism.
- Postmenopausal women with a high BMI showed reduced cholesterol when taking supplement of isoflavones from red clover. From: Effect of Trifolium pratense-derived isoflavones on the lipid profile of postmenopausal women with increased body mass index.
- Isoflavones reduced triglyceride levels in menopausal women. From: Effect of isoflavones on lipids and bone turnover markers in menopausal women.
- Red clover phytoestrogens reduced serum lipid levels in postmenopausal women. From: Influence of red clover‐derived isoflavones on serum lipid profile in postmenopausal women.
Grow and blossom, and spread your goodness to those around you.
By: Kathy Sadowski, MS in Aromatherapy, RA (ARC), NAHA and AIA Member, LMT
Last Updated: 8/6/18
