The technique proven to reduce this common menopause symptom
Hypnosis proven to help reduce menopausal hot flushes
- New research suggests that listening to hypnosis techniques can significantly reduce the severity and frequency of hot flushes experienced by menopausal women.
- A study published in Jama Network Open by researchers from Baylor University in Texas found that 20 minutes of daily recorded hypnosis, involving visualising cool scenarios, effectively lessened symptoms.
- The randomised controlled trial involved 250 postmenopausal women, with one group listening to genuine hypnosis and a control group listening to white noise over six weeks.
- Women in the genuine hypnosis group experienced a 53.4 per cent reduction in hot flush scores, compared to a 40.9 per cent reduction in the control group.
- The study concluded that self-administered clinical hypnosis is a safe and effective intervention, significantly improving participants' quality of life by reducing hot flush frequency and severity by more than half.