Herbal hormone treatment can be used for treating the symptoms of menopause. In herbal therapy estrogen is produced from herbs and plants for the treatment of menopause. Herbalists have developed several therapies by making use of plants and herbs for relieving symptoms in women without making use of traditional estrogen therapy.

Herbal therapy is not totally free from risk and depends from the source from where the estrogen is developed may it be plant source or animal source. Certain plants can provide progesterone effects and some can produce estrogen effects, so herbalist will accordingly prescribe herbal therapy for meeting the estrogen therapy in the body. For the women whose uterus has been removed uses herbal hormone therapy to produce estrogen effect in their body and for them whose uterus is intact must use combination of plants and herbs which will provide both progesterone and estrogen effect.

Using herbal therapy bone loss occurring at the time of menopause can be prevented. Although the herbal therapy is strong and powerful it is not prescribed as the traditional drug treatment. Herbal therapy requires long time to show its effect and for that the patient has to exercise patience while the treatment is in use.