Wanting to avoid HRT, I first tried Black Cohosh (a supplement carried at Walmart). The hot flashes did subside but not nearly enough to suit me. So I switched to Phytoestrogen,
http://www.amazon.com/Solaray-Phytoe...uckduckgo-d-20 .
It did the trick; I went from having hot flashes every few minutes to just an occasional one. I had a very pleasant passage. You can read the pros and cons on the net, and no doubt read that there's no proof it even works, but it worked for me bigtime. PS my doctor did not object.