New Evidence for Red Clover as a Herb for Menopause Could that beautiful pink flower growing on your lawn really be a potent enough herb to take on the hot flashes of menopause? That’s what this new meta-analysis set out to see. Isoflavones are mildly estrogenic flavonoids that have the remarkable ability to help restore balance. If estrogen levels are too high, they can help lower their effects by competing for estrogen receptor sites. But when estrogen levels are low—as they