Angelica Sinensis for the Treatment of Hot Flashes in Men Undergoing LHRH Therapy for Prostate Cancer

Inclusion Criteria

• •Prostate cancer treated with some form of androgen deprivation therapy for at least one month. This includes either surgical (bilateral orchidectomy) or medical (LHRH agonist, pure or steroidal antiandrogen or combined) castration;
• •Greater than seven vasomotor episodes per week;
• •Significantly bothersome symptoms associated with these vasomotor episodes, which produce a desire in the patient to seek treatment to reduce both their incidence and severity;
• •Documented informed consent to participate in the trial.