Herbs and Breast Cancer

Although there's no direct evidence that the use of herbs can increase or decrease the risk of breast cancer, theoretically, some herbs have estrogen-like actions so they shouldn't be used long-term or by women with a history of breast cancer or those at high risk. Some of these herbs include:

• black cohosh
  
• blue cohosh
  
• chasteberry
  
• dang gui
  
• dong quai
  
• ginseng
  
• hops
  
• licorice
  
• motherwort leaf
  
• saw palmetto
  
• rhodiola rosea
  
• red clover
  
• soy
  
• vitex berry
  
• wild yam