Black Cohosh - Cimicifuga

Cimicifuga Racemosa

Black Cohosh, Black Snakeroot, Bugbane, Rattleroot

Family: Ranunculaceae
 
Part used: Root, rhizome
 
Constituents: Various glycosides (actaeine and cimicifugin), racemosin, oestrogenic substances, triterpenes, isoferulic acid, tannin, salicyclic acid
 
Actions: Emmenagogue, antispasmodic, alterative, diaphoretic, expectorant, astringent, diuretic, sedative, relaxing nervine, analgesic (salicylic acid), regulates autonomic system, vaso-dilator
 
Systems affected: Liver, spleen, stomach, large intestine, nervous system
 
Used for: All nervous conditions - to relieve nerve pains, heaviness, numbness and neuralgia generally (Michael Tierra)
 
To relieve menstrual pains, labour pains. Asthma and bronchial spasms. Facilitates childbirth
 
Oestrogenic activity relieves hot flushes during menopause
 
Cramps, sciatica, low back pain, facial and intercostal neuralgia, stiff neck, aches after strenuous exercise. Painful menstruation and menopausal symptoms, breast pains, threatened miscarriage, migraine of hormonal origin and pain in ovaries. Tinnitus, oestrogen-deficiency, scarlet fever, fatty heart. Of value for melancholia, hysteria and nervous depression (Thomas Bartram)
 
Normalising action on female reproductive system. Releases tension and lifts depression in menopause. May be safely used to regain normal hormonal activity. Active in treatment of rheumatic conditions of all kinds - rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis muscular and neurological pain, sciatica and neuralgia (David Hoffman)
 
Main influence on the uterus, nervous system, heart and lungs. Corrects oestrogen deficiency, normalises female sex hormones. During labour it stimulates uterine activity soothes pain and tension (International Register of Consultant Herbalists)
 
Equally beneficial for male problems associated with seminal emission
 
For children's diarrhoea and chorea it's been used with success
 
Excellent nervine, used in conditions where there are spasms, epilepsy, asthma and whooping cough. Used for tetanus
Indigenous tribes of America called it squaw root because of its great ability to treat uterine disorders and to aid childbirth
 
Used for a wide variety of ailments:
 
Heart problems
Bronchitis
Epilepsy
Rheumatism
Whooping cough (considered best remedy)
Neuralgia
Hysteria
Menstrual problems
Scarlet fever
Measles and smallpox
Nerve tonic
 
Relieve depression with fear and dread
 
Specific for nerve and muscle pain, the anemonin in the plant depresses the central nervous system making it an excellent pain reliever - rheumatoid and osteo-arthritis, headaches, ovarian and uterine pain contractions during childbirth and breast pain
  
Good remedy for tinnitus and vertigo
 
Antispasmodic action eases cramp and muscle tension - relieve asthma, whooping cough etc. Relaxes and dilates blood vessel muscles - lowers blood pressure normalises heart function, strengthens a slow and irregular pulse. Sedative to the nerves, relaxant to the muscles
 
Taken several weeks before birth it prepares the uterus for childbirth normalising function of uterine muscle to enable a safe and easy delivery (on advice from qualified practitioner only). Strengthens uterine muscle. Oestrogenic properties relieve menopausal hot flushes, depression and low libido
 
CAUTION: overdose will cause vomiting, vertigo, tremors, reduced pulse and other symptoms. Do not use in pregnancy without consulting a medical herbalist

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