BLACK COHOSH IS USED FOR:

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(TRADITIONALLY) USED IN HERBAL MEDICINE TO HELP RELIEVE THE PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH MENSTRUATION.

(TRADITIONALLY) USED IN HERBAL MEDICINE TO HELP RELIEVE MUSCLE AND JOINT PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH RHEUMATIC CONDITIONS (SUCH AS RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, OSTEOARTHRITIS AND/OR FIBROSITIS), AND OF PAIN ASSOCIATED WITH NEURALGIA (SUCH AS SCIATICA).

(TRADITIONALLY) USED IN HERBAL MEDICINE TO HELP EASE NERVOUS TENSION (CALMATIVE).

USED IN HERBAL MEDICINE TO HELP RELIEVE PREMENSTRUAL SYMPTOMS.

(USED IN HERBAL MEDICINE TO) HELP(S) RELIEVE SYMPTOMS ASSOCIATED WITH MENOPAUSE.

BLACK COHOSH IS A SPECIES OF FLOWERING PLANT OF THE FAMILY RANUNCULACEAE. IT IS NATIVE TO EASTERN NORTH AMERICA FROM THE EXTREME SOUTH OF ONTARIO TO CENTRAL GEORGIA, AND WEST TO MISSOURI AND ARKANSAS. IT GROWS IN A VARIETY OF WOODLAND HABITATS, AND IS OFTEN FOUND IN SMALL WOODLAND OPENINGS. THE ROOTS AND RHIZOMES HAVE LONG BEEN USED MEDICINALLY BY NATIVE AMERICANS. EXTRACTS FROM THESE PLANT MATERIALS ARE THOUGHT TO POSSESS ANALGESIC, SEDATIVE, AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY PROPERTIES.

AVULA B, ALI Z, KHAN IA. 2007. CHEMICAL FINGERPRINTING OF ACTAEA RACEMOSA (BLACK COHOSH) AND ITS COMPARISON STUDY WITH CLOSELY RELATED ACTAEA SPECIES (A. PACHYPODA, A. PODOCARPA, A. RUBRA) BY HPLC. CHROMATOGRAPHIA 66(9/10):757-762

BHP 1983: BRITISH HERBAL PHARMACOPOEIA. COWLING (GB): BRITISH HERBAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; 1983.

BHP 1996: BRITISH HERBAL PHARMACOPOEIA. BOURNEMOUTH (UK): BRITISH HERBAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; 1996.

BLUMENTHAL M, GOLDBERG A, BRINCKMANN J, EDITORS. HERBAL MEDICINE: EXPANDED COMMISSION E MONOGRAPHS. BOSTON (MA): INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE COMMUNICATIONS; 2000.

BRADLEY PR, EDITOR. 1992. BRITISH HERBAL COMPENDIUM: A HANDBOOK OF SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION ON WIDELY USED PLANT DRUGS, VOLUME 1. BOURNEMOUTH (GB): BRITISH HERBAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATION.

COHEN SM, O'CONNOR AM, HART J, MEREL NH, TE HS. 2004. AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS ASSOCIATED WITH THE USE OF BLACK COHOSH: A CASE STUDY. MENOPAUSE: THE JOURNAL OF THE NORTH AMERICAN MENOPAUSE SOCIETY 11(5):575-577

ELLINGWOOD F. 1983. AMERICAN MATERIA MEDICA, THERAPEUTICS AND PHARMACOGNOSY. SANDY (OR): ECLECTIC MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS [REPRINT OF 1919 ORIGINAL].

EMEA 2007: EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY. COMMITTEE ON HERBAL MEDICINAL PRODUCTS (HMPC) ANNEX 1. ASSESSMENT OF CASE REPORTS CONNECTED TO HERBAL MEDICINAL PRODUCTS CONTAINING CIMICIFUGAE RACEMOSAE RHIZOMA (BLACK COHOSH, ROOT) [ONLINE]. LONDON (UK): EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY; MAY 8, 2007. AVAILABLE FROM: HTTP://WWW.EMEA.EUROPA.EU/PDFS/HUMAN/HMPC/26925806EN.PDF

FELTER HW, LLOYD JU. KING'S AMERICAN DISPENSATORY, VOLUME 1, 18TH EDITION. SANDY (OR): ECLECTIC MEDICAL PUBLICATIONS; 1983 [REPRINT OF 1898 ORIGINAL].

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