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BLACK COHOSH
(Cimicifuga racemosa)
bugbane, rattle root, black snake root, squaw root

Description: Perennial shrub, 9 ft. or more. Creeping, underground stem is gnarled and twisted. Topped with slender spike of small white or yellowish flowers in feathery racemes 1-3 ft. long, slender and drooping. Leaves vary from ternate to pinnate, at times even further divided. Found in eastern, southern part of U.S. in rich open woods.

Medicinal: Antispasmodic, astringent, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, hormonal, sedative. Rhizomes and roots used by Native Americans to ease childbirth and as an antidote for rattlesnake bite. Colonists used it for yellow fever, bronchitis, coughs, asthma, itching, nervous diseases, uterine disorders, diarrhea, menstrual cramp, rheumatism, childbirth, headaches, coughs and asthma. Take 2-3 tbsp. of decoction, 6 times a day, cold, or 10-60 drops tincture.

CAUTION: Large doses can cause symptoms of poisoning, nausea and vomiting.

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