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Bot.: Cimicifuga racemosa
Healing power:
Black cohosh is used for menopause trouble like - tetchiness, - insomnia, - hot flush, - Black cohosh also is used for menstruation trouble like uterus cramps, - asthma, - rheumatism, - Black cohosh works hypoglycaemic, - sedative, - antineuralgic and - eoestrogen. - In homoeopathy the remedy cimicifuga is used for menopause trouble like - depressions, - insomnia, - migraine, - claustrophobia, - nervous heart trouble. How to use:
You use an extract from the roots. You dig them in autumn, clean and dry them.
A tea which is made out of the Black cohosh root is said not to be very effective, but preparations in pharmacies with cimicifuga effects.
Donīt take overdoses. Description of the plant:
Black cohosh is a North American woodland plant, loves a shady location, can withstand frost, blossoms white and reaches a height up to 60 cm.
Black cohosh belongs to the family of the butter cups. Propagation:
By seeds: The seeds require for germination a warm period of about 20 °C/70 °F, then a cold period of about 5 °C/40 °F and then again a warm period to develop. Ingredients:
Phytosterin, Tanning agents, Cimicifugin, Glycosides, Essential oil
