Black Cohosh - Non-Timber Forest Products
Black Cohosh - Non-Timber Forest Products
Black Cohosh - Non-Timber Forest Products
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Britton, N.L.; Brown, A. 1913. An illustrated flora of the Northern United<br />
States, Canada, and the British Possessions. New York: Charles Scribner’s<br />
Sons. Vol. 2. In: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources<br />
Conservation Service. 2001. The PLANTS database. Version 3.1. Baton<br />
Rouge, LA: National Plant Data Center. Available at http://plants.usda.<br />
gov. [Date accessed: September 13, 2004].<br />
Provides a botanical illustration of black cohosh.<br />
Keywords: Botanical description.<br />
Cook, W. 1869. The physiomedical dispensatory. http://medherb.com/cook/<br />
home.htm. [Date accessed: September 13, 2004]. [Scanned version by<br />
Medical Herbalism 2001]<br />
Offers historical information on medicinal uses, properties, and<br />
preparations. Provides a description of the genus and species traits, and<br />
properties of the root as used in commerce. <strong>Black</strong> cohosh is said to have<br />
sedative powers on the nervous and circulatory systems, serous tissues, and<br />
the uterus. Instructions for making various preparations are included.<br />
Keywords: Botanical description, eclectic physicians, history, medicinal<br />
uses, preparations.<br />
Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. 1911. The<br />
British pharmaceutical codex. 18 th ed., 3 rd rev. http://www.ibiblio.org/<br />
herbmed/eclectic/bpc1911/Cimicifuga.html. [Date accessed: September<br />
13, 2004]. [Scanned version by H. Kress 2001–2002].<br />
Describes black cohosh roots, constituents, and various preparations and<br />
dosages used historically.<br />
Keywords: Chemical constituents, dosage, history, medicinal uses,<br />
preparations.<br />
Ellingwood, F. 1919. The American Materia Medica, therapeutics and<br />
pharmacognosy. http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/eclectic/ellingwood/<br />
Cimicifuga.html. [Date accessed: September 13, 2004]. [Scanned version<br />
by M. Moore 2001–2002].<br />
Offers a historical description of black cohosh medicinal uses. Preparations,<br />
physiological actions, and constituents are presented. Treatments are<br />
included for muscular aches, hysteria, acute fevers, angina pectoris, cough,<br />
pleurisy, chorea, stomach-ache, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum<br />
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