Naturopathy

Cimicifuga

Synonyms

Cimicifuga racemosa, buttercups, bugwort, black cohosh, female root, snake root

Plant description

The Cimicifuga is a perennial plant that can be found in shady places in the woods North America, it grows up to 1.5m high.
The leaves are stalked, triple pinnate, pointed and deeply serrated at the edges. The flowers grow like candles, long and narrow, small, white flowers sit like grapes. The small, brown seeds sit in egg-shaped capsules.
The Heyday is between June and September.

Plant parts used medicinally

Of the Rhizome The Cimicifuga is dug, cleaned, dried and cut into pieces 5 to 10 cm in length in autumn. The roots are longitudinally furrowed, knotty and dark brown, have an unpleasant smell and taste great bitter and hot.

Ingredients

Actein, cimicigenol, saponins, tannins, phenolic acids

Medicinal effect and application

This drug is not used as a tea, but is often part of Finished medicinal products, which are predominantly at Menopausal symptoms, but also at rheumatism and Osteoarthritis be used in this phase of life.

Use in homeopathy

Here one uses Cimicifuga primarily at Menopausal symptoms With depressions in patients with a hysterical attitude. Also at migraine and rheumatic complaints in this phase.

a headache affect the back of the head and are described as wanting to burst and a wedge being driven in from behind. Sometimes you treat too Women in pregnancy with Cimicifuga with the aim of making childbirth easier.