Saturday, May 2, 2009

Black Cohosh 101 part 2

How many varieties of black cohosh are there?
There are many varieties of this supplement in Europe. They include:

Actaea macrotys
Actaea racemosa
Amerikanisches Wanzenkraut (German)
Baneberry,
Black cohosh roots
Black snakeroot
Botrophis serpentaria
Bugwort, cimicifuga
Cimicifugae racemosae rhizoma
Cohosh bugbane
Ethanolic aqueous extract
Herbe au punaise (French)
Hydroxytyrosol
Isoferulic
Isopropanolic black cohosh extract
Macrotys
Phytoestrogen
Ranunculaceae (family)
Rattle root
Rattle snakeroot
Rattle top
Rattle weed
Rhizoma actaeae richweed
Rhizome of black cohosh
rich weed
schwarze Schlangenwurzel
snakeroot
solvlys
Squawroot
squawroot
Thalictrodes racemosa
Traubensilberkerze
Wanzwnkraut (German)

Each European country has its own brand of black cohosh. The quality and quantity of the actual active ingredient varies from product to product. Not all of the above products work and not all of them have been evaluated. The only evidence for the majority of the black cohosh products are anecdotal reports by individual women and folklore tales from grandmas.

Is black cohosh same as blue cohosh?

No, one should not confuse black cohosh with blue cohosh, which contains chemicals that have been shown to damage the heart and even increase blood pressure. Further, do not confuse black cohosh with Cimicifuga fetid, bugbane, fairy candles, or sheen ma; these extracts of black cohosh are from the same family (Ranunculaceae) but have drastically with different effects.

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