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Blue Cohosh Caulophyllum thalictroide

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Common Names
Blue Cohosh , sqaw root
Botanical Name
Caulophyllum thalictroide
Family
BERBERIDACEAE Barberry Family
Blue Cohosh Medicinal Properties & Benefits
Common Uses: Amenorrhea * Arthritis * Childbirth * Dysmenorrhea * Gout * Lupus *
Properties: Antibacterial* Antispasmodic* Hypertensive* Parturient* Uterine Tonic* Antirheumatic* Abortifacient*
Parts Used: Dried root
Constituents: Alkaloids, cystine (caulophylline), baptifoline, anagyrine, laburnine. Also caulosaponin, resins


Use blue cohosh to ease
period cramps

Considered to be one of the best uterine stimulants and herbs to bring on menstruation, it contains the phytochemical calulopsponin which actively stimulates uterine contractions and promotes blood flow to the pelvic region. Blue cohosh is generally used in combination with other herbs, often black cohosh to treat menstrual disorders. The herb is one of the aborifacient herbs often used to induce labor.

How to Use: Blue Cohosh
Preparation Methods :Blue cohosh can be prepared as a tea or a tincture. Blue cohosh extract is widely available in capsule form.
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referencesBlue Cohosh Medicinal Uses & Benefits
Menstrual cramps
The herb has powerful antispasmodic properties and is helpful in relieving menstrual cramps.
delayed menstruation
Powerful emmenagogue, blue cohosh will help bring on a suppressed or delayed menstruation.

Rosemary Gladstar, Herbal Healing for Women (1993)

Arthritis anti-inflammatory
The Iroquois used it to treat arthritis- research also suggests the plant possesses some anti-inflammatory, and anti-rheumatic properties.

James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000)

Natural Childbirth
Blue cohosh contains the phytochemical caulosaponin, capable of triggering powerful contractions of the uterus -

James Duke, The Green Pharmacy Herbal Handbook (2000)

Uterine tonic
There is hardly an American remedy in our Materia medica that needs and probably merits a more thorough proving, upon females especially than Caulphyllum, and the sooner it is done, the better able will we be to cope with many of our most obstinate uterine cases.

Charles F. Millspaugh, American Medicinal Plants (0000)

Rheumatism
Blue cohosh eases the cramping pain of dysmenorrhoea. It has also been used to treat arthritis and ease stomach cramps.

Richard Mabey, The New Age Herbalist (1988)

Side Effects:
Because of its strong uterine stimulant properties, blue cohosh should not be used at any time during pregnancy, except in the last week, under the supervision of a qualified herbal specialist. It can cause premature uterine contractions leading to miscarriage and/or abortion. The seeds are poisonous.
Plant Description

American Medical Plants,Millspaugh, C.1802,57[16]
American Medical Plants,Millspaugh, C.1802,57[16]

  • Flowers:Inflorescence a loose raceme or panicle ; peduncle arising from the base of the upper leaf; flowers purplish' or yellowish-green.
  • Plant Class:erect, perennial herb, attains a growth of from 1 to 2 1/2 feet
  • Leaves:Leaves large, triternately decompound, the upper much smaller and biternate ; leaflets 2 to 3 lobed, obtusely wedge-shape at the base
  • Fruit: The berries are mawkish, insipid, and without special flavor. The seeds are said to resemble coffee when roasted.
  • Root: Root horizontal or contorted, wrinkled and branched, showing many up-right nodules, bearing at their summits the scars of previous stems, and giving off numerous cylindrical, branching rootlets from the older portions
  • Preferred Habitat:
  • Flowering Season:April to May, before the full development of the leaves
  • Distribution:The Blue Cohosh is indigenous to the United States, growing abundantly in moist, rich woods, from Canada southward to Kentucky and the Carolinas. (Millspaugh, Charles F.,57[16])

Folklore, Myths and Legends
History and Traditions
historyNorth American Eclectic doctors and native women learned used blue cohosh to induce labor and ease labor pains. The herb was taken as tea, for a week or two preceding confinement, rendering delivery rapid and comparatively painless. They also used the root as a remedy for rheumatism, dropsy, uterine inflammation, and colic. These uses have been proven reliable by all methods of practice since.(Millspaugh, Charles F.,57[16])
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Common Misspellings: delayed menstruation ,menustration

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