Latin, Actaea gyrostachya, A. monogyna, A. orthostachya, A. racemosa, Botrophis actaeoides, B. serpentaria. Christopheriana canandensis racemosa, Cimicifuga serpentaria, Macrotys actaeoides, M. octreoides, M. racemosa, M. serpentaria;
English, Black cohosh, Black snake root, Bugbance, Deerwood, Rattleroot, Rattlesnake root, Rattleweed, Richweed, Squawroot ;
French, Racine d’ actee a grappes ;
German, Schwarze Schlangenwurzel.
A perennial, deciduous plant, with thick, short, horizontal, tough root, with numerous long fibers
underneath, scarred from fallen scales. It is blackish externally, whitish internally, with a peculiar,
disagreeable odour, and bitter astringent taste. The stem is straight, simple, cylindrical,
smooth, 3 to 8 feet high. The leaves are bio-ortri-pinnate, lower very large, upper smaller,
leaflets cut and serrate. The flowers are appear in June and July, are numerous, ½ inch wide,
on slender horizontal pedicels, forming a terminal raceme 1 to 3 feet long, white and fetid.
The fruit ripens in September.
Found in :-
Rich woodlands, edges of fields, newly cleared hillsides in the United States from Maine to Michigan, Canada and Southward.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
In 1856 by Dr.A. Houghton, N. A. J. Of Hom. V. 27. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. X. 468.)
The fresh root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Cimicifuga, moist magma containing solids | 100gm. |
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Plant moisture 185 Cc. | = 285
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Distilled water | 200 Cc.
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Strong alcohol, | 650 Cc.
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x to contain one part of tincture, four parts distilled water, five parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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Vitiligo Cure
