{"id":1855,"date":"2013-01-06T07:21:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-06T14:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2013-01-08T09:18:35","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T16:18:35","slug":"black-cohosh-cimicifuga-racemosa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/?p=1855","title":{"rendered":"Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Name:\u00a0 Black Cohosh<\/p>\n<p>Latin:\u00a0 Cimicifuga racemosa<\/p>\n<p>Other Common Names:<\/p>\n<p>Family:<\/p>\n<p>Parts Used:\u00a0 Root<\/p>\n<p>Vitamins\/Minerals:<\/p>\n<p>Used for:\u00a0 As a natural supplier of estrogen, black cohosh is an herb that is useful for a wide variety of female issues.\u00a0 The research studies have focused primarily on its use for menopausal symptoms, including hot flashes, vaginal discomfort, and osteoporosis.\u00a0 It also assists with incidences of menstrual migraines.\u00a0 It is also useful for pms, assisting with a wide range of symptoms, and helping to ease painful menstruation.\u00a0 It is useful during labour, facilitating effective contractions.\u00a0 Also assists with the recovery after the child is born.\u00a0 It is said to ease false labour pains, but overall I do not suggest using at all during pregnancy until labour has begun.<\/p>\n<p>Use in tandem with:\u00a0 Red Clover<\/p>\n<p>Directions &amp; Warnings:\u00a0 Do not take this herb if you are pregnant or planning on becoming so.\u00a0 Do not give this herb to children.\u00a0 Also, if you begin having headaches after taking black cohosh, it is likely a sign that your estrogen levels are fine and you should use something else.\u00a0 Sarsaparilla and Ginseng are decent substitutes.\u00a0 Over 50 years of studied use in Germany have yielded no sign of toxicity, side effects, or drug interactions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name:\u00a0 Black Cohosh Latin:\u00a0 Cimicifuga racemosa Other Common Names: Family: Parts Used:\u00a0 Root Vitamins\/Minerals: Used for:\u00a0 As a natural supplier of estrogen, black cohosh is an herb that is useful for a wide variety of female issues.\u00a0 The research studies have focused primarily on its use for menopausal symptoms, including hot flashes, vaginal discomfort, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[340,109],"tags":[86,88,140,141,143,342],"class_list":["post-1855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editing","category-herbs","tag-estrogen","tag-female","tag-menopause","tag-menses","tag-migraines","tag-therapeutic-herb-manual"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1855"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2442,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855\/revisions\/2442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.ravenandcoyote.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}