{"id":2126,"date":"2013-04-30T01:36:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T01:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2013-10-24T06:57:28","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T06:57:28","slug":"blue-cohosh-caulophyllum-thalictroides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=2126","title":{"rendered":"Blue Cohosh ~Caulophyllum thalictroides"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Blue Cohosh<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Latin name<\/em>: Caulophyllum thalictroides<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Native name means “blue root”\u009d)<\/p>\n

Family<\/em>: Berberidaceae<\/p>\n

Part used<\/em>: root<\/p>\n

Habitat<\/em>: woodlands of eastern N. America<\/p>\n

Main constituents<\/em>: methylcytisine (alkaloid), caulophyllosaponin and caulosaponin (glycosides)<\/p>\n

Energetics<\/em>: bitter, acrid, cooling (some say warming), drying<\/p>\n

Main herbal actions<\/em>: diuretic, diaphoretic, nervine, emmenagogue, parturifacient, expectorant, female reproductive tract tonic<\/p>\n

Minor herbal actions<\/em>: anthelmintic<\/p>\n

Main medicinal uses<\/em>: hot flashes (Khalsa), amenorrhea (Khalsa), reproductive tract debility due to chronic inflammatory conditions (i.e., pelvic inflammatory disease), atony and spasms of uterine tissue\/muscles, uterine atrophy, dysmenorrhea, cervical varicose veins, chronic inflammatory conditions (i.e. arthritis, rheumatic conditions), stop Braxton Hicks “false” contractions<\/p>\n

Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: labor pains and after pains, male reproductive tract conditions (i.e. orchitis, impotence), epilepsy<\/p>\n

Preparations<\/em>: decoction or infusion: 1 heaping tsp\/cup boiling water tid-qid (not recommended- very irritating- Khalsa); fluid extract, 10 to 30 drops qd-qid, 3-8 drops tincture per half hour for stalled labor Often combined with black cohosh as partus preparatur<\/p>\n

Contraindications<\/em>: should be used with caution in women with profuse menses, as it can increase blood flow to the pelvic region; may inhibit ovulation; CI in pregnancy prior to 9th<\/sup> month, angina, and cardiac insufficiency<\/p>\n

Toxicity<\/em>: symptoms include nausea, vomiting, thirst, headache, dilated pupils, muscle weakness, constriction of coronary blood vessels, CV collapse, convulsions<\/p>\n

Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth<\/span>; www.botanical.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Note: <\/em>Historically, there has apparently been some confusion and mixing of the properties and indications of blue cohosh and black cohosh. (These herbs are not related.) Black cohosh is a cold, bitter herb, while most authorities say that blue cohosh is warm. Blue cohosh is a blood mover.\u00a0 Hoffmannn says it is indicated in threatened miscarriage, due to antispasmodic action.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Module 3<\/span><\/h2>\n

Cohosh means Root – an Appalachian term. Grows in New England,Ohio and Appalachian forests.\u00c2\u00a0 Black and Blue cohosh have nothing to do with each other.<\/p>\n

Same family as Bayberry<\/p>\n

Blue Cohosh is an emmenogogue.\u00a0 It is less researched.<\/p>\n

The literature has gotten conflated between Blue and Black Cohosh.\u00a0 It makes it difficult to know who the author is.<\/p>\n

As an Emmenogogue we are going to have more discussions in Emmenogogue section.<\/p>\n

Blue Cohosh was used to promote contractions for birthing.\u00a0 There were 3 cases where there were heart damage when taking very large doses of Blue Cohosh very early on in the birthing process 2 weeks before the due date, called “Mother’s Cordial” even under the care of midwives.<\/p>\n

Hot Flashes<\/span><\/h3>\n

Still 8 grams = 1 oz tincture bottle for hot flashes, I typically use capsules, 1 capsule the first day, 2 capsules the next day, 3 capsules the third day – this can shorten the length of menstrual cycles.<\/p>\n

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Blue Cohosh Latin name: Caulophyllum thalictroides (Native name means “blue root”\u009d) Family: Berberidaceae Part used: root Habitat: woodlands of eastern N. America Main constituents: methylcytisine (alkaloid), caulophyllosaponin and caulosaponin (glycosides) Energetics: bitter, acrid, cooling (some say warming), drying Main herbal actions: diuretic, diaphoretic, nervine, emmenagogue, parturifacient, expectorant, female reproductive tract …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[141,39,37,95,41,38,97,71,512,90,521,198,92,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acrid","category-bitter","category-cooling","category-diaphoretic","category-diuretic","category-drying","category-emmenagogue","category-expectorant","category-module-3","category-nervine","category-parturifacient","category-reproductive-tract","category-warming","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2126"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2128,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2126\/revisions\/2128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}