Information and Facts on Black Cohosh

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Medicinal Properties: Colonial settlers soon learned what Native Americans long knew: Black cohosh is an herbal panacea for all sorts of female-specific health problems. One of the isoflavones in the plant's roots acts physiologically like a weak estrogen, making it potentially beneficial for everything from childbirth and menstrual cramps to menopause and premenstrual tension. In one study, the plant relieved menopause related vaginal dryness just as well as pharmaceutical estrogen. In another experiment, black cohosh matched prescription strength hormone replacement in reducing luteinizing hormone, which increases as natural estrogen declines, bringing on typical menopausal symptoms.

Findings form a few studies indicate that the Black Cohosh herb has estrogen like effects that may help control menopause and related health issues.  

Black cohosh offsets a decline in estrogen by providing powerful plant compounds called phytoestrogens that mimic the hormone's effects. These phytoestrogens bind to hormone receptors in the uterus, breast, and other parts of the body. As a result, black cohosh is reported to lessen hot flashes, vaginal dryness, headaches, dizziness, depressed mood, and other hormone-related symptoms. This makes the herb useful as a substitute for estrogen replacement therapy, especially when compared with synthetic hormone replacement therapies. Black cohosh does not appear to simulate the growth of breast tumors, unlike conventional hormone replacement therapy, which has been linked to a slightly increased risk of breast cancer when taken over the long term. Some researchers even think the phytoestrogens might prevent tumor growth by keeping the body's own estrogen from stimulating breast cells. Black cohosh compounds likewise regulate estrogen production before menopause, and are especially useful for treating blurred vision and migraine associated with PMS. It has antispasmodic properties that may lessen menstrual discomforts. Black cohosh may increase the blood flow to the uterus, reducing the intensity of particularly painful cramps.

Fibroids - (uterine myomas). Black cohosh contains at least three classes of compounds that act to regulate hormone use. First, these compounds bind to receptor sites in the reproductive tract, the brain, and other organs that otherwise would receive estrogen. This reduces overall estrogen activity when estrogen levels are high. Second, these substances block the formation of luteinizing hormone (LH), which stimulates a surge of estrogen production in the first fourteen days of the menstrual cyde. This stimulates estrogen production when estrogen levels are low. The dual action of the herb allows it to stabilize the body's estrogen usage.

Infertility - One of the chemical constituents of black cohosh, ferulic acid, increases the motility and viability of sperm cells by protecting their cell walls from oxidation by compounds released from environmental toxins.

Black Cohosh is also known as: 

  • Black Snakeroot,
  • Bugbane,
  • Cimicifuga racemosa,
  • Squawroot

Safety precautions:

Some people report an upset stomach or other gastric complaints. Be careful if you take black cohosh for longer than 6 months. Prolonged use could cause abdominal pain, dizziness, diarrhea, headache, joint pain, nausea, uterine irritation, and vomiting. Women should not take it while pregnant or nursing a newborn. Overdoses might cause premature birth, nausea, and headache. Normal dosages are between 50 and 1500mg a day.

Black Cohosh is used for:
These Symmetry products are Black Cohosh formulas that include a blend of herbal and health supplements that work together for your health, healing, and well being. 

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........Symmetry herbal and nutritional products for Women, Children, and Men includes vitamins, herb supplements, skin care, weight loss, water filters, sport's nutrition, and health maintenance. Giving you and your family an alternative natural way for prevention and healing treatment of disease - also to aid in well being of mind, body, and spirit.