Botanical Name: Actaea racemosa

Part Used: Fresh root

Ingredients: Fresh cultivated Black cohosh roots, organic cane alcohol (75%).

Herb menstruum ratio: 1:2

Servings: 15-60 per 1 oz bottle.

Serving Size: 15-60 drops (0.5-2ml).

Suggested Use: Add 15-60 drops (0.5-2ml) to 1 ounce of water 2-3 times/day or as suggested by your healthcare practitioner.

About: Black cohosh (Actaea racemosa) tincture contains fresh Black cohosh roots cultivated with organic methods on our micro farm. They are carefully hand harvested in early autumn after the first frost and the plant has gone into dormancy. This is peak potency for root medicine, with vitality concentrated in the roots. They are tinctured fresh in organic cane alcohol. Several consituents are rendered inert during drying, therefore fresh root tincture is preferred!

Black Cohosh has many medicinal virtues and a long tradition of use. It is best known as a women’s reproductive remedy, but it also has analagesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic and antirheumatic properties and can act as a subtle nervine. Black cohosh can aid in normalizing menstrual cycle irregularites and decrease symptoms associated with PMS and perimenopause. It can reduce cramping and has emmenagogue actions, bringing on slow or delayed menses.

During perimenopause and menopause it can alleviate symptoms associated with estrogen deficiency. Used consistently black cohosh can aid in reducing many unpleasant symptoms like hot flashes, night sweats, heart palpitations, mood swings, irritability, anxiety, depression, sleep disturbances and vertigo.

As an anti-inflammatory and anti-rheumatic, black cohosh can reduce throbbing, dull, achy pain associated with rheumathoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, neuralgia, tendonitis and fibromyalgia. And can reduce chronic inflammation, relieve occipital headaches and muscle fatigue.