In this article we will introduce you to such a plant as black cohosh, and its useful properties.
Klopogon (also known as tsimitsifuga, klopovnik, Adam's rib) is a perennial plant belonging to the buttercup family. It contains nearly 20 different species, which are especially appreciated for their healing properties. This plant has a bitter taste and a rather unpleasant aroma. The root is short and thick, the stem reaches 1.5 m in length and has a straight, unbranched shape. The length of the leaves in black cohosh varies from 12 to 40 cm, and the width is directly proportional to the length. Flowering lasts from July to September. In nature, black cohope grows in the forests of North America and Asia. 
Did you know? Klopogon is a long-lived plant, it often grows for at least 20 years. There were cases when life expectancy reached 35 years.
Chemical composition
The chemical composition of zimitifuga is poorly studied. Today it is known that the upper part of the plant contains flavonoids, alkaloids, and also vitamin C. The root has a richer composition: sugar, starch, carotene, calcium, magnesium, tannins, salicylic, methoxycinnamic, isofiric acid, phenol, phytoestrogen, tannin, selenium and iron. 
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What is beneficial to human health: medicinal properties
Klopogon has wide application in medicine. It is often used to treat "female" diseases, used for rheumatism, pain in the joints and muscles, bronchial diseases and sinusitis. In addition, it improves metabolism, lowers cholesterol and blood pressure. It is used as a sedative for nerves, hysteria, migraine, and also improves sleep. The presence of saponin in this plant allows it to be used as an antidote to the bites of poisonous snakes and spiders. Klopogon is also used as a wound healing agent, a drug for echinococcosis of the liver, anthrax and diphtheria. The use of tsimitsifuga spread to cosmetology. This herb has an anti-inflammatory effect, thanks to which it is added to preparations for oily and acne-prone skin. And funds containing black cohosh have a relaxing and analgesic effect. 
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Harvesting and storage of medical raw materials from black cohosh
Klopogona is engaged in harvesting starting from the end of August and all September, when the fruits of the plant have ripened. The main raw material is its roots, the stem is cut at the very base. Dug out the root shake off the ground and washed with water, then it is crushed and dried. Drying should be at a temperature of up to 60 ° C in a dryer or oven, and stored in a place with very low humidity. The leaves themselves and the stem have no special significance, they are used in the ground form, since only the juice that they contain has value. If you squeeze the juice, the cake is thrown. Flowers, from a medical point of view, are useless.
Important! If the roots are dried in a natural way indoors, then it should be well ventilated.
Use in traditional medicine: recipes
Tsimitsifuga has many medicinal properties, thanks to which it is widely used in traditional medicine in the form of decoctions and alcohol tinctures:
- Tincture to improve digestion, treatment of bronchial asthma, migraines, rheumatism is prepared in the following way: dried root is poured with 70% alcohol in a ratio of 1: 5, infused for 5 or 6 days in a dark place, and then filtered. Such an infusion of black cohosh should be taken 30 drops two or three times a day.
- To reduce pain in the muscles and joints apply a compress of broth, which is prepared from the dried root, boil in a small amount of water for half an hour.
- Pounded fresh leaves and stem are used to treat skin diseases, arthritis and rheumatism by applying compresses for half an hour.
- For the treatment of measles and other rashes on the skin, toothache, toxicosis, gynecological diseases, use a decoction that is prepared as follows: Pour 1.5 g of dry roots with a glass of water and boil for about 5 minutes, then stand for a couple of hours. Drink the broth should be half a glass no more than four times a day.
- For gastritis and other gastroenterological diseases, a decoction made from leaves and a stem is used: take 5 grams of crushed grass in a glass of water, boil for about 5 minutes and leave for an hour. It is necessary to drink this broth twice a day on 100 g, previously having filtered.
Did you know? Klopogon in Chinese folk medicine has been used for hundreds of years as an analgesic and antipyretic, as well as an antidote to the bites of most creeping and arthropod species.
Contraindications and side effect
Despite the fact that cimicifuga has many positive properties, it also has contraindications. The plant is forbidden to use:
- throughout pregnancy and lactation;
- those who are allergic to aspirin and buttercup;
- people who survived a stroke.
- slow heartbeat;
- dizziness and headache;
- increased sweating;
- blurred vision;
- nausea and vomiting;
- osteoporosis is possible.
If at least one of these symptoms appears without delay seek medical attention.Important! The daily rate of the powder from the roots of black cohosh should not exceed 1000 mg, and a one-time rate ranges from 30 mg to 190 mg.And in conclusion, we note: if you yourself decided that you want to take black cohosh or drugs with its extract, still do not be lazy and consult with a specialist so that the treatment of one disease does not provoke another.
