Nature's Pharmacopeia by Dan Choffnes

Author:Dan Choffnes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: MED004000, Medical/Alternative Medicine, SCI011000, Science/Life Sciences/Botany
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2016-07-25T16:00:00+00:00

FIGURE 14.15 Acteol, one of the prospective active principles of black cohosh.

The standard by which biomedical efficacy is judged is the well-designed clinical trial, and those testing black cohosh’s utility against menopause symptoms have generated conflicting data. Recent clinical trials have used various preparations of black cohosh root extract, usually processed with ethanol or isopropanol as a solvent.131 A review of clinical trials failed to show a positive effect of black cohosh extract on a series of menopausal symptoms but recommended further efforts to produce high-quality controlled studies to address this research question.132 Ultimately, biomedical studies may shed further light on this plant of many virtues, so esteemed by indigenous Americans, eclectic physicians, and patients around the world.

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