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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Physician's Materia Medica on Blue Cohosh (caulophyllum)

BLUE COHOSH (caulophyllum)CATH2
   The rhizome and root of CAULOPHYLLUM THALICTROIDEs, (L.) Michx. Sedative, antispasmodie, oxytocic, uterine tonic. Used mostly as an emmenagogue and antispasmodic.1


References

1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.