Plant Details

Accepted name:: Actaea cimicifuga L. [Ranunculaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
black cohosh rhizome	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
bugbane	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinese cimicifuga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
cimicifuga	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
cimicifuga rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
cimicifugae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
flädersilverax	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
foetid bugbane	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gya tsi	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
largetrifoliolious bugbane rhizome	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
largetrifolious bugbane	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rgya rtsi	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
rhizoma cimicifugae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
sheng ma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shengma	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
shēngmá	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
skunk bugbane	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
stinking bugbane	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
རྒྱ་རྩི།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
ショウマ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
升麻	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
升麻等	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome and root	dried rhizome and root	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
Rhizomes		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizome	rhizome	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cimicifuga foetida L. Syst. Nat., ed. 12. 2: 659 (1767).
Actaea cimicifuga var. racemosa (Regel) J.Compton Taxon 47: 623 (1998).
Actaea macropoda Turcz. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 1: 73 (1841).
Actaea mairei (H.Lév.) J.Compton Taxon 47: 622 (1998).
Actaea podocarpa Schltdl. Linnaea 6: 583 (1831).
Actinospora wallichii Meisn. Pl. Vasc. Gen.: 4 (1837).
Cimicifuga cimicifuga (L.) H.Karst. Deut. Fl.: 571 (1882), not validly publ.
Cimicifuga foetida var. mairei (H.Lév.) W.T.Wang & Zh.Wang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 37: 212 (1999).
Cimicifuga foetida var. racemosa Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 34(II): 121 (1862).
Cimicifuga foetida var. velutina Franch. ex Finet & Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 51: 521 (1904).
Cimicifuga mairei H.Lév. Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 25: 43 (1915).
Thalictrodes cimicifuga Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 4 (1891), nom. superfl.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Actaea cimicifuga L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cimicifuga foetida	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Cimicifuga foetida L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cimicifuga foetida Linn.	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017)
Cimicifuga foetida Linne	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
Cimicifuga foetida Linné	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
Cimicifuge foetida Linne	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Cimicifuge foetida Linné	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)

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