Plant Details

Accepted name:: Actaea cimicifuga L. [Ranunculaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

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 Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
cimicifugae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. 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	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. 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) Pharmacop. of China (2005) WHO Monog. 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 Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shengma	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
shing ma	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
shoma	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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 Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
升麻	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. 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	Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome, root	dried rhizome and root	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
Rhizomes		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
rhizome	rhizome	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
rhizome		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
rhizome		Korean Pharmacop., 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. 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 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) 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) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. 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 Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monog. 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 Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
Cimicifuga foetida Linné	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
Cimicifuge foetida Linne	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Cimicifuge foetida Linné	Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)

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