Plant Details

Accepted name:: Actaea dahurica (Turcz. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Franch. [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)
chinese cimicifuga	Other	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)
dahurian bugbane	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
largetrifoliolious bugbane rhizome	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
largetrifolious bugbane	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizoma cimicifugae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
sheng ma	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shengma	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
thăng ma	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
xing an sheng ma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ショウマ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
兴安升麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
升麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
升麻草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
興安升麻	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

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	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)
Whole plant		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
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 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cimicifuga dahurica (Turcz. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Maxim. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 28 (1859).
Actaea pterosperma Turcz. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1: 21 (1835).
Actinospora dahurica Turcz. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1: 21 (1835).
Actinospora pterosperma Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 60 (1842).
Cimicifuga dahurica var. fertilis Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 34(II): 120 (1862).
Cimicifuga dahurica var. mascula Regel Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 34(II): 121 (1862).
Cimicifuga dahurica f. mascula (Regel) Huth Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 317 (1893).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Actaea dahurica (Turcz. Ex Fisch. & C.a. Mey.) Maxim	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Actaea dahurica (Turcz. ex Fisch. & C. A. Mey.) Franch.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Actaea dahurica (Turcz. ex Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Franch.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Actaea dahurica Turcz. ex Fisch. & Mey.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cimicifuga dahurica (Turcz. ex Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Maxim.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cimicifuga dahurica (Turcz.) Maxim	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Cimicifuga dahurica (Turcz.) Maxim.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cimicifuga dahurica (Turcz.) Maximmowicz	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
Cimicifuga dahurica (Turcz.) Torrey et A.Gray ex Maxim.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Cimicifuga dahurica Maximowicz	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) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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