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Article: cool off with black cohosh
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- Better Nutrition
- Article date:
- February 1, 2009
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CopyrightCopyright Active Interest Media Feb 2009. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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New research shows why this herb is invaluable for easing hot flashes, menstrual cramps, and more
Native Americans originally discovered black cohosh as a remedy for menstrual cramps and menopause symptoms. Today, doctors in Germany treat these same symptoms with the herb, and in this country, black cohosh is a popular natural remedy for hot flashes and other symptoms of menopause.
"There's very good data in the literature that shows black cohosh does help hot flashes," says Mary Jane Minkin, MD, an ob-gyn in private practice in New Haven, Conn., and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Yale University School of Medicine. This is some of the key research:
* In a study published in ...