* Please Note: This information is based partly on Traditional Medicine which uses natural materials to support health. This information has not been evaluated or approved by the FDA. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). These products are intended to support general well being and are not intended to treat, diagnose, mitigate, prevent, or cure any condition or disease. If conditions persist, please seek advice from your medical doctor.
Description
Common names are beechdrops, blueberry root, blue ginseng, papooseroot, and blue or yellow ginseng. British medicine men learned of blue cohosh from Native American medicine men and it was listed during the late 1800s in the U. S. Pharmacopoeia. It is well known in the treatment of female ailments, and is used to regulate menstrual flow - particularly for suppressed menstruation. Native Americans used it to induce labor and to relieve children's colic and cramps.
Plant Facts and Growing Tips
Plant: A perennial found in eastern North America with a round, erect stem growing from knotty rootstock. It produces six-petaled, yellow-green flowers, and the fruit is a pea-size, dark blue berry.
Height: 1 to 3 feet.
Soil: Moist, rich, humusy soil found near running streams and in swampy areas.
Exposure: Partial to full shade.
Propagation: Division or from seeds. To divide, make cuttings from the rhizome in early fall or spring. Seeds should be planted in a cold frame or a protected bed outdoors. With seeds sown in fall, some will germinate the following spring; others may not germinate for a year.
Part Used for Tea: Root.
Taste: Sweetish at first, then bitter; acrid and pungent.
How to Brew
By Decoction: Simmer 1 ounce root in 1 pint boiling water for 15 minutes. Take 2 tablespoons every 2 to 3 hours, hot.
Blue cohosh can be irritating to mucous membranes and also may cause contact dermatitis. Children have been poisoned by the berries. Use it only with the advice of your health practitioner.
Women's Minty Tonic
For a minty-flavored women's tonic that is energizing:
1 teaspoon blue cohosh root
1 teaspoon dong quai root
2 teaspoons dried peppermint leaves
Simmer the blue cohosh and dong quai root in 4 cups water for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and add the peppermint leaves. Let steep another 5 minutes, then strain.
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Directions
Hot tea brewing method: Bring freshly drawn cold water to a rolling boil. Place 1 tea bag for each cup into the teapot. Pour the boiling water into the pot, cover and let steep for 2-4 minutes. Pour into your cup; add milk and sugar to taste.
Iced tea brewing method: (to make 1 liter/quart): Place 5 tea bags into a teapot or heat resistant pitcher. Pour 1 1/4 cups of freshly boiled water over the tea itself. Steep for 5 minutes. Quarter fill a serving pitcher with cold water. Pour the tea into the serving pitcher straining the tea bags. Add ice and top-up with cold water. Garnish and sweeten to taste.
Additional Information
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These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Products are intended to support general well being and are not intended to treat, diagnose, mitigate, prevent, or cure any condition or disease. If conditions persist, please seek advice from your medical doctor. The essence of the current American rule on Traditional Uses is, as stated by FTC, "Claims based on historical or traditional use should be substantiated by confirming scientific evidence, or should be presented in such a way that consumers understand that the sole basis for the claim is a history of use of the product for a particular purpose."
