Japanese cimicifuga (Cimicifuga japonica)

日本升麻rì běn shēng máRibenshengma

Cimicifuga japonica · Plant

Cimicifuga, standing in for Cimicifuga japonica
This photo shows Cimicifuga, not Cimicifuga japonica: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

Contraindicated in pregnancy; may cause headache, dizziness, or vomiting.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Japanese cimicifuga for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

HeadacheInflammation SyndromeMenopause Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Japanese cimicifuga does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit Respiratory

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Cimicifuga japonica and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.

  • Benefit Antimicrobial0 records
  • Benefit Respiratory0 records
  • Headache0 records
  • Inflammation Syndrome0 records
  • Menopause Syndrome0 records