Scale Rod Cimicifuga (Cimicifuga foetida)

秤杆升麻chèng gān shēng máChengganshengma

Cimicifuga foetida · Plant

Cimicifuga, standing in for Cimicifuga foetida
This photo shows Cimicifuga, not Cimicifuga foetida: 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

Cautions

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

Indications

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

BronchitisCough & Asthma With Abundant PhlegmHypertensionLower Blood Pressure

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Scale Rod Cimicifuga does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Clear Lung & Relieve CoughTransform Phlegm & Calm Asthma