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Actaea macrotys, Actaea pachypoda , Actaea podocarpa , Actaea racemosa L., Actaea rubra actaealactone, actee a grappes (French), amerikanisches Wanzenkraut (German), Appalachian bugbane, BCE, baneberry, black bugbane, black cohosh root extract Cr 99, black cohosh roots, black snakeroot, botrophis serpentaria, bugbane, bugwort, CR, CR BNO 1055, CR extract, caffeic acid, Cimicifuga , Cimicifuga racemosa , Cimicifugae racemosae rhizoma, Cimicifugawurzelstock (German), cimicifugic acid A, cimicifugic acid B, cimicifugic acid D, cimicifugic acid E, cimicifugic acid F, cimicifugic acid G, cohosh bugbane, ferulic acid, fukinolic acid, herbe au punaise (French), ICR, isoferulic acid, isopropanolic black cohosh extract, isopropanolic extract, macrotys, Macrotys actaeoides , methyl caffeate, mountain bugbane, p-coumaric acid, phytoestrogen, protocatechualdehyde, protocatechuic acid, Ranunculaceae (family), rattle root, rattle snakeroot, rattlesnake root, rattle top, rattle weed, rattleweed, Remifemin®, rhizoma actaeae, rich weed, richweed, schwarze Schlangenwurzel (German), snakeroot, solvlys, squaw root, squawroot, Thalictrodes racemosa , Traubensilberkerze (German), triterpene glycosides, Wanzenkraut (German), Ze 450.

Note : Do not confuse black cohosh ( Cimicifuga racemosa ) with blue cohosh ( Caulophyllum thalictroides ), which contains chemicals that may damage the heart and raise blood pressure. Do not confuse black cohosh ( Cimicifuga racemosa ) with Cimicifuga foetida , bugbane, fairy candles, or sheng ma; these are species from the same family (Ranunculaceae) with different effects.

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