What's the difference between cimicifuga and cohosh?
Cimicifuga
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) Remifemin is an ethanolic extract of the rhizome of Cimicifuga racemosa (C.r.)
(2) 60 hysterectomized patients under 40 years old, who all had at least one intact ovary and still complained of climacteric symptoms, were treated with estriol, conjugated estrogens, estrogen-gestagen sequential therapy or an extract from cimicifuga racemosa after randomized distribution into 4 equal groups.
(3) After an 8 weeks treatment, LH but not FSH levels were significantly reduced in patients receiving the Cimicifuga extract.
Cohosh
Definition:
(n.) A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose rootstock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa, and to two species of Actaea, plants of the Crowfoot family.