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Definition of cohosh in English: cohoshnoun kəˈhɒʃˈkōhäSH Either of two medicinal plants native to North America. 总状升麻;红毛七 (also 'blue cohosh') a plant of the barberry family (Caulophyllum thalictroides, family Berberidaceae). (also 'black cohosh') a plant of the buttercup family, with small white flowers (Cimicifuga racemosa, family Ranunculaceae). Example sentencesExamples - Some of the herbs that are listed as ingredients include damiana, chaste tree, black cohosh and saw palmetto.
- Herbs which research has confirmed to have potent estrogenic influence include black cohosh, red clover and alfalfa.
- You should take dietary supplements like folic acid before and during pregnancy but avoid some herbal supplements (like blue cohosh in the firs two trimesters).
- Research on natural hormone-like phytoestrogenic compounds - isoflavones - that are found in soy, red clover, black cohosh, etc., suggests that these ‘plant hormones’ can slow bone loss.
- Black cohosh should not be confused with the blue cohosh herb (also known as Caulophyllum thalictroides), which is used for different indications and has a greater potential for toxicity.
OriginLate 18th century: from Eastern Abnaki. Rhymesawash, Bosch, bosh, brioche, cloche, cosh, dosh, Foch, galosh, gosh, josh, mosh, nosh, posh, quash, slosh, splosh, squash, swash, tosh, wash Definition of cohosh in US English: cohoshnounˈkōhäSH Either of two medicinal plants native to North America. 总状升麻;红毛七 (also 'black cohosh') a plant of the buttercup family, with small white flowers (Cimicifuga racemosa, family Ranunculaceae) (also 'blue cohosh') a plant of the barberry family (Caulophyllum thalictroides, family Berberidaceae) Example sentencesExamples - You should take dietary supplements like folic acid before and during pregnancy but avoid some herbal supplements (like blue cohosh in the firs two trimesters).
- Herbs which research has confirmed to have potent estrogenic influence include black cohosh, red clover and alfalfa.
- Research on natural hormone-like phytoestrogenic compounds - isoflavones - that are found in soy, red clover, black cohosh, etc., suggests that these ‘plant hormones’ can slow bone loss.
- Black cohosh should not be confused with the blue cohosh herb (also known as Caulophyllum thalictroides), which is used for different indications and has a greater potential for toxicity.
- Some of the herbs that are listed as ingredients include damiana, chaste tree, black cohosh and saw palmetto.
OriginLate 18th century: from Eastern Abnaki. |