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Could you also elaborate on the use of black cohosh for menopausal symptoms as well as PMS?

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Could you also elaborate on the use of black cohosh for menopausal symptoms as well as PMS?

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SF: Yes, black cohosh like chaste tree emerged out of German phyto medicines. It had long been used in eclectic medical practice in the late 19th and early 20th century here in the U.S. for various menstrual difficulties, menstrual imbalances, as well as an anti-inflammatory. And in fact, was better known in the 19th century as an anti-inflammatory for rheumatic pains and things of that sort. Then (black cohosh) was championed by an eclectic physician named Dr. John King in the late 19th century for various gynecological conditions and was adopted in European phytomedicines in the 1930s and 1940s. And, in fact, in 1955 there was a conference in Germany on the use of Estrogen Replacement Therapy (ERT) for the treatment of menopausal symptoms. At that point there were 8-10 years experience of using Estrogen Replacement Therapy for menopausal symptoms and the experience began to collect a large number of side effects associated with Estrogen Replacement Therapy at that time. So one of the

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