Chinese: sheng ma
English: cimicifuga rhizome, black Cohosh rhizome, bugbane rhizome
Pharmaceutical: Cimicifugae Rhizoma
Properties: Acrid, sweet, slightly cold
Standard Species: Cimicifuga simplex Wormsk., Cimicifuga heracleifolia Kom., Cimicifuga dahurica (Turcz.) Maxim., Cimicifuga foetida L.
Cimicifuga simplex - Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan (Photo by TH. Tanaka)