Black Cohosh
It is considered a sacred plant, representing the image of the Goddess Kali, divine love, and helps in transitioning through a new cycle in life. Known as a powerful helper when someone needs to move past fears and self-doubts, Black Cohosh can bring enlightenment, a new beginning, and a new cycle of evolution.
Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa from the Buttercup family), a tall flowering plant growing in eastern areas of North America, has been used in medicine for a very long time.
In Magical treatises, this very powerful plant was associated with Hekate, the Goddess of Magic, the protector of the witches.
It is written that it helps men and women to get out of a dysfunctional relationship and find their own way.
Black Cohosh helps connect with the divine Mother of the Sea, Jemanja, in protection invocations.
Black Cohosh or Black Snake Root, a very powerful cleanser of all impurities is the “great balancer”, an herbal remedy to heal feminine disorders of all kinds and any kind of self-imposing suffering.
Associated with the Solar Plexus, Heart Chakra, and Sacral Chakra it brings love, courage, protection, and potency.
This herb is commonly used in rituals for banishing spells, to rid yourself and your surroundings of unwanted energy.
A very simple action helping in the purification of the house is made by adding the plant in a spray bottle with equal parts of distilled water and Witch Hazel and spraying the house with it.
The greek physician Galen (the doctor of the roman emperor Marcus Aurelius) recommended it as a diuretic. Also, he has prescribed the herb as a diuretic treatment and a cure for nervous ailments.
In the 18th century, it was used by women in releasing nervous tension.
The Indians use it as an aid in treating muscular aches, in relieving stress and old energies accumulate in the body. A yogi can get them out by breathing through it after they put their awareness on the injured or aching spot.
A staple of Cherokee medicine served mainly purposes ranging from use as a cure for rheumatic pains to help in treating the lung inflammation
So the Black Cohosh is an excellent pain healer, a regulatory herb.
As a sacred plant, Black Cohosh is used in the female mysteries as an ally for initiation.
Through deep meditation in the herb presence, someone gets endowed with great wisdom, magic, and power to withstand any kind of psychic attack. The Black Cohosh, when asked, can even make somebody’s wish come true.
A magic bath that will surround you can be prepared with two tablespoons of Black Cohosh dried root, 1 tablespoon dried Rosemary, one sliced fresh orange, one handful of fresh “baby’s breath” herb, 1 handful of fresh rose petals. A red candle is lit in the bathroom.
Usually, women use the herb to enhance fertility or to treat menopause symptoms.
A helpful infusion used in fertility is made from one tablespoon of Black Cohosh powder dissolved in a cup of hot water and a few drops of Lavender oil.
Its use was legally approved in Germany in 1956 as it was already used by one million and a half women, with or without the advice of their doctor. It is said that it is more powerful than Prozac and healthier. Based on Greek and Arab medical treatises.
Though the Native Americans discovered this root two centuries ago, it was popularised in Us after the research of some emeriti professors from New York University. The study, published in The Archives of Internal Medicine concluded that Remifemin, an herbal preparation of the black cohosh root may reduce inflammations – “elicited clear symptomatic relief” (prof. Ed Kennely & Lehman). Other studies prove the role of this herb in treating osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. The plant base phytoestrogens may also inhibit bone loss.