cimicifuga

(U. S.), cimicif'ugse rhizo'ma (Br.) (sim-I-sif'u-gah) [L. cimex{cimic-), bedbug, jugare, to chase.] The dried rhizome and roots of Cimicijuga racemosa, Acicea raceynosa, black snakeroot, black cohosh, bugwort, an herb of eastern and central United States and Canada; alterative, emmenagogue, antispasmodic, antirheumatic in doses of gr. 10-15 (0.6-1.0).