Standardized Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga) Extract Clinical Monograph, Quarterly Review of Natural Medicine, Summer 1998, pp 117-125
Author: Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.d.

Clinical overview of black cohosh with in depth discussion of its makeup and how it works to relieve symptoms for menopausal women. Refuting the supposition that it is estrogen-like and concluding that new data points to black cohosh as being non-hormonal which is good news for women who are at risk for breast cancer.

Black Cohosh: Cimicifua Racemosa. A Literature Review, Herbal Gram, Winter 1999, Vol. 45 pp. 36-48)
Author: Steven Foster

A thorough in depth examination of black cohosh and all its characteristics. The piece begins with the botanical history of black cohosh including the identification and explanation of its various species worldwide. It then moves to both American and European medicinal histories of use and the beginnings of chemical investigations. The author then discusses the major studies of black cohosh throughout the 1980s and 1990s, charting the significant information for comparison and conclusions of each, and concluding that black cohosh is not estrogenic in effect and does not suppress LH levels.

Evidence Based Natural Medicine: A Review of the Effectiveness of Cimicifuga Racemosa (black cohosh) for the Symptoms of Menopause Journal of Women's Health, Vol. 7, No. 5, 1998, pp. 525-529
Author: Shari Lieberman, Ph.D., C.N.S.

Comprehensive discussion of cimicifuga racemosa (black cohosh) including its historical uses, clinical trials, safety and efficacy. Concluding that the positive benefits of black cohosh for menopausal symptoms have been established in open and controlled investigations using established and validated testing procedures.