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The list of the various health benefits accorded by blue cohosh is quite long and extensive. Listing some of them:

1. Rheumatism.
2. Dropsy
3. Epilepsy
4. Hysteria 
5. Uterine inflammation
(Especially for chronic cases)

In medical jargon it is called an antispasmodic, diuretic and antihelmintic. In use it is preferable to Ergot, expediting delivery, where delay results from debility, fatigue or want of uterine nervous energy. 


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