Chaste Tree Berries
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Vitanica Chaste Tree Berry, 60 Vegetarian Capsules Sale Price: $11.18  |
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For the best of both worlds, our Chaste Tree Berry contains the standardized extract and the pure dried powder of the whole fruit of the chaste tree plant, a popular and effective woman’s herb. |
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Solaray - Vitex Chaste Berry Extract, 225 mg, 60 capsules Sale Price: $8.79 |
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Mediherb Chaste Tree 120 Tabs Sale Price: $40.50 |
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MediHerb Chaste Tree encourages a healthy menstrual cycle and eases discomfort associated with premenstrual syndrome. At least one of the ways Chaste Tree does this is due to its plant contituents - the diterpenes... |
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Gaia Herbs Chaste Tree Berry 1-Ounce Bottles (Pack of 2) Sale Price: $18.34 |
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Fo-Ti 8 fl oz Dietary Supplement Supplement Facts Serving Size: 30 drops Servings per Container: 30 Amount per Serving: Extract ---Chinese Fo-Ti Root (Polygonum multiflorum), Spring Water, 40-50% Pure Grain Alcohol Usp... |
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Nature's Answer Vitex Berry, 1-Ounce Sale Price: $5.20 |
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Nature's Answer alcohol-free extracts are produced using alcohol, water and natural extractants. All alcohol and extractants are then removed through our cold Bio-Chelated proprietary extraction process, yielding a Holistically Balanced standardized extract... |
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Gaia Herbs - Chaste Tree Berry 4 oz Sale Price: $34.84 |
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Dietary Supplement Product Information Serving Size: 30 drops Herb Strength Ratio 1:3 Amount per Serving: Extract - Chaste Tree Berries (Vitex agnus-castus)* *Each 30 drops contain 333 mg crude herb equivalent... |
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Chaste Tree Berries Whole Wildcrafted - Vitex agnus castus, 1 lb,(Starwest Botanicals) Sale Price: $8.76 |
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1 lb. of wild-crafted Chaste Tree Berries Whole |
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Nature's Way Vitex (Chaste Tree), 400 mg, 100 Capsules (Pack of 2) Sale Price: $7.87 |
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Nature's Way Vitex is a woman's dietary supplement, traditionally used for menstrual difficulties. Vitex useful in treating peri menopausal and menopausal symptoms, in particular hot flashes, and menstrual irregularities such as flooding, clotting, and irregular cycle... |
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Nature's Wonderland Chaste Tree Berries Herbal Supplement Capsules, 550 mg, 60-Count Bottles (Pack of 3) Sale Price: $20.15 |
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Herbal supplement. Vitex agnus castus. Promotes hormonal balance. Helpful for menopause symptoms & PMS. Chaste Tree Berries are beneficial in normalizing the activity of female sex hormones. Thus, many have found them useful when affected by dysmenorrhea, |
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Nature's Way Vitex Fruit 400mg, Capsules 100ea Sale Price: $3.98 |
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Vitex is a woman's dietary supplement, traditionally used for menstrual difficulties. Vitex has been heavily researched in Europe. It is widely used to promote overall health and balance in a woman's life. |
In ancient times, it was called Monk's pepper. This is because chaste tree berry (also known as Vitex and by the trade name Femaprin) was said to have an anaphrodisiac quality, that is, its ability to decrease sexual drives. Other sources indicate it was used as an aphrodisiac, in other words, for the opposite effect. How can both be true?
Chaste tree is a large shrub (up to twenty-two feet tall) native to the Mediterranean and southern Europe. Although it flourishes on moist riverbanks, it is easily grown as an ornamental plant in American gardens, where its pretty blue-violet flowers blossom in midsummer. Today it is almost exclusively used for female problems.
The above seeming contradiction isn't the only one related to this herb. In history it has been used to inhibit excessive milk flow after birth, and to encourage it. It is used to treat post menopausal symptoms by some, and others say it exacerbates them. Some have used it to encourage conception, but others say that it does nothing for infertility.
The reason for contradictory results from chaste tree berry is that it is an adaptogen. This means it works through the adrenal glands, in this case the pituitary, to produce adjustments in the body that normalize hormone imbalance. In other words, it constrains hormonal excesses and encourages deficiencies. Other herbal examples of adaptogens are garlic, ginseng, echinacea, ginkgo, goldenseal, and taheebo.
Because of its ability to balance the body, chaste tree berry reduces the production of certain hormones and increases the production of others. The reason it is used to treat infertility is that it tends to shift the balance in favor of the gestagens which hormones condition the body for pregnancy.
Because it encourages production of progesterone, the herb is especially effective in balancing the female reproductive system. This has helped restore menstruation, regulate heavy periods, and restore fertility which is caused by hormonal imbalance. It has also relieved PMS tension and eased the changes of menopause. Some believe it is helpful for premenstrual breast tenderness, a condition linked to excess prolactin.
A tincture of the berries has also been used externally for the relief of paralysis, pains in the limbs, and neuropathic muscular weakness. Chaste berries are used to treat acne in both men and women. The berries can be used as a mild substitute for black pepper, and may even be ground in a pepper mill. The leaves and flowers are used for flavoring and have a spicy aroma.
Dose: Take 20 to 40 mg of the herb, or its equivalent daily. If using a tincture, 20 drops one or two times a day is normal. Capsules or tea (one cup) may also be used. Taking chaste berry shortly before bedtime may improve sleep. Chaste tree berry is slow acting and it may take two or three months to know if it is helping.
Warnings will vary but some say pregnant women and nursing mothers should not take chaste tree berry. Also women with hormone-sensitive cancers (e.g. breast, uterus, pituitary, etc.) should avoid it. Chaste tree berry should not be taken with exogenous hormones such as oral contraceptives or menopausal hormone replacement therapies. Some experience an itchy allergic rash, mild nausea, or headaches from taking it. A few women have complained that the length of their cycle changed.
But there are more benefits of the Chaste Tree Berry to be discovered. Visit More Than Alive, an online store for bulk herbs and a trusted resource where you can buy Chaste Berry and learn about the great advantages your body will receive from this and many other herbs.
I have heard that Chaste tree berry is good with ttc with someone who has had PCOS?
Has anyone tried this and what was your results?
i myself have PCOS and i got pregnant with clomid. But I didnt know about vitex then, My best friend whos a herbal freak she also has PCOS and she tried Vitex (chaste tree berry) on her first month she started her period (AF) regular and got her BFP on her 4th month, she also used progesterone cream 1/8tsp twice a day. Heres a web about the progesterone cream and PCOS. The Best Of Luck and Tons Of Sticky Baby dust
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