Chasteberry

Useful properties and application recipes Vitex

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Chaste tree is a tall tree shrub. This plant can be up to four meters in height. The root system is highly branched Vitex, has many adventitious roots. Brown four-sided stem is straight. The leaves of the plant are opposite, they are green. Each leaf has 5 leaflets which are pointed and have no stipules. Dense panicles shape of the ear appear to us inflorescence of Vitex. The plant is in flowering period is covered with many beautiful flowers – lilac, purple or pink. The fruits of chaste tree drupe is a ball shape, black in color, the size of the drupe does not exceed 4 mm.

June-August is the flowering period of Vitex Agnus-castus. From early September to late October, Mature fruit of Vitex. The plant has a very strong, but at the same time pleasant aroma. Basically chasteberry propagated by seed or cuttings.

In large quantities this plant can be seen in southern Europe, Asia, North Africa. It grows on the banks of ponds and rivers, on mountain slopes. The best soils for growing Vitex is rocky, sandy and loamy.

Medicinal properties of Vitex Agnus-castus

For therapeutic purposes, use the leaves, fruits, flowers and branches of plants, but even the bark of Vitex is sometimes used to prepare medicines. The flowers must be collected at the stage of flowering, time to harvest – September-October. To dry the fruit temperature must be not above 40 gradusov Celsius. Throughout the growing period, plants can harvest the branches of Vitex. For drying plants best suited fresh air.

In the whole plant contains vitamins, tannins, volatile oil, trace minerals, and alkaloids. In addition to these nutrients, the leaves of the chaste tree contain vitamin C, and fruits of the plant contains coumarins and fatty oil (fatty oil contains, in turn, acetic, propionic, Caproic, valeric and butyric acid).

Vitex is anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial action. Preparations of Vitex sedative, estrogen and antifungal properties.

Vitex normalizes the function of the glands in disorders of hormonal, effect on the operation of the corpus luteum – the gland that is responsible for the menstrual cycle.

The fruits of Vitex normalizes the processes of digestion, tone and strengthen the body.

The seeds used for the manufacture of special oil that helps with cancer.

Vitex is an analogue of hormones in women, and for this reason it is used and women when treating the endocrine system, or hormonal failure.

Vitex

Chasteberry is used for depression, chronic diseases of the spleen and liver, malaria, infertility, menstrual disorders.

In folk medicine, Vitex is often used in gonorrhea, malaria, and pain in the heart.

In homeopathy, the Vitex is also proven: it is used in the form of freshly prepared juice in the treatment of nervous diseases and depressions.

Infusions of leaves and flowers of Vitex are used as lactogenic tool that provides antibacterial action.

To improve the function of sexual glands will help tincture of Vitex. In addition, Such a tincture is used in the treatment of fibroids, cysts, fibroids, prostatitis, leukemia and polyps.

Neuroses, which are accompanied by poor mood, spermatorrhea and sexual weakness are treated using the tincture of the ripe fruit of the plant, infused in alcohol.

Infusion of leaves of Vitex. It is prepared as follows: the need to take 10 grams of leaves of Vitex, lemon balm herb, hops and 10 grams of peppermint leaves. All this is thoroughly mixed. Now 3 tablespoons of the finished collection should pour 200 ml of boiling water. Then you should leave the finished broth for 1 hour to infuse. After straining it is recommended to take a quarter Cup 4-5 times daily in between meals. This infusion is used for insomnia, nervousness and heart failure.

Tincture of Vitex. For its preparation take 20 grams of fruit plants and pour 200 ml of 70% alcohol. Insist remedy for two weeks. Make a tincture you need in the amount of 30-40 drops before meals 2 times daily. Over time, the dose should be increased to 60 drops.

Infusion of leaves of Vitex. Apply this infusion in the presence of cardiac pain. Take 1 teaspoon of dried leaves and pour them a glass of boiled water and put to infuse for 60 minutes. Don't forget to drain! This infusion take 1 tablespoon half an hour before meals twice a day. To be treated this way for three, and in some cases four months. But treatment should be: 2 weeks take the infusion, week – don't accept, etc.

Contraindications to the use of Vitex

People with hypersensitivity to preparations from Vitex better not to use them. After people have recovered from alcoholism, he should not accept drops of Vitex.

Do not worry if after taking the drug of Vitex you have hallucinations, allergic on the skin, invade the psyche. All this side effects of drugs based on Vitex.