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| Departments » Herbal Medicine » Materia Medica » Vitex agnus castus |
Note - the monographs are provided for educational purposes only, and are not to be used for self-medication.
Vitex agnus castus
Chaste berry, Monks pepper
Clinical actions
- Volatile oil acts on the anterior pituitary
- Restoration of corpus luteum function
- Increased milk production during lactation (galactogogue)
- Uterine tonic
- Amphoteric effect on progesterone levels
- TSH suppression
- LH stimulation, thereby decreasing oestrogen effects.
- FSH decreased
Clinical indications
- Primary- PMS
- Hypermenorrhoea
- Polymenorrhoea
- Oligomenorrhoea
- Cystic hyperplasia of endometrium
- Perimenopausal symptoms
- For menstrual problems resulting from corpus luteum deficiency, particular those marked by premenstrual symptoms, spasmodic dysmenorrhoea, and symptoms of the 2nd half of the cycle.
- For insufficient lactation.
- For stimulating and normalising pituitary gland functions, espec. progesterone
- Dysmenorrhoea, premenstrual stress and other disorders related to hormone function.
- Aid body to re-balance after OCP.