It’s also touted as protection against insect bites and certain types of cancer and claimed to offer a variety of other health effects. However, not all benefits are backed by science. Here are the ...

Vitex is a large shrub or small tree that produces berries. These berries are often used as herbal supplements for hormonal symptoms. Vitex (Vitex agnus-castus) is a large shrub native to the ...

*** Good Evidence of a health benefit. ** Some Evidence of a health benefit. * Traditionally used with only anecdotal evidence. Vitex Agnus Castus has been used as a medicine since ancient times.

At this time of year, if you happen upon an unusual small tree covered with beautiful upwardly pointing, fragrant cone shaped flowers, chances are you’ve discovered a chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus).

Chasteberry is a fruit growing on trees or shrubs of riverbanks in parts of Asia. But it's also found in the Mediterranean and the southeastern U.S. The scientific name for chasteberry is Vitrex agnus ...

John Gerard, The Herbal, or General History of Plants, 1597. As a preface to this essay, I’ll save you the trouble of looking up “merry-galls” and tell you that they are sores which you might ...

The chaste tree is a small tree or bush native of the Mediterranean region and western Asia. It is cultivated in most sub-tropical areas of the world and has become naturalised in many regions. ...it ...

Abraham's balm, Abrahams-strauch, Agneau chaste (French), Agni casti fructus (Latin), Agnocasto, agnus castus, agnus-castus, chaste berry, chaste tree, chaste tree ...