Chaste Tree Berry Powder (Vitex agnus-castus L.)

Chaste Tree Berry Powder (Vitex agnus-castus L.) 

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 attractive blue-violet flowers are appreciated in midsummer.

Indigenous to the Mediterranean region, the chaste tree--actually a small shrub that bears violet flowers and reddish black berries--is now found in subtropical climates around the globe.  The Greeks and Romans used this plant to encourage chastity and thought of it as capable of warding off evil.  Medieval monks were said to use the dried berries in their food to reduce sexual desire. As a result, it was also referred to as "monks' pepper."

Although Hippocrates used chaste tree for injuries and inflammation, several centuries later Dioscorides recommended it specifically for inflammation of the womb and also used it to encourage milk flow shortly after birth.

We offer this as a raw plant product as well as a 5x Extract, found here.