Chaste Berry

Chaste Berry is a shrubby Herb containing a lignified ovary of two carpels each containing one seed that is roughly ovoid and approximately 3 mm across, 4 mm long, dark-gray in color, yielding when crushed a dark, fragrant, acrid bitter-tasting powder.

Botanical Name

 Vitex agnus-castus

 Chaste Berry is from the Verbenaceae family.

Part Used

 Fruit (drupe/berry)

Immune System

 Chaste Berry may help to prevent Cancer - Breast.  ^[1]

 Chaste Berry may help to prevent and treat Cancer - Prostate.  ^[2]

Musculoskeletal System

 Chaste Berry may accelerate the healing of Fractures.  ^[3]

Sexual System:  Female

 Chaste Berry may alleviate Amenorrhea (in approximately 66% of women, especially where Amenorrhea occurs as a result of Luteal Phase Defect).  ^[4]

 Chaste Berry may restore regularity to the Menstrual Cycle in Endometriosis patients.  ^[5]

 Chaste Berry may be an effective treatment for many cases of Infertility - Female:  ^[6]

 One study of infertile women found that 80% of women using Chaste Berry on a daily basis for three months had clinical improvement as measured by biomarkers of Infertility.

 Chaste Berry may stimulate Lactation in women.  ^[7]

 Chaste Berry may correct Luteal Phase Defect (by indirectly stimulating the endogenous production of Progesterone).  ^[8]

 Chaste Berry may alleviate Mastalgia.  ^[9]

 Chaste Berry has been reported to alleviate the hot flushes (flashes) associated with Menopause - Female.  ^[10]

 Chaste Berry may alleviate Menorrhagia (abnormally heavy bleeding during Menstruation).  ^[11]

 Chaste Berry may be useful for the treatment of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.  ^[12]