Chaste tree fruit

Vites agnus-castus L.

Description

The seeds of this plant found in monastery gardens are used, having a valuable landscape value at the time of flowering.
Used in health herbal medicine and as a condiment.
It has beneficial functions on the regularization of the menstrual cycle.

Family

Lamiaceae

Origin

ALBANIA

Active Principles

Alpha-pinene, Sabinene, Farnesene, Limonene. Iridoids: Aucubina, Agnoside. Flavonoids: casticin, Penduletin, Vitexin, Triterpenes and Lipids.

Curiosity

It owes its name to the belief that it was anaphrodisiac and hence the cult of making it grow in monasteries and places of spiritual retreat.

Contraindications

May interfere with oral contraceptive medications and estrogens.

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