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It has a long history of use for gynecologic complaints as well as an alleged history of use as an aphrodisiac among monks hence the common names monk s pepper and chaste tree berry.
Agnus castus al. Eligible patients were randomly assigned into vac or placebo group. One of its properties was to reduce sexual desire and it is recorded that roman wives whose husbands were abroad with the legions spread the aromatic leaves on their couches for this purpose. This review assessed the safety of vitex agnus castus vac monopreparations. 178 women were screened and 170 were evaluated active 86.
It was a prospective randomised double blind placebo controlled study conducted in chinese women. Agnus castus officially called vitex agnus castus is a shrub that grows in mediterranean countries and central asia. To compare the efficacy and tolerability of agnus castus fruit vitex agnus castus l extract ze 440 with placebo for women with the premenstrual syndrome. The authors conclusion about adverse event rates may be optimistic given the paucity of well controlled studies but the need for further rigorous studies is supported.
Vitex agnus castus also called vitex chaste tree or chastetree chasteberry abraham s balm lilac chastetree or monk s pepper is a native of the mediterranean region it is one of the few temperate zone species of vitex which is on the whole a genus of tropical and sub tropical flowering plants. Extract ze 440 in patients with premenstrual syndrome pms. Berger d schaffner w schrader e et al. Migrainous women with pms were enrolled in the study and advised to assume a treatment.
Ott et al 2006 note that. Vitex agnus castus vac is a phytopharmaceutical compound considered worldwide to be a valid tool to treat pms. Vitex agnus castus also appears to help reduce cyclic mastalgia a type of breast pain linked to menstruation. Vitex agnus castus has been used since ancient times as a female remedy.
It is also known as chaste berry as eating the seeds was originally believed to reduce libido. Efficacy of vitex agnus castus l. Arch gynecol obstet 2000 264 150 3. General medicine community clinics.
It has been known for more than 100. Aim of this study is to explore if headache is ameliorate in migrainous women treated with vac for pms by an open label clinical observation. To assess efficacy of the extract of vitex agnus castus vac bno 1095 in the treatment of chinese women suffering from moderate to severe premenstrual syndrome pms. Vitex agnus castus is a deciduous shrub native to mediterranean europe and central asia.
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