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13th September 2015, 00:59
The healing properties of Vitex sacred ( kaf maryam in arabic )


Vitex sacred : is a high tree-shrub. This plant can be up to four meters in height. The root system is highly branched Vitex has a lot of adventitious roots. Brown tetrahedral stalk is straight.Leaves of plants are arranged opposite, they are green. Each sheet consists of five leaflets, which are pointed and have stipules. Dense panicles shaped ear buds appear before us Vitex. The plant is in flowering period is covered by a variety of beautiful flowers - lilac, purple or pink. Vitex is a drupe fruits in the form of a ball, black color, the size of drupes does not exceed 4 mm.




For therapeutic purposes, use the leaves, fruits, flowers, and branches of the plant, but even the bark of Vitex is sometimes used for making drugs. Flowers need to be collected at the flowering stage, the time for harvesting - September-October. Dry fruits should be at a temperature no higher than 40 Celsius gradussov. Throughout the growing season the plants can be harvested branches of Vitex. For drying, the plants best suited to fresh air.



Throughout the plant contains vitamins, tannins, essential oils, trace elements and alkaloids. In addition to these nutrients, Vitex leaves contain vitamin C in fruits and plants present coumarins and fatty oil (fatty oil comprises, in turn, acetic, propionic, caproic, valeric and butyric acid).


Vitex has anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial action. Preparations from Vitex has sedative, estrogenic and antifungal properties.


Application Vitex normalizes the function of the glands at the hormonal irregularities in the background, it affects the operation of the corpus luteum - a gland that is responsible for the menstrual cycle.


The fruits of Vitex normalize digestion, tone and strengthen the body.


The seeds are used for the manufacture of a special oil which helps with cancer.


Vitex - is an analogue of hormones in women, and for this reason it is used and women in the treatment of endocrine system or a hormonal failure.


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