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"In ancient times it was believed to be an anaphrodisiac, hence the name chaste tree. Pliny, in his Historia Naturalis, reports the use of stems and leaves of this plant by women as bedding "to cool the heat of lust" during the time of the Thesmophoria, when Athenian women left their husbands' beds to remain ritually chaste." \\ [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitex_agnus-castus]] | "In ancient times it was believed to be an anaphrodisiac, hence the name chaste tree. Pliny, in his Historia Naturalis, reports the use of stems and leaves of this plant by women as bedding "to cool the heat of lust" during the time of the Thesmophoria, when Athenian women left their husbands' beds to remain ritually chaste." \\ [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitex_agnus-castus]] |
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| "Aromatic, but weak aroma; slightly pungent and bitter taste... Dried chaste tree berries have been used, in small scale, as a pepper substitute, but the taste is really rather weak." [[http://gernot-katzers-spice-pages.com/engl/Vite_agn.html]] |
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| Hydrodistillation of ripe fruits gave essential oils with the main components sabinene (16.4-44.1%), 1,8-cineole (8.4-15.2%), β-caryophyllene (2.1-5.0%), and (E)-β-farnesene (5.0-11.7%). \\ |
| [Parameters influencing the yield and composition of the essential oil from Cretan Vitex agnus-castus fruits., Sørensen, J.M., Katsiotis, S.T., Planta medica, 66(3), 2000, 245-250] |
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| Main components of commercial Vitex agnus castus oils, steam-distilled from leaves and berries (Croatia), were sabinene (17.9-32.5%), 1,8-cineole (18.3-24.0%), α-pinene (2.7-8.8%), β-pinene (1.0-5.1%), limonene (1.5-8.4%), terpinen-4-ol (1.9-5.2%), α-terpinyl acetate (0.2-5.5%), and (E)-β-farnesene (3.1-4.0%). \\ |
| [Nature's Gift GC analysis, 2014-2016] [[https://www.naturesgift.com/product/vitex-leaf-berry-2ml/]] |
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"Extracts of the fruits of chaste tree (Vitex agnus castus = AC) are widely used to treat premenstrual symptoms. Double-blind placebo-controlled studies indicate that one of the most common premenstrual symptoms, i.e. premenstrual mastodynia (mastalgia) is beneficially influenced by an AC extract...\\ | "Extracts of the fruits of chaste tree (Vitex agnus castus = AC) are widely used to treat premenstrual symptoms. Double-blind placebo-controlled studies indicate that one of the most common premenstrual symptoms, i.e. premenstrual mastodynia (mastalgia) is beneficially influenced by an AC extract...\\ |
[[http://www.comilac.com.tr/uploads/pdf/25ComFUGA.pdf]] | [[http://www.comilac.com.tr/uploads/pdf/25ComFUGA.pdf]] |
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drawing from [[http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=3114&flora_id=2|Flora of China]] | Duhamel du Monceau,H.L., Traité des arbres et arbustes, Nouvelle édition [Nouveau Duhamel], vol.6 t.35 (1815) [P.Bessa] \\ |
| [[http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=1067002]] |
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| {{http://www.botanische-spaziergaenge.at/Bilder/Lumix_1/P1060166.JPG}} \\ |
| Vitex agnus-castus; author: Rolf Marschner (2008), |
| [[http://www.botanische-spaziergaenge.at/viewtopic.php?f=95&t=2152| www.botanische-spaziergaenge.at]] |