Chasteberry is not a phytoestrogen; it appears to stimulate progesterone production.
The Catholic Church once placed it in the pockets of neophyte monks to help them to maintain their vow of chastity.
- SCIENTIFIC NAME: Vitex agnus-castus
- INDICATIONS: Premenstrual syndrome, abnormal uterine bleeding, mastodynia
- SYNONYM: Verbenaceae
- CLASS: Hormone modulator
- HALF-LIFE: N/A
- CLINICALLY IMPORTANT, POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS INTERACTIONS WITH:
Dopamine-receptor antagonists
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