Vitex sacred or as it is also called "Abraham tree" is another herbal medicinal plant, the unique qualities of which give grounds to use it in the therapy of various ailments. All parts of the high tree-like shrub - and roots, and fruits, branches, leaves and flowers are used to obtain medicinal raw materials. On the medicinal properties of sacred vinex and contraindications - in this article.
Composition and medicinal properties of the shrub under the name Vitex sacred
The plant is rich in tannins, alkaloids, flavonoids, mineral and vitamin elements, essential oils. In addition, the fruit of the Abraham tree contains numerous fatty oils rich in organic acids, among which you can distinguish acetic, formic, valerian, caproic, etc. For shrubs are characteristic antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, estrogen-like, sedative and other actions. Tincture of the fruit improves the function of the gonads, which is why it is used in the therapy of a wide range of gynecological ailments and sexual dysfunction in men. Its ability to optimize the relationship between progesterone and estrogen makes it possible to use it in the complex therapy of mastopathy , endometriosis, fibroma, myoma, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, etc.
Fresh juice is used to treat depression and CNS diseases, and infusion of leaves with the addition of other herbs such as lemon balm and hop cones is able to cope with insomnia and neurosis. The oil extract of the sacred vinex has anti-cancer properties, as well as analgesic and antihyperprolactic. Its use is recommended as a complex therapy for malignant neoplasms in the colon, stomach, lungs, ovaries and cervix.
Cooking recipes
The properties of the sacred vetex found their application in such recipes:
- Fruits in the amount of 20 g pour vodka in a volume of 200 ml and after 14 days of insisting to use inside of 30-40 drops before meals twice a day. If necessary, the dose can be successively increased to 60 drops.
- With urticaria and skin ailments 1 tsp. dry flowers are steamed with 1 glass of freshly boiled water, and after 2 hours passed through a filter and used as a compress.
Of the traditional drugs based on vitex, we can mention mastodinone, agnucastone, cyclodinone. Contraindications include hypersensitivity to the components of drugs from vitex, mental disorders, hallucinations and alcoholism.