Substances & Homeopatic Remedies
Agnus castus
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Scentific Latin Name
Vitex Agnus castus
Etymology
A shrub of the Vitex tribe, called agnos (chaste) by the Greeks, because the Athenian ladies, at the feast of Cers, used to strew their couches with vitex leaves, as a palladium of chastity. The monks, mistaking agnos (chaste) for agnus (a lamb), but knowing the use made of the plant, added castus to explain its character, making it chaste-lamb
Family
Traditional name
The Chaste Tree, Vitex agnus castus, Verbena verticillata, Monk’s pepper. Agno Casto, Agnocasto, Bish Barmagh Aghaji, Chaste Tree, Daribrahim, Gatilier, Hayit, Hemp Tree, Kaff Maryam, Keuschlamm, Lilac Chastetree, Lygos, Monk's Pepper, Monk's Pepper Tree, Panjangusht, Poivre De Moine, Ranukabija, Sauzgatillo, Seiyo-Ninzin-Boku, Shajerat Ebrahim, Vitex, Vitex agnus-castus (Geocities.com)
Used parts
Homeopathic preparation: Tincture from the ripe berries.
Classification
N.O. Asteridae. Lamiales. Verbenaceae (Verbena or Vervain Family)
Keywords
Original proving
Provings: Proved by Hahnemann [only male provers].
Description of the substance
(Vitex agnus-castus), aromatic shrub growing to 5 metres (about 16 feet) tall, bearing spikes of rose-lavender flowers. It belongs in the verbe (Britannica.com)
In warm climates this plant will form a large shrub or small tree but where winters are cold it will die back to the ground. The foliage is grayish-green and the flowers are purple. (Ohio State University Plant Dictionary)
Habitat: Shores of the Mediterranean, Provence, and Greece.
Damp places by streams and on the littoral (Geocities.com)
Europe; France; Germany; India; Iraq; Italy; Kurdistan; Mediterranean; Sanscrit; Spain; Turkey; USA