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Chasteberry for Infertility
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The Chasteberry is a herbal remedy also known as Vitex, Chaste Tree Berry or Monk’s Pepper. Although believed by the ancients to repress sexual function, Chasteberry actually regulates your hormone production which in turn, normalizes your reproductive system. Due to the fact that chaste has both hormone and menstrual regulating properties, it is often used to treat infertility with success. It is especially useful in women over 40 who are trying to conceive.
“Chasteberry is derived from the dried, ripened fruit of Vitex agnuscastus. It contains the two iridoid glycosides, agnuside and aucubin, as well as flavonoids, essential oils, and progestins. The berries exert a progesterogenic effect on women and an antiandrogenic effect on men.” FightingInfertility.com
Chasteberry has historically been used to regulate the female estrogen/progesterone balance. Chasteberry can help regulate your menstrual cycle because it stimulates your pituitary gland to release more luteinizing hormone which increases the progesterone released by your ovaries.
If you suffer from amenorrhea, excessive menstrual bleeding, painful or irregular bleeding, PMS symptoms, fibroids or endometriosis, you may benefit from regular use of a Chasteberry supplement. Like most herbal remedies, patience is key because herbal remedies take time. It should be taken for at least six months for infertility and fibroids and eighteen months for endometriosis and amenorrhea.
Men generally do not take Chasteberry because of the antiandrogenic effects and women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or on hormone replacement therapies need to speak with their doctor, naturopath or herbalist before taking Chasteberry, because it alters your hormonal balance. Naturally those warnings do not apply to woman trying to conceive, but you should probably stop taking it once you become pregnant.
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