Hope you found our earlier article on herbs used to boost fertility in men and women interesting. This article will help you understand about another herb known as Vitex or Chaste berry. This is a nutritional fertility supplement for women trying to get pregnant.
What is Vitex or Chaste berry?
Vitex or Chaste berry is a shrub that is found in the Mediterranean area and western Asia. It is well known in Europe as the woman' s herb as it helps in regaining fertility.
Herbal preparations from Vitex are derived from the dried ripe berries of this plant.
How does Vitex or Chaste berry help in getting pregnant?
Your brain secretes hormones necessary for proper functioning of the sexual organs. Among others are estrogen and progesterone. Vitex or Chaste berry helps women having problems in producing these hormones naturally. It stimulates the brain to produce these hormones and maintains a normal balance between them. This is very important for the proper process of ovulation and fertilization of the released egg.
Some women have problems with ovulation. This means that the release of eggs from the ovaries is abrupt and not regular. Such women have difficulties in predicting the most fertile period of their menstrual cycle. Vitex or Chaste berry helps such women by bringing the release of eggs from the ovaries back to a rhythmic flow. In this way they would be able to understand their fertile period better than before and can eventually conceive.
Progesterone is a vital component needed for getting pregnant. This has been explained in our article regarding how it helps a woman to conceive. Vitex or Chaste berry stimulates the brain to release a hormone called the luteinizing hormone
(LH). This hormone triggers the secretion of progesterone from the ovaries that is very essential for preparing wall of the uterus for future implantation of the fertilized egg and keeping it safe till the baby is delivered.
Luteal phase defect is another problem some women may have. This takes place when progesterone secretion by the ovaries is very low. This condition is normal in pubescent girls and menopausal women. But it has very harmful effects in women of child bearing ages. Such women may have heavy or frequent periods, lack of ovulation, ovarian cysts, and sometimes may not have menstrual periods for many months. Vitex or Chaste berry seems to stimulate the production of leutinizing hormone, which in turn increases the production of progesterone production.
Some women may suffer from hyperprolactinemia. This is a condition where the level of a hormone- prolactin is in very high concentrations in the blood. This promotes good development of the breasts but can be harmful by causing infertility. In these women Vitex or Chaste berry prevents the brain from secreting prolactin and gradually the woman would start ovulating normally, which would help them in getting pregnant.
How can Vitex or Chaste berry be taken?
Many doctors who have prescribed Vitex or Chaste berry for women willing to get pregnant recommend that women take 40 drops of liquid extract of Vitex or Chaste berry each morning with some liquid. Vitex or Chaste berry is also available in the form of tablets. One tablet every morning should be taken for at least three to four months before the benefits are noticed.
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