Vitex ** Butch's Position

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Hi y'all,

 

I can tell you about Vitex but I'd rather just send you a bunch of posts

on the subject.

 

First - lemme say that though I am THE major source for Vitex agnus

castus Leaf and Fruit (there really is no berry .. though they call it

berry oil) Essential Oil .. and Vitex Fruit Hydrosol (which I am out of

now), and I sell it to those who are aware of the issues .. I am not

ready to make any claims on Vitex as I am still waiting for the jury to

come in with a FINAL verdict. There are many verdicts out now but I

will not say that any of the research that has been done is actually

scientific research. Nor do I expect to see any.

 

There is one heckuva lotta empirical evidence on use of the herb and now

on the EO - and I saw good results from the ladies who worked for me

here in Turkey - but if one views my web site, they will find no claims

on any essential oil. You will find no claims by me in any of the

posts I am about to send .. but I sell a lot of Vitex and I have a lot

of testimonials sent to me .. those sent to the lists I can share but

not those sent to me off line unless they gave permission. If anyone on

this list wants to volunteer information pro or con .. please do.

 

I used to have eight ladies working here in Turkey. All the ladies in

my office were sniffing Vitex at the onset of menstruation .. one of

them used to have a terrible time - she would miss work, swell up, have

cramps and pains, etc. But she no longer has those problems - first

time in her life. How should I read that?

 

I'll tell you what I know about Vitex and send you a bunch of posts on

it but I am not yet ready to draw conclusions - even though I have a

strong personal opinion. I am not waiting for solid scientific data ..

I doubt we will see that on any essential oil unless some commercial

outfit or a major pharmaceutical company wants to work up a patent that

uses some secret formula .. as plain old natural products can't be

patented. And even if that happens I doubt if the information will be

shared with anyone besides the AMA and FDA.

 

Early results appeared to show that the Vitex leaf and the mixed Vitex

Leaf and Fruit oil were getting the best results .. from sniffing - I am

not gonna talk about ingestion now except to say that I told my ladies

NOT do it - period! The fruit/berry appears to be much stronger - more

potent .. some finding great results with it .. others prefer the leaf.

 

Both are very concentrated oils .. we get less than a kilogram of oil

per one metric ton of material distilled - that is potent.

 

The Vitex agnus castus Fruit Hydrosol I had was the first in the US. A

lot of folks on this list bought it .. and returned for more. Barbara

Lucks is used it in her research .. as well as the Turkish Leaf and

Fruit EO. I will not have more of the Hydrosol until late 1995.

 

That's where I'm at. Y'all keep smiling. :-)

 

Butch http://www.AV-AT.com