Vitex Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Vitex (Vitex agnus-castus) is chaste tree or chasteberry, a deciduous shrub of the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, where it grows along stream beds and coasts, and planted as an ornamental across the southern United States. It reaches 3 to 5 meters with grey-felted stems and palmate, aromatic leaves of five to seven narrow leaflets, and in late summer carries long, slender spikes of fragrant lilac to blue flowers. The small, hard, grey-brown fruit resemble peppercorns and have a peppery, slightly camphorous taste. We extract the dried berry.