Vitex

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Vitex
TermVitex
Short definitionVitex - (pronounced) (VY tex) An extract of the fruit of chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus) found in parts of Asia and Europe. It is said to treat infertility and relieve symptoms that may appear before or during a woman's menstrual period, such as headaches and irregular bleeding. 
TypeCancer terms
SpecialtyOncology
LanguageEnglish
SourceNCI
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Vitex - (pronounced) (VY tex) An extract of the fruit of chaste tree (Vitex agnus-castus) found in parts of Asia and Europe. It is said to treat infertility and relieve symptoms that may appear before or during a woman's menstrual period, such as headaches and irregular bleeding. Vitex can affect the level of reproductive hormones in the blood. It's a kind of herbal medicine. Also called monk's pepper and monk's pepper

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