White Chaste Tree

The Scientific name of White Chaste Tree: Vitex negundo

Name  of White  Chaste Tree in different languages:-

Sanskrit: nirgundi, nirgudi, sinduvarak, shephali, suvaha, bhutkeshi, nilsinduk, pushpanilak, shitbhiru, vanak

Hindi: निर्गुंडी-Nirgundi, Nisinda, Sambhalu, Sawbhalu

Malayalam: Venochi – വെൺനൊച്ചി

Tamil: Nocchi நொச்சி

Plant description:

Five-Leaved Chaste Tree – Vitex negundo – is a small tree or shrub, an erect, grow up to 8 m tall. The leaves are pale green and young leaves are purple, leaf margin toothed and covered in hair on upper area, leaflets are five lanceolate, center leaflet is largest, in a stalk, about 10 cm in length. The flowers are many, borne in panicles; white to pale blue, up to 20 cm long. The bark is brown. The fruit is a drupe, ovate, purple in color, 4 mm in diameter, when ripe.

Useful plant parts:

Whole plant, root, leaf

Leaf Arrangement

Shape-Lanceolate	Margin-Entire	Venation-Reticulate

Medicinal uses:

Roots and leaves of Five-leaved chaste are used in the treatment of eczema, ringworm, and other skin disorders, it is also used to treat liver problems, spleen enlargement, rheumatic pain, backache, gout, abscess etc. , and seeds can be used as a vermicide. It controls mosquitoes.

Medicinal properties:

Anti-inflammatory, Analgesic, Antiandrogenic,  Antibacterial,  Antiedemic,  Antipyretic,  Antiseptic

Chemical content:

Casticin, isoorientin, Essential oil,  negundoside, cineol acid, camphene, delta-3- carene,chrysophanol D, phenolic, aucubin, Sabinene, linalool, terpinen-4-ol, β-caryophyllene, luteolin, hydroxybenzoic acid, p–hydroxybenzoic acid and α-guaiene, geraniol, eugenol, casticin, orientin, pinene acid, dipentene, citronellol,  tannic acid, nishindine, hydrocotylene, glucononitol,  iridoidglycoside-nishindaside,  agnuside,  isoorientin

How to prepare medicines:

Earache:-

The juice of the Nirgundi leaves are mixed with mustard oil and boiled,  the medicated oil is dropped into the ear two times daily.

Rhumatic pain of joints:-

A bunch of Leaves boiled in water and took in the time of bath.

White Chaste Tree is one of the ingredients in Ayurveda medicines like-