How to Take Vitex in Liquid Form

Vitex, also known as chaste tree and monk's pepper, is a dried fruit widely believed in herbal and folk wisdom to be useful in treating "feminine" ailments. Its botanical name is Vitex agnus-castus. The University of Michigan Health System ranks it with three out of three stars for being "reliable and relatively consistent scientific data showing a substantial health benefit" for treating premenstrual syndrome. Vitex is available in liquid and capsule form, and the recommended dosage in milligrams for each form is the same.

Things You'll Need

• Vitex tincture

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Instructions

• 1

  Read the label on the bottle of Vitex liquid to see how many mg of Vitex are present in each serving, and how many drops comprise each serving.

• 2

  Divide the number of milligrams in each serving by the number of drops in each serving. This calculates the number of milligrams in each drop of the Vitex liquid you're currently evaluating. So if each serving consists of 20 drops and a serving has a total of 30 mg of Vitex in it, each drop has 1.5 mg of Vitex in it.

• 3

  Divide 35 by the number of milligrams/drops you calculated above. Using our example figures, the result would be just over 23. This tells you how many drops of the Vitex liquid you must take to achieve the recommended dose of 30-40 mg. Thirty-five is chosen as a mid-range number, but you could also perform this calculation twice, once with 30 and once with 40, to get the far ends of the range.

• 4

  Swallow the number of drops you calculated above every morning, mixed into a small glass of water or on their own. According to the University of Michigan, a patient customarily continues taking Vitex thusly every morning for at least several consecutive months.