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The strong aroma of chaste trees around the Mediterranean in late summer has long been associated with women. The berries have been used at least since the Middle Ages in Europe to relieve problems associated with the menstrual cycle, and to dampen sexual desire in men! Modern research shows the berries may suppress the secretion of the female hormone prolactin by acting on the dopamine receptors in the anterior pituitary gland.
If you want to know what herbal remedies can really do, or not do for you - you must check this out. This is the work of experts and it's FREE!
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Many plant remedies are sold as dietary or food supplements. However medicine standards are the best way to assure useful dosage and verified quality .In particular if you live in the UK and Europe you should check out the new Traditional Herbal Registrations (THRs) - a range of quality assured herbal medicines suitable for self care that fit well with doctors' prescriptions. Here is how to make sense of this. Check also:
