ACHS.edu Vitex Harvest Part 1

Join ACHS President Dorene Petersen as she harvests and discusses (Vitex agnus-castus) or Chaste tree from the American College of Healthcare Sciences' botanical teaching garden. Vitex is a perennial shrub and has a range of traditional uses in herbal medicine. We harvest the seed in order to distill the essential oil. Vitex is quite a complex oil and contains a number of different constituents, including diterpene which is thought to give it the medicinal activity.

Interested in learning how to use essential oils and natural products for yourself? Check out the American College of Healthcare Sciences accredited online programs in holistic health, aromatherapy, herbalism, complementary alternative medicine, holistic nutrition, and much more at http://www.achs.edu.

Dorene Petersen is President of the American College of Healthcare Sciences USA, founded in New Zealand in 1978 and based in Portland Oregon USA since 1991. Dorene is recognized as an aromatherapy expert and speaks internationally on essential oils and their use in Aromatherapy. She teaches classes at ACHS, including study abroad programs. ACHS offers accredited online undergraduate and graduate degree programs, including the new Master of Sciences in Complementary Alternative Medicine. Learn more at www.achs.edu.