Lagundi (scientific name: Vitex negundo) is a shrub that grows in the Philippines. It is one of the ten herbal medicines endorsed by the Philippine Department of Health as an effective herbal medicine with proven therapeutic value.

Vitex negundo, commonly known as the Chinese chaste tree, [2] five-leaved chaste tree, or horseshoe vitex, or nisinda is a large aromatic shrub with quadrangular, densely whitish, tomentose branchlets. It is widely used in folk medicine, particularly in South and Southeast Asia.

2024年10月25日 · The Lagundi tree is a small, multi-branching shrub or tree that can grow up to 5 meters tall. It has distinctive leaves divided into five leaflets, purple-blue flowers that attract pollinators, and small, dark fruits that are eaten by birds.

2016年9月30日 · Lagundi (scientific name: Vitex negundo) is a large native shrub that grows in Asia and Southeast Asia such as the Philippines and India and has been traditionally used as herbal medicine and is an important medicinal plant in Ayurvedic and Unani systems of medicine.

Lagundi, also known as the chaste tree, is a highly regarded medicinal plant that has been used for centuries in traditional healing practices. In the Philippines, it is commonly used to treat respiratory conditions such as coughs, colds, and asthma, with the lagundi leaf playing a key role in these remedies.

• Lagundi is an erect, branched tree or shrub, 2 to 5 meters high. Leaves are usually 5-foliate, rarely with 3 leaflets only, and palmately arranged. Leaflets are lanceolate, entire, 4 to 10 centimeters long, slightly hairy beneath, and pointed at both ends, the middle leaflets being larger than the others, and distinctly stalked.

Philippine Medicinal Herb Five-leaved chaste tree/Lagundi Vitex negundo (Lagundi) contains antioxidant phenolic compounds and flavonoids such as casticin, chrysoplenol D, luteolin, iso-orientin, and luteolin-7-0-glucoside.

2013年7月31日 · Lagundi is an erect, branched tree or shrub, 2 to 5 meters high. Leaves are usually 5-foliate, rarely with 3 leaflets only, and palmately arranged. It has a single thick, woody stem like a trunk and is usually seen in swamps of the Philippines.

Lagundi contains Chrysoplenol D, a substance with anti-histamine and muscle relaxant properties. The roots of this shrub are also used as treatment for rheumatism, dyspepsia, boils, and leprosy. The leaves, flowers, seeds, and root of Lagundi can all be used as herbal medicine.

2018年2月28日 · The lagundi plant is native to the Philippines and is commonly used as an alternative treatment for respiratory ailments such as cough, flu, colds, bronchial asthma, pharyngitis, and chronic bronchitis.