Original Sea Buckthorn Hippophae rhamnoides · from Ladakh

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Chaste Tree

Vitex negundo — what it is, what it has traditionally been used for, and which sea buckthorn formulations carry it.

Botanical nameVitex negundo
Part usedLeaf
In this range2 products

Nirgundi is the leaf of Vitex negundo, the five-leaved chaste tree, a large shrub found across India and often grown as a hedge.

Its traditional use is joint and muscle pain, and it is used both internally and — more commonly — applied, as a poultice or infused into an oil. That is a genuinely old application rather than a modern repositioning.

What it is doing in these products

It is in the joint formulations, including the pain oil that is massaged in rather than swallowed.