I can only report my own personal experience with Vitex, which was
recommended to me by an herbalist as a remedy for heavy
menstrual bleeding.  The herbalist (and the written sources I
consulted at the time) suggested that Vitex is a hormone "balancer"
and can be helpful to women who have an imbalance of estrogen
vis a vis progesterone.  My guess was that my excessive bleeding
had some connection with excessive estrogen (being fat, and
knowing that fat is a resevoir of estrogen, suggested this to me).  I
took Vitex daily, for the second half of my cycle (day 14 to onset of
menses) for 4 months, and saw an immediate lessening of
bleeding and pain associated with menses.  The effect persisted
for about a year after I stopped taking it.

Hope this helps,
Rachael Hamlet

On 2 Jan 00, at 19:53, Esther Wiles wrote:

> It would be of interest to me to hear from any of you, who have
> recommended this herb, for increasing milk supply.
>  I had a mother state that she took this and it helped to increase her
>  supply. I know very little about it and my reading the insert from
>  the product she took states, " studies suggest that it works to curb
>  Prolactin hormone production" That this product works  by slowing
>  down the daily production of the hormone, to help maintain your
>  normal balance. I am a little leary here and would greatly appreciate
>  comments or thoughts.
>
> Esther Wiles RN, IBCLC
>

             ***********************************************
The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned
LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM)
mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to:
http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html