Vitex Fruit: Benefits, Uses, and Market Price Per Jin

Vitex fruit, mainly produced in Shandong, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian and other provinces, is also called wan jing zi, man qing zi, bai bei feng, and other names. It is harvested and brought to market every autumn, and is a non-toxic Chinese herbal medicine. Below we introduce what benefits and uses vitex fruit has, and about how much its market price is per jin.

I. What benefits and uses does vitex fruit have?

The vitex fruit used in Chinese medicine is the finished product obtained by removing impurities and drying in the sun, and the medicinal part is the ripe fruit of the vitex plant. The vitex plant is a small tree, reaching up to five meters tall and also fragrant. It usually flowers in July and bears fruit from September to November. Below is a brief introduction to the benefits and uses of vitex fruit as a Chinese medicine.

1. Vitex fruit has the effect of dispelling wind and clearing heat: symptoms such as fever, headache and head congestion, and red and swollen throat usually caused by the invasion of wind pathogens and disharmony of lung qi are more commonly seen in winter and spring each year, and at this time vitex fruit can relieve these symptoms.

2. Vitex fruit has an effect on symptoms of red, swollen and painful eyes and constant tearing: vitex fruit has a certain curative effect on red, swollen and painful eyes, and when used together with other medicines that tonify the kidney and benefit the liver, it can also treat eye diseases to a certain extent.

3. Vitex fruit also has a therapeutic effect on skin itching caused by measles and rubella: vitex fruit can dispel wind-heat in the body and also help eliminate toxic heat from the body, and can relieve itching symptoms such as those of rubella to a certain extent.

4. Vitex fruit enters the liver meridian, can treat abnormal liver dredging and discharging function, and also has a certain helpful effect on depression and irritability caused by liver qi stagnation.

5. Vitex fruit also has an effect on symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea, and heart and abdominal colic caused by sha distension and sha qi.

6. Vitex fruit also has effects such as pain relief, phlegm removal, asthma relief, and blood pressure reduction, and the health-care pillows made from it also have a certain effect in preventing colds.

II. About how much is the market price of vitex fruit per jin?

1. At present, new stocks of vitex fruit in Anguo, Hebei, are slowly coming to market, and market conditions are changing greatly, so actual price fluctuations still need continuous attention.

2. The table below is a reference table of vitex fruit prices in some medicinal material markets:

III. What are the prospects and benefits of growing vitex fruit?

1. At present, in addition to being used as medicine to treat illnesses, vitex fruit is also used to make health-care products. This has caused the demand market to continuously expand in recent years, and the price has also risen accordingly, so the prospects for growing vitex fruit are still quite good.

2. According to Mr. Gao, a vitex fruit grower in Shandong, generally the yield of one mu of planted vitex fruit is around 180 kg, and the purchase price per kg is about 80 yuan, so the income per mu is about 14,400 yuan. After deducting costs of about two thousand yuan for wages, fertilizer, labor, and so on, the net profit per mu is roughly 12,400 yuan. Moreover, vitex fruit is a plant that is planted once and harvested continuously for many years, so the benefits are still quite good.