Shrub Chastetree Leaf

Traditional Use

Primary Actions

• Releases the exterior and disperses wind, especially in folk and regional use for early wind-cold patterns with body aches, headache, or lingering upper-respiratory obstruction.
• Transforms phlegm and relieves cough or wheezing when dampness and phlegm burden the Lung.
• Reduces swelling and relieves pain in local-use traditions for bruising, minor traumatic pain, and inflammatory swellings.

Secondary Actions

• This leaf record should stay distinct from `Man Jing Zi`, whose fruit is the better-known head-and-eye herb in mainstream materia medica.
• Published indexed research is much stronger for Vitex fruits and the genus overall than for the leaf as a stand-alone TCM medicinal.

Classic Formulas

• Leaf-decoction and powder traditions for cough, wheezing, and exterior wind patterns ... a more regional-use lane than the famous fruit formulas.
• Combined respiratory use with phlegm-transforming herbs ... the common practical setup when Man Jing Ye is used internally.
• Poultice, wash, or injury-support preparations ... traditional external logic for swelling and pain.

Classical References

• Wikibooks and regional materia medica listings place Man Jing Ye under Folium Viticis and describe it as a wind-dispersing leaf medicine rather than a simple synonym of the fruit.
• Formula and folk-use references connect the leaf with cough, asthma, and wind-cold body pain, showing a different practical emphasis from Man Jing Zi.
• Because source traditions vary, this page stays conservative and reflects the broader Vitex leaf lane instead of overstating a fully standardized pharmacopeial profile.