Vitex (chaste tree) seeds are selling briskly in the medicinal ingredient market, according to market sources.
Vitex seeds are mainly helpful for running nose, headache, stroke and eye diseases, and they are bought for traditional medicines in China. As these seeds are in stock, sales are brisk, and drugs made from these seeds are used all over the world, according to the pharmaceutical market.
“It can cure running nose. It is also used for headache medicine. In addition, it can be used for eye disease, stroke, and pain medicine. We export it to China. It has health effects that are formulated as medicine. Vitex has a good market. Its trading is good. We continuously buy and stock it from the market. We export after drying it. It is produced for about three seasons a year,” said a seller of traditional medicinal ingredients in Ahlon township.
It naturally grows in central Myanmar, and its seeds are actively traded in the Yangon market this season due to China’s demand.
“Vitex seeds fetched a higher price last year. This year, the price has dropped a bit. It is cultivated and grows naturally. The plant is small. It is produced in the areas of Myittha, Bagan, and NyaungU,” he said.
Myanmar started to export Vitex seeds to China with a trial in 2015, and the market has become strong since then. — Thit Taw/ZN/ED
