Name: St John's Wort - Hypericum perforatum
Parts used: Herb
Indications:
- Mild to moderate depression, seasonal affective disorder
- Anxiety, irritability, stress
- Emotional upsets with menopause/PMS
- Nervous tension leading to exhaustion and depression
- Childhood bedwetting
- Recurrent orofacial/genital herpes
- Enveloped viruses (cold sores, chicken pox, shingles)
- Sleep disorder
- OCD
Caution: Avoid during pregnancy. May cause gut disturbance and allergic reaction. Avoid with most medications. Not ideal for treating severe depression with psychotic symptoms or suicidal risk.
