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St. John's Wort St. John's Wort

Latin: Hypericum Perforatum
Family: Guttiferae 		St. John's Wort

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 Warm, Temperate, Cool
Full sun
43"
1'
Medicinal, Culinary, Native to Kootenays
Perennial
semi - dry
Seed, Self seeds
Spring, Autumn
2'
Summer
Yellow


COMMENTS:
This herb has woody-based stems, with pairs of small, balsamic-scented leaves and clusters of lemon scented, yellow summer flowers. Upper aireal parts and flowers are picked when first in bloom. Tincture will turn a red color when collected at correct time. As this plant grows along roadsides and waste areas it is adviced you collect the herb from meadows to avoid any toxicity from roadside sprays and vehicles. Research shows this herb should be used fresh or frozen freeze-dried, but not dried. Gather seeds approx 1 month after blooms die or towards the end of September in the Kootenays.

Uses: The leaves are used in salads and to flavor liquers. Extracts of the flowering tops is antiviral, astringent, and sedative. It treats inflammation, wounds, and diarrhea and improves blood flow. It is applied to cuts, burns, hemorrhoids, and varicose veins. Taken internally, it calms nerves and treats depression. It is under research for AIDS treatment. Some consider it unsafe as can cause dermatitus and sensitivity to sunlight.
St. John's Worts flowers can be used as a natural dye. Depending on strength, colors can be yellow, green, red, and pink.

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Commercial Products available from other Merchants
St. John's Wort Tea - 6 Units / 16 bag
St. John's Wort Tea - 6 Units / 16 bag

Tea - St. John's Wort Tea, 24 bag
Tea - St. John's Wort Tea, 24 bag

St. Johnswort - (Hypericum Perforatum)<BR>60 cap
St. Johnswort - (Hypericum Perforatum)
60 cap

Mood Support<BR>30 cap
Mood Support
30 cap

Bath Salts - Cheer, 32 oz
Bath Salts - Cheer, 32 oz

SFP St. John`s Wort Herb Extract - 60 vegi cap
SFP St. John`s Wort Herb Extract - 60 vegi cap

Mood Support<BR>60 cap
Mood Support
60 cap

St John's Wort Kava<BR>90 cap
St John's Wort Kava
90 cap

St. Johns Wort - 300 mg 100 cap
St. Johns Wort - 300 mg 100 cap

St. John's Wort, 300 mg, 60 Caps.
St. John's Wort, 300 mg, 60 Caps.

Perika St. John's Wort - 300 mg 60 tab
Perika St. John's Wort - 300 mg 60 tab

St. John's Wort - Extract, 300 mg 90 cap
St. John's Wort - Extract, 300 mg 90 cap

St. John's Wort - 350 mg 100 cap
St. John's Wort - 350 mg 100 cap

St. John`s Wort Super Complex<BR>60 cap
St. John`s Wort Super Complex
60 cap

St. John's Power 424mg (.14%)<BR>60 cap
St. John's Power 424mg (.14%)
60 cap

St. John's - Power 0.3% - 90 cap
St. John's - Power 0.3% - 90 cap

St. John`s Wort Supreme<BR>1 oz
St. John`s Wort Supreme
1 oz

St. John`s Wort Flower Buds<BR>1 oz
St. John`s Wort Flower Buds
1 oz

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St. John`s Wort Blend - 2 oz
St. John`s Wort Blend - 2 oz

St. John`s Chocolate Bliss - 1 oz
St. John`s Chocolate Bliss - 1 oz

SFP St John's Wort - 300mg 50 vegi cap
SFP St John's Wort - 300mg 50 vegi cap

St. John`s Good Mood Tea - 6 Units / 16 bag
St. John`s Good Mood Tea - 6 Units / 16 bag

St. John's Wort St. John's Wort

Effective natural support for mood enhancement
Arnica-St. Johns Wort Flower Massage Oil 4 oz Arnica-St. Johns Wort Flower Massage Oil 4 oz

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Medicinal Garden Medicinal Garden

Grow your own herbal medicine chest! This deluxe collection includes seeds of St. John's Wort, Calendula, German Chamomile, Lemon Balm, Milk Thistle, Echinacea, Feverfew, Hyssop, Peppermint and Valerian, and comes complete with plant stakes, a pencil, and a useful reference guide for planting, harvesting, preparing and using herbal remedies.
St. John's Wort St. John's Wort

Hypericum, or St. John's wort, is a simple yellow wildflower whose extraordinary properties...
St John's Wort 300mg St John's Wort 300mg

St. Johnıs Wort has been used for centuries to heal wounds. It contains hypercin, flavonoids, hyperforin, and xanthones. These substances boost the immune system and provide anti-depressant action by making more of the neurotransmitters serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine available to the brain. This product is standardized to .3%hypericin

St. John's Wort Ancient Healing Formula Tea 16 tea bags St. John's Wort Ancient Healing Formula Tea 16 tea bags

The herb may be used as a tea, decoction, tincture, or extract. Hypericum was recommended by Hippocrates for 'nervous unrest.' It has a 2400-year history of folk use for anxiety, sleep disturbances, and worry. Modern medical research has shown that Hypericum can be as effective as prescription antidepressants for mild to moderate depression. However, unlike prescription antidepressants, Hypericum's side effects are few and mild.

The official German Commission E monograph for St. John's Wort lists psychovegetative disturbances, depressive states, fear, and nervous disturbances as clinical indications for the extract or tea. The European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy (ESCOP) and the British Herbal Pharmacopoeia concur. Hypericum is now the number one antidepressant, natural or synthetic, prescribed by German physicians. In addition to Hypericum's mood-elevating properties, Germany's Commission E has approved this herb for the treatment of anxiety and sleep disorders. In two clinical studies, Hypericum demonstrated anti-anxiety effects comparable to those of Valium (diazepam). Yet Hypericum is not addictive and does not impair cognitive functions. St. John's wort is official in the national pharmacopeias of Czechoslovakia, France, Poland, Romania, and Russia.

Grieve's classic 'A Modern Herbal': Aromatic, astringent, resolvent, expectorant and nervine. Used in all pulmonary complaints, bladder troubles, in suppression of urine, dysentery, worms, diarrhoea, hysteria and nervous depression, haemoptysis and other haemorrhages and jaundice. For children troubled with incontinence of urine at night an infusion or tea given before retiring will be found effectual. 1 OZ. of the herb should be infused in a pint of water and 1 to 2 tablespoonsful taken as a dose. Fluid extract, ½ to 1 drachm.
St. John's Good Mood Traditional Tea Blend 16 tea bags St. John's Good Mood Traditional Tea Blend 16 tea bags

Good Moodı is formulated to encourage a positive mood by combining herbs traditionally used to ease irritability, nervous exhaustion and nervous tension.* The use of St. John's Wort has a 2,000 year history of safe human experience throughout European populations, and has been documented since ancient Greek and Roman times. St. John's Wort contains flavonoids (quercetin), tannins (catechin) and phenolics (caffeic acid) all of which contribute to its beneficial actions and are water-soluble and therefore released into the tea. Good Moodı includes several other flavonoid-containing herbs traditionally included in mood formulas including lavender flower, lemon balm leaf, licorice root and sage leaf.
St. John's Wort Oil 1 oz St. John's Wort Oil 1 oz

An excellent oil for wounds, sore stiff muscles, bruises, nerve spasms, rashes and sunburn.
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The Prozac Alternative: Natural Relief from Depression with St. John's Wort, Kava, and Other Alternative Therapies

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Healing with Whole Foods: Asian Traditions and Modern Nutrution

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