Archive for January, 2006

Clinical Studies of St John’s Wort

Most of the studies of the efficacy of St. John’s Word were conducted in Europe. In 1994, the Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology devoted an issue to hypericum.
Later, the British Medical Journal published an article reviewing the data on well-conducted clinical studies of St. John’s Wort for depression. In [...]

Considering St. John’s Wort for the Treatment of Depression

Many people have heard of herbal supplements and wondered if they could be as effective as drugs available with a prescription, or if perhaps herbal supplements are only snake oil. In the last 15 years, St. John’s Wort has become one of the most talked-about new treatments for depression, and, frankly, is worth a [...]