VitaminLife.com: St. John's Wort Extract 300mg

St. John's Wort Standardized Extract 300 mg

Herbal Factors Standardized Potency St. John's Wort (Hypericum Perforatum Clusiaceae) is full spectrum, containing guaranteed levels of .3% hypericin (the same potency that produced such excellent results in clinical studies) as well as pseudohypericin, and hyperforin, another important active that benefits people with depression and works synergistically with hypericin.

St John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) is probably the most thoroughly researched herbal anti-depressant available. Eminent European physician Rudolf Fritz Weiss recommends it for treatment of restlessness, anxiety and depressive moods.1 Studies show that people taking St. John's Wort have fewer feelings of sadness and hopelessness and they sleep better, without the side effects common to anti-depressant drugs.

St John's Wort is antibacterial and antiviral and ointments made with St. John's Wort have been used for centuries to treat burns, bites and other wounds. The antiviral activity is being studied as a treatment for HIV infection, and experimental studies show that hypericin and pseudohypericin exhibit strong antiviral activity against herpes simplex virus types 1and 2 and influenza virus types A and B.

Other applications for St. John's Wort include treatment of sleep disorders, eating disorders, anxiety disorders, bed wetting, PMS, chronic tension headaches.

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