Steven FosterSarah, a normally exuberant young woman, felt fatigued and out of sorts. For three weeks, she had dreaded getting out of bed in the morning and found little joy in her occupation as a physical education teacher at a California high school.
Christopher Hobbs LAc AHGSt. John's wort is a member of the genus Hypericum, of which there are 400 species worldwide, and a member of the St. John's wort family, Hypericaceae. St. John's wort is native to Europe, West Asia, North Africa, Madeira and the Azores, and is...
David L. Hoffmann BSc Hons MNIMHGastritis ;As an example of the herbal approach to inflammatory con
It's four in the morning and you're wide awake, your mind churning. You toss and turn, rehashing the past or worrying about the future, only to fall into a sound sleep twenty minutes before the alarm goes off. How can you be expected to live up to...
Among the many medicinal herbs used throughout the long history of Occidental culture, St. John's wort, has always been and still is of great interest. From the time of the ancient Greeks down through the Middle Ages, the plant was considered to be...
Hyla Cass MDDepression wears many faces. Sometimes it is a melancholy feeling. Sometimes, it is fatigue, apathy, or anxiety. There are even times when it is several of these things at once. But it always feels like it's holding you back from enjoying life the...
Kava is Piper methisticum Forst. from the pepper family, Piperaceae.
Depending on the area of the Pacific, Piper methisticum has been called
Kava, awa, waka, lawena, or yaqona by the people who have used it perhaps
for thousands of years.
I can't believe it! I feel normal for the first time in a long, long time-maybe ever. Can a natural and inexpensive supplement actually relieve depression? Yes, it can. For thousands of years, people have enjoyed the health benefits of a wide...
Throughout history, herbs have had an important place in the medicine of the people. We have found remains of medicinal herbs in stone-age burial sites (ca. 10,000 BC), and have written records of herbs and their preparations from the ancient...
I have used St. John's wort with patients who were already on antidepressants, including Prozac, Zoloft, Effexor and the tricyclics. Prozac and Beyond-The Synthetic Antidepressants, as well as those taking the amino acids such as tyrosine. Of...
