Classed as a mood enhancer, anybody think that it works? If NO, then what would you recomend? cheers!!!
2006-09-27 20:48:19 · 3 answers · asked by Shane J 1 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
I have always had excellent results wherever I have used it according to the patients symptoms in Homeopathic potency. If the patients symptoms are not similar to the remedy how can we expact to get any results however good a remedy be!
Here are the symptoms what it is used for if you are using it for any other symptoms apart from the ones mentioned in its provings, it wont do you any good :-
HYPERICUM PERFORATUM
St. John's-wort
(HYPERICUM)
The great remedy for injuries to nerves, especially of fingers, toes and nails. Crushed fingers, especially tips. Excessive painfulness is a guiding symptom to its use. Prevents lockjaw. Punctured wounds. Relieves pain after operations. Quite supersedes the use of Morphia after operations (Helmuth). Spasms after every injury. Has an important action on the rectum; hæmorrhoids. Coccydynia. Spasmodic asthmatic attacks with changes of weather or before storms, better by copious expectoration. Injured nerves from bites of animals. Tetanus. Neuritis, tingling, burning and numbness. Constant drowsiness.
Mind.--Feels as if lifted high in air, or anxiety lest he fall from heights. Mistakes in writing. Effects of shock. Melancholy.
Head.--Heavy; feels as if touched by an icy cold hand. Throbbing in vertex; worse in close room. Brain seems compressed. Right side of face aches. Brain-fag and neurasthenia. Facial neuralgia and toothache of a pulling, tearing character, with sadness. Head feels longer-elongated to a point. In fractured skull, bone splinters. Brain feels alive. Pains in eyes and ears. Falling out of hair.
Stomach.--Craving for wine. Thirst; Nausea. Tongue coated white at base, tip clean. Feeling of lump in stomach (Abies ***; Bry).
Rectum.--Urging, dry, dull, pressing pain. Hæmorrhoids, with pain, bleeding, and tenderness.
Back.--Pain in nape of neck. Pressure over sacrum. Spinal concussion. Coccyx injury from fall, with pain radiating up spine and down limbs. Jerking and twitching of muscles.
Extremities.--Darting pain in shoulders. Pressure along ulnar side of arm. Cramp in calves. Pain in toes and fingers, especially in tips. Crawling in hand and feet. Lancinating pain in upper and lower limbs. Neuritis, with tingling, burning pain, numbness and flossy skin. Joints feel bruised. Hysterical joints. Tetanus (Physost; Kali brom). Traumatic neuralgia and neuritis.
Respiratory.--Asthma worse foggy weather and relieved by profuse perspiration.
Skin.--Hyperidrosis, sweating of scalp, worse in morning after sleep; falling of hair from injury; eczema of hands and face, intense itching, eruption seems to be under the skin. Herpes zoster. Old ulcers or sores in mouth when very sensitive. Lacerated wounds with much prostration from loss of blood.
Modalities.--Worse, in cold; dampness; in a fog; in close room; least exposure; touch. Better, bending head backward.
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I hope the information provided is beneficial for you.
Take care and God Bless you !
2006-09-27 20:57:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
St. Johns Wart is not a form of birth control.
2016-03-15 07:11:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
St Johns Wort is used herbally as an anti-depressant. In homeopathic potencies it's called Hypericum and is more of an injury remedy, as described by Soul Doctor above. Aurum, Bismuth, Nat mur are common homeopathic remedies for depression but the best remedy and potency for you is best chosen by a professional after an in-depth interview.
Yes, German doctors think SJW works. It is their drug of choice for patients diagnosed with mild to moderate depression. I wonder who funded the studies that say SJW doesn't work...Phizer? Eli Lilly? Of course, it won't work for everybody, that's why there are lots of pharmaceutical antidepressants available.
Best not to experiment with herbal remedies on your own. They can have side effects, toxicities, counter-indications. Too much St John's Wort can make a person manic if they're prone that way (happened to me) and it shouldn't be taken if you're on prescription meds. Be careful in the sun too.
If you're not into pharmaceuticals (and you don't have serious depression) it might be worth trying Omega 3 oils although some people find them hard to digest.
2006-09-28 02:03:05 · answer #3 · answered by Julia S 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's worked wonders for me. I take this supplement that's supposed to relax you, it contains an herb called kava-kava as well as valerian and St. Johns, and it's great. So go ahead and try it. I recommend the blend of herbs i mentioned.
2006-09-27 20:58:26 · answer #4 · answered by reff 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yup
2006-09-30 10:26:26 · answer #5 · answered by jyd9999 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋