What does St. John's Wart do for your body??

Answer 1

Homeopathic uses of St.John's Wort (Hypericum Perf) :-

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.

Relationship.--Compare: Ledum (punched wounds and bites of animals); Arnica; Staphis; Calend; Ruta; Coff.

Antidotes: Ars; Cham.

Dose.--Tincture, to third potency.
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Take Care and God Bless

Answer 2

What It Is Used For
St. John's wort has been used for centuries to treat mental disorders and nerve pain.
In ancient times, herbalists wrote about its use as a sedative and a treatment for malaria, as well as a balm for wounds, burns, and insect bites.
Today, St. John's wort is used by some for depression, anxiety, and/or sleep disorders.
How It Is Used
The flowering tops of St. John's wort are used to prepare teas and tablets containing concentrated extracts.

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What the Science Says
There is some scientific evidence that St. John's wort is useful for treating mild to moderate depression. However, two large studies, one sponsored by NCCAM, showed that the herb was no more effective than placebo in treating major depression of moderate severity.
NCCAM is studying the use of St. John's wort in a wider spectrum of mood disorders, including minor depression.

Answer 3

St. John's Wort has many benefits includes:

1. Promote mental well-being and a peaceful mood.

2. Relieves occasional anxiety and everyday stress.

3. Supports a feeling of tranquility, allowing for a calm and relaxed mental state.

4. Boasts an extensive range of flavonoids.

Answer 4

Some people use St. John's wart as an anti-depressant, but that is dangerous because it hasn't been studied by the FDA and therefore the side-effects are not well known.

Answer 5

Powerful as a blood purifier. Very good in cases of tumors and boils. Very good in chronic uterine troubles, after pain in childbirth, suppressed urine, diarrhea, dysentery and jaundice. Will correct irregular menstuation. Good in hysteria, and nervous affections. Excellent for pus in in the urine. Good used externally in the form of formentation and ointment for caked breast. all wounds, ulcers and old sores. Will correct bed -wetting in children when proper diet is given. The seeds steeped in boiling water will expel congealed blood from the stomach caused by bruises, falls or bursting veins. For this purpose use a heaping tsp. of the seeds to a cup of boiling water.

Answer 6

I know all the stuff the marketing professionals SAY it does, but to be perfectly honest, I took it for about a year and couldn't tell that it did ANYTHING.

Answer 7

Helps with depression & anxiety. I have taken it for 10 years.

Answer 8

it keeps me from getting depressed , I have been taking it for 2 years