Have you ever used St. John's Wort?!
Question: Have you ever used St. John's Wort.?
If you have, did you experience any side affects.?Health Question & Answer
Answers:
St. Johns Wort does a lot more than just alleviate mood swings. Its a balancer, true, but it is also used in homeopathic medicine to alleviate joint pain.
Saint Johns Wort relieves pain, it has a sedative effect do to the fact it is a slight nervine, and it is used for treatment of neuralgia, anxiety and nervous tension. It can be applied as liniment or poultice to relieve pain, for treatment over the spine for relief of nervous diseases that are related to the spine, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatic pains, as a lotion for pain relief, eases bruises.
Saint Johns Wort is also known to be useful for pulmonary complaints (the release of phlegm in the lungs), bladder trouble, suppression of urine, dysentery, worms and nervous depression. The herb is an excellent treatment for chronic uterine problems and will correct irregular and painful menstruation. The herb also contains an alkaloid that is a heart and artery stimulant.
If you are using an anti-depressant and you would prefer to use Saint Johns Wort, check for contraindications (things you should not take with your medication), also consult with your physician.
I have used Saint Johns Wort as a mood balancer and to alleviate joint pain. I would recommend to ensure you use sunblock if you take it and are fair skinned, it does tend to cause slight photosensitivity in fairskinned people. It works well, without making you feel disconnected, foggy or unfocused like other drugs seem to. Health Question & Answer
Saint Johns Wort relieves pain, it has a sedative effect do to the fact it is a slight nervine, and it is used for treatment of neuralgia, anxiety and nervous tension. It can be applied as liniment or poultice to relieve pain, for treatment over the spine for relief of nervous diseases that are related to the spine, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatic pains, as a lotion for pain relief, eases bruises.
Saint Johns Wort is also known to be useful for pulmonary complaints (the release of phlegm in the lungs), bladder trouble, suppression of urine, dysentery, worms and nervous depression. The herb is an excellent treatment for chronic uterine problems and will correct irregular and painful menstruation. The herb also contains an alkaloid that is a heart and artery stimulant.
If you are using an anti-depressant and you would prefer to use Saint Johns Wort, check for contraindications (things you should not take with your medication), also consult with your physician.
I have used Saint Johns Wort as a mood balancer and to alleviate joint pain. I would recommend to ensure you use sunblock if you take it and are fair skinned, it does tend to cause slight photosensitivity in fairskinned people. It works well, without making you feel disconnected, foggy or unfocused like other drugs seem to. Health Question & Answer
Yes. I used to use it regularly. I never noticed any side effects. I wasn't sure it was even doing anything for me though. I seemed to notice an increase in general happiness at first but then things seemed to go back to normal in time. I think the improvement in mood was more in my head than anything else.
If you are suffering from feelings of depression, I would recommend seeing a therapist. Maybe you could benefit from anti-depressants and/or therapy. I'm on anti-depressants and they help soooooo much better than St.John's Wort.Health Question & Answer
If you are suffering from feelings of depression, I would recommend seeing a therapist. Maybe you could benefit from anti-depressants and/or therapy. I'm on anti-depressants and they help soooooo much better than St.John's Wort.Health Question & Answer
I have never used it but I DID want to answer to say that you cannot use it if you are on birth control because it will totally screw it up.
You might know that already (you might not even be on birth control so it won't make a difference) but I have had a couple of friends who didn't know and fortunately found out before anything went wrong. Health Question & Answer
You might know that already (you might not even be on birth control so it won't make a difference) but I have had a couple of friends who didn't know and fortunately found out before anything went wrong. Health Question & Answer