Holland & Barrett St John's Wort Tablets

St John's Wort is a common perrenial herb, AKA Hypericum, which comes from the Greek meaning 'Over an apparition'. Way back when, the Greeks believed that if an evil spirit took a sniff of it, it would make them fly away in disgust and repulsion. The reason it's more commonly known as 'St John's Wort' is because of it's asscociation with St John the baptist, on whose birthday it was said to have first bloomed. The Chinese say that it promotes concentration and feelings of well-being and studies have shown that it helps those with mild depression and has less side effects than those anti ... more

St Johns Wort has become a reknowned yet controversial product. It was used for healing wounds hundreds of years ago but has gained a reputation for treating depression which medical trials have proved (you could search for and easily find some reports of such trials on the British Medical Journal website - www.bmj.com). It was this reputation that encouraged me to try taking St Johns Wort the first time I hit a depression low about 2 years ago. I felt run down, with extremely low self esteem, feeling heavily lethargic and tearful much of the time. The staff at Holland and Barrett were very ... more

Not long ago my friend battled through depression. It was an extremely difficult time for her, during which she spent a lot of time seeing doctors, trying new medications etc. She finally managed to lift herself out of it. But not from the help of the doctors but from this herbal remedy called St Johns Wort that she got from Holland and Barrett...for less than £5! So after watching her go though it and how much this helped I thought I would give you some more information on the product. - -What it treats- - St John's Wort can treat many different things including improving your circulation ... more