St Johns Wort and DepressionWritten by Mireille Gautschi
The bright yellow flower of St Johns Wort (hypericum perforatum) with it's ray-like petals, represents power of sun that forces away darkness. This already points to anti-depressant effects of St Johns Wort which are highly respected, even in conventional medicine.St. John's Wort, a perennial plant, has been used for hundreds of years to treat depression, unrest and anxiety disorders as well as nerve pain. For a long time, doctors and herbalists alike have known about its use as a sedative, but also as treatment for wounds, burns, insect bites, stomach ulcers and more. It is still used widely today and it's effectiveness has been proven to a point where some insurance companies are now covering treatment. It is not a powerful drug -- when used to treat depression -- in sense of bringing a quick recovery, but shows excellent long term results in many patients. The herb assists body and soul in healing process and helps to build a solid foundation for a complete recovery. St John's Wort was tested in a double-blind study of 105 male and female patients in 20 to 64 year age group, suffering from mild to moderate depression. They were divided into two groups and monitored over a period of four weeks. One group were given 300mg of St Johns Wort extract three times daily, and other received a placebo. All of patients had psychiatric evaluations before start of study and after four weeks of treatment. The results revealed that, 67% of St Johns Wort group had responded positively to treatment without any adverse side effects whereas only 28% of placebo group showed any signs of improvement.
| | How to outsmart zitsWritten by Naweko San-Joyz
In 2001, after comparing over 250 studies and 150 drugs, a team at Johns Hopkins Children's Center still has no clue as to how to successfully treat acne. With this lineup of intelligence failing to cure acne, how can any average Jane expect to free herself from a zit affliction? Simple; crack code of your zits. An effective acne treatment has remained elusive because deeper meanings behind information-packed pimples are too often neglected or unexamined, until now. “Listen to messages of your zits”, proclaims Naweko San-Joyz, author of Acne Messages: Crack code of your zits and say goodbye to acne. Zits are smart and full of knowledge about you and your lifestyle. Those pimples on your face act as little messengers from body to suggest beneficial changes to your lifestyle and areas of your life to which you should pay more attention. Acne Messages guides exacerbated acne sufferer to find out exactly what causes their unique case of acne. This is shortcoming of most acne prescriptions and creams; they treat acne as a target as opposed to probing into what emotional, physical, psychological and or nutritional needs set off acne trigger.
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