St Johns Wort 1:2 200 milliliters

St John's Wort 1:2

• Vegetarian

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St John's Wort 1:2 contains St John's Wort flowering herb traditionally used as a tonic for the nervous system.

St John's Wort has been traditionally used in herbal preparations to:

• Calm the nerves and restore healthy mood balance
• Relieve occasional, mild sleeplessness
• Provide a tonic for the nervous system to help ease the effects of occasional stress

St John's Wort contains the naphthodianthrones hypericin and pseudohypericin (hypericins), flavonoids, phenolics and other compounds. St John's Wort 1:2 contains a minimum of 0.2 mg/mL of hypericins to ensure optimal strength and quality.

St John's Wort Quality Story

St John's Wort is comprised of a wide range of phytochemicals of which the naphthodianthrones (consisting mainly of hypericin and pseudohypericin) are characteristic, while several other constituents are found across a very wide variety of plant species; e.g., chlorogenic acid, flavonoids and biapigenins. Studies have shown that hypericin administered with flavonoid glycosides caused an increase in the bioavailability of hypericin. St John's Wort extracts containing the flavonoid glycosides but devoid of hypericin and hyperforin have been shown to be pharmacologically active in model systems. Additionally, extracts devoid of hyperforin have been proven effective in clinical trials as have extracts containing hyperforin. In the graph, all extracts contained the same level of napthodianthrones (hypericins), however a wide range of variation was shown for the other constituents when analyzed by HPLC, some extracts having very low levels of all the phytochemicals you would expect in a good quality extract of Hypericum perforatum. MediHerb recognizes the importance of all the other constituents, particularly the oligomeric procyanidins and flavonoids and tests all it's products using the techniques which allow the identification of these components.

Suggested Use

Dilute 5 mL (approx. 1 teaspoon) in water or juice once per day, or as directed.

Caution: Not to be used during pregnancy and lactation unless otherwise directed by a qualified health care professional. Do not use this product while taking any prescription drug(s) without the advice of your prescribing physician. Avoid excessive exposure to UV irradiation (e.g. sunlight, tanning) when using this product.

Other Ingredients

Purified water and 45% alcohol.

For other contraindications and cautions, please refer to the Potential Herb-Drug Interactions Chart.

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