St. John's Wort

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HarperCollins, 1998 - Self-Help - 235 pages

It's a simple yellow wildflower whose extraordinary properties have been documented for centuries. Hypericum, or St. John's wort, as it is more commonly known, has emerged in Germany as one of the most popular, effective, and safe treatments for a devastating disease that affects millions: depression. Now, for the first time, the worlds of conventional medicine and alternative healing have at last come together to embrace St. John's wort's exceptional powers. In St. John's Wort: The Herbal Way to Feeling Good, Norman Rosenthal, M.D., a leading authority in the field of depression and author of the bestselling Winter Blues, shows readers how they can relieve a host of different emotional conditions and difficulties accompanying the ordinary stresses of everyday life by tapping nature's own resources instead of using the pre-scription drugs that are now being taken by thousands of people worldwide.

Written in an engaging, accessible manner and filled with fascinating anecdotes, the latest scientific research, and carefully documented case studies, St. John's Wort examines how extracts of this flower influence not only the brain chemical serotonin, which is also affected by such drugs as Prozac and Zoloft, but other critical brain chemicals as well. In addition, St. John's wort

  • is easily accessible and can be purchased everywhere, from grocery stores to pharmacies;

  • requires no prescription;

  • costs a fraction of prescription medications;

  • has no toxic effects;

  • shows benefits after two weeks of treatment

Given the widespread availability of this amazing herb and the prevalence of the conditions for which it has been proved so useful, the time is ripe for St. John's Wort, the comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible guide that will show readers how they can feel better quickly, safely, easily, and naturally.

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Contents

What the Research Shows
31
Switching from Conventional
47
Beating the Winter Blues with
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About the author (1998)

Dr. Norman Rosenthal, M.D., a senior researcher at the National Institute of Mental Health and clinical professor of psychiatry at Georgetown University, is an internationally recognized authority on depression. Widely published, he is the author of Winter Blues, the definitive book on Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). He lives and practices psychiatry in Maryland.

Bibliographic information

TitleSt. John's Wort
AuthorNorman Rosenthal, PhD
PublisherHarperCollins, 1998
ISBN0060183829, 9780060183820
Length235 pages
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Health & Fitness / Herbal Medications
Self-Help / Mood Disorders / Depression
  
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