Bee pollen contains nearly all the nutrients needed to sustain life. It has long been revered in Traditional Chinese Medicine as an energy and nutritive tonic.
Description
Learn about St. John’s Wort
A restorative effect on the nervous system and nerve tissue, helping to reverse damage and easing the pain of pulled muscles and ligaments, neuralgia, rheumatism and arthritis, fibromyalgia and sciatica.
Botanical name: Hypericum perforatum
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St. John’s Wort has a restorative effect on the nervous system and nerve tissue, helping to reverse damage and easing the pain of pulled muscles and ligaments, neuralgia, rheumatism and arthritis, fibromyalgia and sciatica.
St. John’s Wort is also used in modern herbalism to treat anxiety, tension, melancholy and depression. Externally, it is a valuable wound healer and anti-inflammatory for bruises, burns, varicose veins, cuts and scrapes. The infused oil is also used topically for sunburns.
Preparation: 1 tsp/cup, steep 10 minutes. Drink 3 times daily. Use cream, salve or oil topically.
Reference: Richo Cech (2000), Making Plant Medicine, pp.215-217; Michael Tierra (1998), The Way of Herbs,p.197; David Hoffman (1990) The New Holistic Herbal, p.235.
St. John’s Wort Common Uses
St. John’s Wort Actions
Anti-inflammatory, Astringent, Sedative, Vulnerary,
St. John’s Wort Recipes
St. John’s Wort Precautions
St John’s wort increases the liver’s ability to process medication, which means it reduces the effects of most pharmaceuticals. Therefore, do not combine with any pharmaceutical medications. St John’s Wort can cause photosensitivity. Discontinue use 3 days before surgery.
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