St. John's Wort with CAeDS™
St. John's Wort with CAeDS
St. John's Wort is a shrubby perennial plant with bright yellow flowers. It is native to Europe, but now grows in many parts of the world. St. John's Wort got its name from St. John the Baptist. Its flowers are typically in bloom on St. Johns Day (June 24th), the reported day of St. John's beheading. The flower also exudes a red pigment which is said to be associated with the blood of St. John. The Latin name Hypericum perforatum is a derrivation of two Greek words hyper and eikon, which translate to over and icon alluding to the use of St. John's Wort in ancient times for protecting against demonic possession.
The major medical herbalists of ancient times, Hippocrates, Pliny, Dioscorides, Theophrastus and Galen, wrote about the medicinal properties of St. John's Wort. Dioseordes used SJW in the 1st century for sciatica, burns and fever. Hippocrates used SJW to treat many diseases. Folk remedies for the use of SJW include treating wounds, kidney and lung disease, and depression. Currently, St. John's wort outsells conventional antidepressants for the treatment of depression in Germany.
The CAeDS Difference
As a leader in nutrition and health, Infinity2 has created a line of herbs that are unique from others on the market. By adding CAeDS to its herbal products, Infinity2 has taken nature's best herbs and insured that your body will receive the benefits. CAeDS is at the heart of every Infinity2 product to ensure the nutrients in its products are delivered to the cells of your body.
St. John's Wort with CAeDS Technical Information
St. John's Wort (SJW) (Hypericum perforatum) has been widely used as a medicine for thousands of years, but has most recently been used regularly to treat anxiety and depression, a condition that affects about 18 million Americans and is commonly under-treated. Serotonin and norepinephrine -- the chemicals in the brain that affect mood -- are believed to play key roles in depression. Because of this, drugs that inhibit re-uptake of serotonin and norepinephrine are effective in the treatment of major depression. In vitro, SJW inhibits not only serotonin and norepinephrine, but also inhibits dopamine and may have additional unique mechanisms different than known mechanisms of antidepressant drugs. It is believed that the primary active ingredient in SJW is hyperforin. Hyperforin is the major lipophilic chemical constituent of SJW, and is also a potent uptake inhibitor of serotonin, dopamine, noradrenaline, GABA and L-glutamate. For this reason, hyperforin is often used as the primary ingredient in standardized extracts of SJW.
- Elevates mood
- Includes the whole herb plus CAeDS
- The standardized extract is added for increased benefits.
Ingredients - Each serving of 1 capsule provides:
St. John's Wort Herb 370 mg
St. John's Wort Standard Extract 50 mg
CAeDS for St. John's Wort 29 mg
Other Ingredients: Gelatin, beet root fiber, rice bran, water,
References
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2. Neary JT, Bu Y. Hypericum LI 160 inhibits uptake of serotonin and norepinephrine in astrocytes. Brain Res 1999; 816:358-63.
3. Raffa RB. Screen of receptor and uptake-site activity of hypericin component of St. John's wort reveals ? receptor binding. Life Sci 1998; 62(16):PL 265-70.
4. Chatterjee SS, Bhattacharya SK, Wonnemann M, Singer A, and Muller WE. Hyperforin as a possible antidepressant component of hypericum extracts. Life Sci 1998; 63(6):499-510.
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