St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum L.)

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Synonyms

Amber touch-and-heal, balm-of-warrior's wound, balsana, bassant, Blutkraut, bossant, Calmigen®, corancillo dendlu, devil's scorge, Eisenblut, flor de São João, fuga daemonum, goatweed hartheu, heofarigo on, herba de millepertius, herba hyperici, herrgottsblut, hexenkraut, hierba de San Juan, hipericão, hipérico, hipericon, HP, isorhamnetin, Jarsin, Johanniskraut, klammath weed, Liebeskraut LI 160, lord God's wonder plant, millepertius pelicao, perforate, pinillo de oro, PM235, pseudohypericin, rosin rose, SJW extract LI 160, St. John's wort WS 5572, STW 3-VI, tenturotou, Teufelsflucht, touch and heal, Walpurgiskraut (German), witcher's herb, WS 5572.

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Portions of this document last updated:

Sept. 1, 2009

THIS EVIDENCE-BASED MONOGRAPH WAS PREPARED BY
THE NATURAL STANDARD RESEARCH COLLABORATION
(www.naturalstandard.com)


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