Your Experiences
'St John’s wort got me out of wanting to hide under the bed'
When Shirley Lief, now a 41-year-old massage therapist living in London, moved from South Africa to Australia she was overcome with the blues — so much so that she didn’t feel like leaving her house. Then she discovered St John’s wort and things started to look up again.
'I no longer dread my periods like I used to'
Karen, 42, a housewife from Wilmslow in Cheshire, has suffered from PMS for as long as she can remember. Here she tells us how a herbal remedy has helped her get through her ‘time of the month’
‘I never believed herbal remedies were for me’
Ben Leggett,28, from New Zealand works in event management in Brighton. He has been finding the dismal British weather hard to cope with. Here he tells us how St John’s wort has helped to put him in a better mood.
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