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Saint John's wort

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Saint John's wort
a. any of numerous shrubs or herbaceous plants of the temperate genus Hypericum, such as H. perforatum, having yellow flowers and glandular leaves: family Hypericaceae
b. a preparation of this plant often used to treat mild depression

Saint John's wort [sānt ′jänz ‚wȯrt]
(pharmacology)
Hypericum perforatum.A herbacious perennial that has been used for millennia for its many medicinal properties, including wound healing and treatment of kidney and lung ailments, insomnia, and depression.


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Brit Med J 313: 253-258 Mai I, Kruger H, Budde K, Johne A, Brockmoller J, Neumayer HH, Roots I (2000) Hazardous pharmacokinetic interaction of Saint John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) with the immunosuppressant cyclosporin.
Among the plants named after Christian saints may also be noted Latin herba sancti Johannis 'Saint John's wort', German Johanniskraut 'John's wort', English Saint John's wort (Hypericum); Saint Bridget's anemone (Anemone coronarea), Saint Bruno's lily (Paradisea liliastrum), Saint Bernard's lily (Anthericum liliago), Saint Dabeoc's heath (Dabaecia cantabrica), Saint George's beard (Sempervivum tectorum) and Saint Barnaby's thistle (Centaurea solstitalis).
 
 
 
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