St john's wort tea

It works in a similar way to Prozac so you would get the most benefit from taking St. John’s worth every day, rather than just occasionally. I’d be unsure how much is actually supplied by the tea, you’d be better taking a good quality supplement or speaking to your GP first. As the above poster said, St Johns wort can interact with many prescribed medicines, including the contraceptive pill, so ask a pharmacist before taking it.

There is little data to support the use of St. John's Wort for depression long-term.

There is evidence that it can be effective to help with symptoms of mild/moderate depression; however, there are LOTS of drug interactions with St. John's Wort as well as negative side effects of long-term use (like increased blood pressure and anxiety - and for people who may have bipolar disorder, it can bring on manic symptoms too).

You should speak to a medical professional about using this supplement to treat something like depression. I don't know much about how it does with PMS symptoms. But, overall, using 'supplements' that are not FDA approved is a crap shoot b/c even if it has evidence that it's good for something, it can also be bad for something else....and there's no way to really know what's in the supplement.

Exercise, for example, probably has a similar amount of scientific support as a treatment for mild/moderate depression --- both have been shown to be almost equally as effective as popularly prescribed SSRIs -- although all of this should be done with the guidance of a doctor and most likely a combination of physical activity, rx medication, and psychotherapy would be most effective.

I take the tablets when I'm going through a low period, they're very 50/50 somedays they work so well and other days, nothing. If you think it'll help you cope definitely give it a go