聖約翰草 St. John's Wort

St. John's Wort appears to be an inducer of an important metabolic pathway, cytochrome P450. As many prescription drugs used to treat conditions such as heart disease, depression, seizures, certain cancers or to prevent conditions such as transplant rejection or pregnancy (oral contraceptives) are metabolized via this pathway, health care providers should alert patients about these potential dr…

St John's wort is a herbal treatment that some people take for depression. ... There's some evidence that it may help less severe depression, but it's not recommended by doctors. This is because the amount of active ingredients varies among individual brands and batches, so you can never be sure what sort of effect it'll have on you. Taking St John's wort with other medicines, such as anticonvu…

根據台灣衛生福利部的規定，聖約翰草不能當作一般食品原料使用，因此在台灣無法購買到合法含有聖約翰草的食品。

Herba Hyperici. WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants, Volume 2 (Geneva: World Health Organization, 2002), pp. 149-171. The crude drug herba hyperici consists of the dried flowering aerial parts of Hypericum perforatum L. Uses supported by clinical data include the symptomatic treatment of mild to moderate depressive disorders. Verbatim section text of the WHO monograph could not be extra…

NOW Foods, St. John's Wort, 300 mg, 250 Veg Capsules

聖約翰草不能當作一般食品原料使用，台灣無法購買到合法含聖約翰草的食品

有在用藥就不要碰聖約翰草