Word: wort
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that's growing fastest. Sales are expected to reach $100 million this year, up from just $20 million in 1997. Most of the products are teas and juices mixed with a variety of herbal, mineral and vitamin supplements. SoBe Wisdom, for instance, contains ginkgo biloba, St. John's wort and gotu kola, which, the label says, promote "focused thought" and "sharpen the mind." Hansen's "d stress" (kava kava, St. John's wort and tyrosine) is supposed to help you "chill out naturally." Fresh Samantha's Super Juice is spiked with echinacea, believed to bolster the immune system. Says SoBe...
...know if any of these beverages are really doing all that they claim to do." Many of the putatively healing potions contain little more than trace elements of the prominently mentioned herbal ingredients, says Mirkin. For example, in order to take aboard the dosage of St. John's wort that clinical tests have shown to reduce stress, one would have to drink six bottles of SoBe Wisdom a day. Which SoBe wouldn't mind...
...University Health Services Monks Library and hear Jackie Neely extol the virtues of Echinacea and St. John's Wort. This lecture series called "Benefits of Complementary Therapies" focuses on the now en vogue subject of herbal remedies. It's all about ginseng, baby. Yeah baby. Yeah. 12 p.m., UHS, Holyoke Center, Monks Library, 2nd Floor, 495-9629. FREE...
...human being, why shouldn't it be good enough for a golden retriever--or for any of our animal companions? Alternative medicine for pets may not be as widespread or well publicized as the human variety, but it's growing faster than a sprig of St. John's wort. The options for pet owners range from the surprising to the sublime, depending on how far you're willing to stretch your faith--which is, after all, a large part of what alternative medicine is all about...
...cover story on serotonin, a complex substance that influences a wide range of emotion and behavior. She knows the routes well, having written a cover story on another brain chemical, dopamine, and its role in addiction. Last week she looked at the natural antidepressant St. John's wort. Nash brought her usual clear-sightedness to the murky workings of serotonin and the trial-and-error science that brought forth beneficial--and potentially deadly--serotonin-enhancing drugs such as fen/phen. Nash's work has won the respect of scientists: she recently became an honorary member of Sigma Xi, a prestigious scientific...