Le millepertuis is the anti-depressive plant par excellence. Numerous clinical studies have actually highlighted its active ingredients (hypericin and hyperforin) and its action of recapture certain neurotransmitters that play a big role in depression: serotonin Dopamine and the noradrenaline. Serotonin promotes relaxation and sleep. Dopamine is associated with alertness and the pursuit of pleasure. As for norepinephrine, it controls appetite and libido.

St. John’s Wort thus works in the same way as reuptake inhibitor antidepressants serotonin also called IRS. However, care must be taken not to use it in combination with the contraceptive pill because it cancels the effects.