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Herbs and Mental Health

Herbs and Mental Health (Adult Population)

The CNP Herbs and Mental Health Research Category consolidates research exploring the application of herbs in psychological and psychiatric health. Jill Troderman is CNP's Herbs and Mental Health contributor and is the lead developer of this research category. To view each original study on the open internet, click “Original.” To view the CNP-written abstract summary, click “CNP Summary.” While only some of the CNP-written abstract summaries are available below for free, all abstract summaries are available to CNP members through the CNP Library Membership.

Clinical use of Hypericum perforatum (St John’s wort) in depression: A meta-analysis

  • Karim Maghraby, M.B.B.Ch, M.Sc, Director
  • 03 July 2021
  • Reviewed By CNP STAFF
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Acute ingestion of rosemary water: Evidence of cognitive and cerebrovascular effects in healthy adults

  • Karim Maghraby, M.B.B.Ch, M.Sc, Director
  • 03 July 2021
  • Reviewed By CNP STAFF

In this 2018 study, 80 healthy adults were randomized to drink either 250 mL of rosemary water or plain mineral water, before completing a series of cognitive tasks and being examined on alertness and fatigue. Hemoglobin levels (total, oxygenated and deoxygenated) were also taken at baseline and throughout the cognitive testing procedure. The results indicated […]

Adjunctive use of a standardized extract of Withania somnifera (Ashwagandha) to treat symptom exacerbation in Schizophrenia: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

  • Karim Maghraby, M.B.B.Ch, M.Sc, Director
  • 03 July 2021
  • Reviewed By CNP STAFF

The objective in this study by Chengappa et al. (2018) was to determine if adjunctive therapy with a standardized extract of withania somnifera (WSE) — which has known anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating properties — can improve psychopathology and stress in sufferers of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. In this randomly-assigned, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, 66 patients with exacerbating […]

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