Posted by TENMAN on July 28, 2006, at 8:50:27
In reply to St Joh's Wort and photosensitivity, posted by Declan on July 25, 2006, at 17:59:02
Yes, Hypericin seems to be the culprit regarding photosensitivity.
Check out this study.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16814590&query_hl=1&itool=pubmed_docsumI've read that there is a hypericin free formula on the market for this very reason but the name escapes me. A google search would probably turn it up.
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