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What are the other names for St. John's wort?

Stacy Wiegman, PharmD
Stacy Wiegman, PharmD
Pharmacy
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St. John's wort goes by almost 30 other names, the most common being hypericum, Klamath weed and goatweed.

Here’s a more thorough list: amber, amber touch-and-heal, barbe de Saint-Jean, chasse-diable, demon chaser, fuga daemonum, goatweed, hardhay, herbe à la Brûlure, herbe à mille trous, herbe aux fées, herbe aux mille vertus, herbe aux piqûres, herbe de Saint Éloi, herbe de la Saint-Jean, herbe du Charpentier, herbe percée, hierba de San Juan, hypereikon, hyperici herba, hypericum perforatum, millepertuis, millepertuis perforé, rosin rose, Saynt Johannes Wort, SJW, Tipton weed.

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