Mental disorders plague millions of people around the world, depression and anxiety are two of the most common mental disorders.

Passionflower

Passionflower is as effective as benzodiazepines in eliminating anxiety symptoms. Subjects from the passionflower group also reported lower job impairment performance than those in the benzodiazepine group.

St John's wort- Hypericum perforatum

It has been used in traditional medicine for centuries to treat a wide range of disorders and is licensed in Germany to treat anxiety, depression and sleep disorders. A meta-analysis published in 1996, showed that SJW was more effective than placebo in treating mild to moderate clinical depression

Valeriana

A combination of SJW and valerian was found to significantly reduce anxiety disorder symptoms; however, greater reductions were seen with higher doses of valerian (SJW doses remained constant between treatment groups), suggesting that valerian has more of an effect on symptoms.

Loredana Cerroni

Dental Materials and Prosthetic Technologies 

University of Rome "Tor Vergata"

Head of the Education Master's degree in Natural Medicine

Lakhan SE, Vieira KF. Nutritional and herbal supplements for anxiety and anxiety-related disorders: systematic review. Nutr J. 2010 Oct 7;9:42. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-9-42.