E42: Herbal Antidepressants: St. John's Wort, Rholiola Rosea, and Kanna

Today I'll be starting off my series on complementary depression treatments with herbal treatments. St. John's Wort and Rhodiola rosea are probably the most well known and most likely to be helpful so I'll be covering the available research on those and give my opinion on their effectiveness. I'll also be talking about Kanna which is a new one that I've recently heard of and tried myself! It has some intriguing mechanisms of action that I'll discuss as well. A lot of your patients may be taking these or may be more interested in taking one of these instead of a pharmaceutical so I think it's important to know about them so you can give the most well informed opinion on them.