St John's Wort - Hypericum

Hypericum

St John's Wort

Family: Guttiferae/Hypericaceae
 
Part used: herb
 
Constituents: essential oils, hypericins, flavenoids, nitrin
 
Actions: alterative, astringent, antiviral, relaxing nervine, antidepressant, sedative, anti-inflammatory, cardio-tonic. Topically - mild analgesic, antiseptic. (Thomas Bartram)
 
Spec: Menopausal neurosis. Sedative, vulnerary (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia)
 
Restorative, tonic effect on the nervous system (Simon Mills)
 
Systems affected: Liver, nervous system
 
Used for: neuralgia, anxiety, tension, menopausal changes triggering irritability and anxiety, fibrositis, sciatica, rheumatic pain. As a lotion will speed healing of wounds, bruises, varicose veins and mild burns (stimulates rate of formation of granulation tissue). Oil is useful for sunburn (David Hoffman)
 
Nervous tension, insomnia, cramps, intestinal colic, irritable bowel, dysmenorrhoea, bedwetting, anxiety. Plant has been shown to have a direct anti-spasmodic action. Restorative treatment for melancholic conditions, depression and convalescence following concussion and other trauma. Where tension and exhaustion combine. Inflammation of the upper digestive system including oesophagitis, gastritis and peptic ulceration <italic.(Simon Mills Out of the Earth)</italic.
 
Gentle, calming effect with restorative effect on nervous system (Simon Mills A-Z)
 
Special affinity for nerve endings - most useful in nerve injuries to the extremities, sacral area and coccyx. In traumatic shock, jarring of the spine, injuries to fingers and toes its analgesic and sedative action cannot be surpassed. Useful in all anxiety states, excitability, neurasthenia neuralgic pain. Neurosis. Its alterative and anti-inflammatory action greatly benefits rheumatic conditions, fibrositis, sciatica, influencing the blood and helping to eliminate toxins. Great wash for wounds, haemorrhoids. Mouthwash after tooth extraction and toothache (Institute of Registered Consultant Herbalists)
 
Post operative pain, shingles, puncture wounds where pain shoots up the arm. Chorea, physical shock, polymyalgia. Researchers have shown that the herb possesses radioprotective properties (Thomas Bartram)

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