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St. John's Wort helps with Disorders: Mood disorder, low morale, stress, anxiety, improve the quality of sleep, mild depression, moderate depression, physical fatigue, mental fatigue, disorders of the will, treating psychosomatic disorders: anxiety, nervous agitation, relieving seasonal depression, alleviating obsessive-compulsive disorders.
Diseases
Beneficial Menopause, PMS, hot flashes, palpitations, dizziness
Hypericum perforatum description
St. John's Wort is a herbaceous plant that includes nearly 400 different species around the world, there are several forms that can be annual or perennial, shrubs or small trees with a height of almost 10 meters. Hypericum perforatum (St. John's Wort) the most widely used variety with therapeutic virtues is a small plant that can measure 25 to almost 50cm high and whose straight stem is a reddish tint. Its leaves, placed one on top of the other, are simple and opposite, long and round in shape, and whose particularity has small black dots all around. These yellow and sometimes red flowers have five petals and several yellow or bright orange stamens which are ideally harvested around St-Jean on June 24, when they are ripe and give off a slight aroma of incense. The fruits of the have the form of dry capsules which when reaching maturity burst, releasing many small seeds.
St. John's Wort culture
St. John's Wort is a plant that has been used medicinally for over 2,400 years. St. John's Wort, whose origin is located around the Mediterranean, has spread over almost the entire globe, it is found in North Africa, Asia, as well as Australia and North America. The only places where it is not found are the deserts (too hot and dry) and the polar regions (too cold). In the wild, it finds its ease in abandoned land and in dry meadows and clearings, because it does not like shade and humidity.
St. John's Wort its composition
The flowers and the buds have therapeutic virtues, since they contain its major active ingredients which are hypericin and pseudohypericin (chemical agent of the category of dianthrones).
St. John's Wort has a phenolic compound which is hyperforin and tannins known for their astringency, antiseptic and also healing properties. St. John's Wort also consists of essential oil, soft resin, and phenol acids, flavonoids and xanthones.
The leaves and stems of St. John's Wort contain flavonoids including rutin and quercetin, etc.
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St. John's Wort and its medicinal virtues
St. John's Wort has many medicinal qualities, it is an astringent and an antiseptic, it is wound healing and analgesic, it is an anti-inflammatory and an antispasmodic, it is also an antioxidant and an antiviral, and it is known to its sedative and anxiolytic properties and as the 100% natural alternative to the antidepressant.
St. John's Wort also works externally. It is used in application on the skin in essential oil, for the reduction of muscle pain and in the relief of cramps and neuralgia. St. John's Wort essential oil treats bruises and helps heal wounds and small burns, it also alleviates small skin lesions, and reduces dental pain.
The reputation of sedative, anti-anxiety and antidepressant of St. John's Wort is well known, ESCOP (European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy) and Commission E, approves the use in treatment of St. John's Wort, in pathologies of depression, anxiety, restlessness as well as psychosomatic disorders, low morale, stress, improve the quality of sleep, physical and mental fatigue, disorders of the will, mood disorders, and treat obsessive-compulsive disorders. The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the usefulness of St. John's Wort fortreat mild to moderate depression. St. John's Wort can be a natural substitute for chemical treatments, without the side effects or addictions.
In addition, St. John's Wort is effective in relieving the symptoms that generally accompany women during menopause as well as premenstrual cycles, it decreases the sensations of hot flashes, irritability, palpitations, even dizziness.
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St. John's Wort other uses
In some regions, St. John's Wort is traditionally associated with alcohol, it is called St. John's Wort wine, in fact, two full handfuls of flowers are added to a liter of any white wine, the maceration lasts a months, which has the advantage of giving it a beautiful pink color. This pleasant little wine* is then served as an aperitif, which delights the guests, because it stimulates the appetite and helps digestion.
It helps to heal
Mood disorders, low morale, stress, anxiety, improve quality of sleep, reduce symptoms of menopause and PMS, hot flashes, palpitations, dizziness, mild depression, moderate depression, physical fatigue , mental fatigue, will disorders, help treat certain psychosomatic disorders: depressive states, anxiety, nervous agitation, treat seasonal depression, help reduce certain obsessive-compulsives
* In moderation