St. John's wort perforated

Hypericum perforatum

Perennial herbaceous plant of the family of the hibernate. It grows in meadows, in valleys of rivers, in steppes, in light forests, in forest glades and fringes, in thickets of bushes, in hills, in meadows, along roads. It occurs in the European part of Russia and Siberia. Introduced into the culture and cultivated in specialized farming and amateur gardens.

grows in meadows, grassy slopes, bushes and the edges of roads;is widespread in the South-East in the forest-steppe and steppe regions.

Medicinal raw material is a grass without solid lower stems, collected during the flowering period. Prepare the tops of stems with leaves and flowers. The grass dries in the shade, in a well-ventilated room, in attics.

In all parts of the plant, except for the roots, found dyeing substances: hypericin, protopseudohydipersin, hyperico-dehydrodanthron, etc.

Description: the height of St. John's Wort is up to 1 m, stems erect, branched at the top. Leaves opposite, elliptical, oblong-ovate or linearly oblong with numerous light and rare black pointlets. The flowers are numerous, collected in a broadly metatarsal, almost corymbose inflorescence, fairly large, golden-yellow, five-membered. Fruits - oblong-ovate, brown capsules with numerous small dark-brown seeds. Blossoms in June-August, fruits ripen in July-September.

Fruit - a triangular box, opening with three leaves. Seeds are numerous, small. Blossoms throughout the summer.

Composition: the herb of St. John's Wort contains flavonoids( up to 1 %), colorants( about 0.5 %), essential oil( more than 0.1 %), tannins( up to 13%),carotene( up to 55 mg%), ascorbic acid, vitamin PP.

Cultivation of : St. John's Wort prefers sunny areas, not too moist, humus, and medium-heavy soils. Sowing is carried out in the autumn for the winter, it's better to grow seedlings and plant seedlings in the spring in the ground. Additional watering in most cases is not required, in the summer they are fertilized with compost. On poor soils, mulching is carried out. Collection: St. John's wort is harvested during flowering, cutting off the tops of plants for a length of 15-20 cm. Dry the grass usually in bundles or laying on clean cloth in airy, closed from the sun. Dried St. John's wort has a balsamic smell and a bitter-astringent taste.

Medicinal properties: has astringent wound healing and choleretic properties, it is used for the treatment of acute and chronic colitis, inflammatory diseases of the nasopharynx and larynx. From St. John's wort, an antibiotic is obtained - a new imman. In folk medicine, it has long been practiced to apply crushed leaves to wounds so that they heal faster.

Usage: infusions are used to rinse the mouth, treat and prevent gingivitis and stomatitis, and also as compresses in the treatment of bleeding and infected wounds. St. John's Wort is widely used for making tinctures and liquors. Oil from St. John's wort is used in the production of cosmetic milk, the decoction of St. John's wort has a cleansing, therapeutic and refreshing effect with unclean, slightly inflamed skin. The broth is also used for external use for burns, wounds and skin diseases.

In scientific medicine, St. John's wort preparations are used as a pronounced astringent, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, hemostatic and stimulant, which facilitates the rapid regeneration of tissues if they are damaged.

Apply St. John's wort infusion in the form of infusion or broth for rheumatism, inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract( ulcer, gastroenterocolitis, diarrhea), liver disease, gall bladder, cystitis, urinary incontinence in children, hemorrhoids, as well as an external agent for burns2 nd and 3 rd degree, to lubricate the gums, rinse the mouth, with gingivitis, stomatitis, as a therapeutic and preventive agent.

Hypericum oil is used to treat wounds, ulcers and burns in the form of oil compresses, as well as for the treatment of all kinds of skin lesions( ulcers, abscesses, boils, mastitis).

It is used in the form of 1% alcohol solution, which before consumption is diluted 5, 10, 25, 100 times with distilled water or 0.5% solution of novocaine. It is used as an external means for washing, irrigation, bandages, as well as for electrophoresis and inhalations for pneumonia, osteomyelitis and various purulent processes. Novoimanin is suitable for treating the hands of the surgeon and the operating field.

In the folk medicine, St. John's wort is used for a variety of diseases, more often in combination with other herbs: with influenza, angina, rheumatism( reduces aches), headaches, with bowel, stomach, stomach ulcer and duodenal ulcer, liver disease, bed-wettingurine, heart disease, bladder, with dysentery, with pulmonary tuberculosis. As a specific remedy - against liver cancer and stomach. It is also recommended that St. John's wort as wound-healing, analgesic for sciatica, and a diuretic for malignant ulcers;As anti-inflammatory, exciting appetite, with constipation;external to rinse and eliminate bad breath from the mouth, strengthen the gums.

It is known that when pilots get burned, hulu oil is a radical remedy, helping even in cases where 2/3 of the body surface is affected. Hypericum oil helps well with significant bruises of the chest and back( you can apply and lotion from the decoction).

Medicinal forms in the form of decoctions of grass and briquettes, tinctures and infusion are used as astringents and antiseptics for colitis, diarrhea, for lubricating gums and mouthwashes for the prevention and treatment of gingivitis, stomatitis. Antibacterial drug "novoimanin" is recommended for the treatment of abscesses, phlegmon, infected wounds, burns and degree, ulcers, pyoderma, mastitis, rhinitis, pharyngitis, sinusitis. Contained in the preparation of hyperforin suppresses the growth of Staphylococcus aureus. On the basis of St. John's wort catechins, the drug "neflavit" was created, which possesses P-vitamin activity and reduces the permeability of capillaries.

Preparations of St. John's wort remove the spasms of blood vessels, have a capillary-strengthening effect, improve the venous circulation and blood supply of some internal organs, increase diuresis.

Bitter substance, contained in the herb of St. John's wort, excites the secretion of the stomach, improves appetite.

The plant is very popular in traditional medicine. It has been used for a long time inside as a hemostatic and anti-inflammatory agent, in the treatment of mastitis, anemia, hemorrhoids, jaundice, migraine, hypertension, cough, gastric and pulmonary diseases, as well as liver, kidney and respiratory diseases. We used the herb of St. John's wort and as an external agent in the treatment of wounds, ulcers, pressure sores, allergies, rashes.