St.
John’s Wort
A shrub plant with
clusters
of yellow flowers that have oval, elongate petals. Only the flowers and
leaves are used for medicinal purposes which contain hype ricin and
pseudohypericin
compounds and essential oils.
Warnings
It shouldn’t be
taken 1
week prior surgery or 1 month after surgery and may react with other
medicines.
Do not take if
pregnant
one week before or one month after surgery.
If you have light
skin and
taking it often or in large doses should be particularly careful about
skin sun exposure. It also can cause in some people stomach upset,
hives
or other skin rash, fatigue, restlessness, headache, dry mouth, and
feelings
of dizziness.
Medical
Uses
Burns and Scalds
treatment:
Apply the Plants Oil Extract to the skin. An ideal mix that can be used
on babies’ skin is adding 2-3 drops of orange, mandarin or lemon oil
extract
to 10 drops of St Johns Wort Oil.
Inflammation of the
veins,
varicose veins and thrombosis treatment: Combining with other herbs
like
Yarrow and Arnica root and drink as a standard infusion tea.
Treatment of
Depression:
Take an infusion tea when needed.
Ear pain from an
ear infection:
Make a combination ear drop from equal parts of St Johns Wort, Garlic
oil,
Mullin Flower oil and calendula and 1 drop to each infected ear of
either
an adult or children over age of 6.
General Infusion
tea: Pour
one cup of boiling water over 1 to 2 teaspoons of dried herb and steep
for 10 minutes. Drink up to 2 cups per day for four to six weeks.
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