Naming |
| Botanical Name: |
Hypericum perforatum; St. John's wort family;
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| Common Names: |
St. John's
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| Parts Used: |
tops and flowers;
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Characteristics |
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| Stem: |
stalks 2 feet high, many spreading branches;
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| Leaves: |
deep-green, ovate, obtuse, and composite leaves, full of small holes, plainly seen if held up to light
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| Flowers: |
branched at top of stockes yellow flowers of five leaves each with many yellow threads in the middle, which contain a red liquid. June to August.
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| Fruit: |
small blackish seeds contained in small round heads which contain three seeds;
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| Taste: |
Balsamic, bitter
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| Odour: |
Terbinthine
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| Root: |
hard woody last many years new shoots each year
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Medical |
| Therapeutic Action: |
Astringent
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| Constituents: |
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| Dosage: |
decoction teaspoon of flowers and tops cut or powdered to a cup of boiling water drink cold one cupful during day, a large mouthful at a times.
fluid extract
oil -
powder
tincture 10 to 20 min.
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Pollination and Pollinators |
| Apis: |
No
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| Pollinator: |
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| Pollen: |
No
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| Nectar: |
No
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Other |
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| Reference: |
2
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Public
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