St.john’s wort (Hypericum perforatum)

 

Appearance  transparent fluid  
Colour pale yellow  
Odor specific for the plant  

Contents of characteristic ingredients (by GC), %:  
2,6 dimethyl heptanes from 34,6 to 38,5  
Nonane  from 2,4 to 2,8  
α – pinene  from 18,4 to 20,5  
β – pinene  from 8,7 to 9,7  
β – caryophyllene  from 3,8 to 4,3  
Germacrene D  from 6,3 to 7,1  

 

Therapeutic Properties: 
A natural mood booster St. John’s Wort has been used for centuries to treat heavy depression. It can be taken as a tincture for bed wetting, stiff arthritis joins, Bell’s palsy and shingles. Painful muscles and joints react well to application from this oil. St. John’s Wort helps the cardiovascular system through improving the functioning of the hearth blood vessels, the pulse and is acting diuretically.