Since ancient times , St. John's wort has found its use in recipes of traditional medicine . This perennial medicinal plant blooms from June to August. That is, all summer. Numerous St. John's wort flowers are collected on the tops of branches and stems in golden yellow inflorescences. A medicinal plant is grown as a cultivated one. In nature, St. John's wort, like many medicinal herbs, the photos of which reflect all their beauty and diversity, is found between growing trees and shrubs, along country roads and in rare forests. You can also see it in the hills and clearings.
The healing properties of St. John's wort are used by traditional healers to get rid of numerous ailments. The grass of the plant contains tarry and tannic elements, hypericin and flavonoids, saponins and essential oil, vitamins PP, C and P, nicotinic acid and volatile, as well as alkaloids. Thanks to these active ingredients, the basic healing properties of St. John's wort are manifested.
Medicines made from a medicinal plant do not have toxicity. They are able to positively affect the body and exert various actions on it, namely: astringents, hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, bile and anthelmintic, analgesic, biostimulating, diuretic, disinfectant, antidepressant, sedative, antispasmodic, general strengthening, photosensitizing.
The healing properties of St. John's wort allow it to be used to stimulate appetite. Healing grass activates the functioning of the digestive system, normalizes the work of the heart, strengthens the walls of the capillaries and helps to narrow the vessels. St. John's wort, whose medicinal properties allow it to be used in the pathology of the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, liver, and also as a wound healing agent, is able to have a stimulating effect on the endocrine glands and metabolic processes occurring in the body.
The infusion of healing herbs is recommended when undergoing therapy in the presence of myocarditis and endocarditis, atherosclerosis and cholecystitis, pyelonephritis and prostatitis. Helps St. John's wort to get rid of gallstone disease and glomerulonephritis, vitiligo and mastopathy.
The medicinal properties of St. John's wort are also manifested in the treatment of chronic gastritis. To get rid of this ailment, conduct a course of taking an infusion of medicinal herbs lasting two months. A healing agent is taken daily three times in a volume of one hundred milliliters. To prepare the infusion, you need to pour one tablespoon of the prepared herbs with a glass of boiling water. The solution is filtered after an hour, keeping in a container covered with a lid.
Oil tincture of raw healing herbs is used in the treatment of duodenal ulcers and stomach. To prepare such a remedy, a liter jar is filled with fresh hypericum. The tank is filled to the brim with sunflower or olive oil. After holding the resulting mass in a water bath for half an hour and then bringing it to room temperature, careful filtering of the tincture is necessary. Store the resulting oil in the refrigerator, in a container of darkened glass.
St. John's wort also finds its use in getting rid of nighttime urinary incontinence. It helps with tuberculosis. Compresses from a decoction of St. John's wort are recommended for diseases of the joint system.