Since ancient times, St. John's wort has been used in traditional medicine recipes. This perennial medicinal plant blooms from June to August. That is all summer. Numerous flowers of St. John's wort are collected on the tops of branches and stems in golden yellow inflorescences. A medicinal plant is grown as a cultivated plant. 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 on the hills and meadows.
The healing properties of St. John's wort are used by folk healers to get rid of numerous ailments. The grass of the plant contains resinous and tannic elements, hypericin and flavonoids, saponins and essential oil, vitamins PP, C and P, nicotinic acid and phytoncides, as well as alkaloids. Thanks to these active ingredients, the basic healing properties of St. John's wort appear.
Medicines made from a medicinal plant are not toxic. They are able to positively influence the body and havevarious actions on it, namely: astringent, hemostatic, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, bile and anthelmintic, analgesic, biostimulating, diuretic, disinfectant, antidepressant, sedative, antispasmodic, tonic, photosensitizing.
The healing properties of St. John's wort allow it to be used to stimulate appetite. Healing herb activates the functioning of the digestive system, normalizes the work of the heart, strengthens the walls of capillaries and promotes vasoconstriction. St. John's wort, the medicinal properties of which allow it to be used for pathologies of the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys, liver, and also as a wound healing agent, can have a stimulating effect on the endocrine glands and metabolic processes occurring in the body.
Infusion of medicinal herbs is recommended during the course of therapy in the presence of myocarditis and endocarditis, atherosclerosis and cholecystitis, pyelonephritis and prostatitis. St. John's wort helps in getting rid of cholelithiasis and glomerulonephritis, vitiligo and mastopathy.
The healing properties of St. John's wort are also manifested in the treatment of chronic gastritis. To get rid of this ailment, a course of taking an infusion of medicinal herbs is carried out for a duration of two months. The remedy is taken daily three times in a volume of one hundred milliliters. To prepare the infusion, it is necessary to pour one tablespoon of the prepared herb with a glass of boiling water. The solution is filtered after an hour, kept in a container covered with a lid.
Oiledraw herb tincture is used in the treatment of duodenal ulcers and stomach ulcers. To prepare such a remedy, a liter jar is filled with fresh St. John's wort. The container 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 filtration of the tincture is necessary. Store the resulting oil in the refrigerator, in dark glass containers.
St. John's wort also finds its use in getting rid of bedwetting. It helps with tuberculosis. St. John's wort compresses are recommended for diseases of the articular system.
