Botanical Profile

St. John’s-wort

hypericum perforatum

Medicinal Actions

Analgesic, Anticancer, Antibacterial, Antidepressant, Antidote, Antiedemic, Antiherpetic, Antiinflammatory, Antineuralgic, Antiretroviral, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic, Antiulcerogenic, Antiviral, Anxiolytic, Astringent, COMT Inhibitor, Cholagogue, Digestive, Diuretic, Dopaminergic, Emmenagogue, Expectorant, GABA-Reuptake Inhibitor, Hypotensive, Immunostimulant, Melatoninergic, Psychotropic, Sedative, Serotoninergic, Stimulant, Tonic, Uterotonic, Climacteric, Antidepressant activity

Conditions Treated

Aperitif Hemostat MAOI Nervine Resolvent SSRI Tranquilizer Vasoconstrictor Vermifuge Vulnerary Adenopathy Alcoholism Alopecia Anorexia Anuria Anxiety Apoplexy Asthma Bacteria Bite Bladder Stone Bleeding Bronchosis Bruise Bunion Burn Calcification Cancer breast lymph ovary stomach uterus Cardiopathy Catarrh Cerebrosis Chickenpox Childbirth Cholecystosis Cold Cold Sore Concussion Congestion Crohn’s Disease Cough Coxalgia Cramp Cut Cyanosis Cystosis Cytomegalovirus Depression Dermatosis Diarrhea Duodenosis Dysentery Dysmenorrhea Dyspepsia Dysuria Eczema Endometriosis Enterosis Enuresis Epilepsy Epistaxis Fever Fibrososis Flu Gas Gastroduodenosis Gastrosis Gout Headache Hematuria Hemoptysis Hemorrhagia Hemorrhoid Hepatosis Herpes High Blood Pressure HIV Hydrophobia Hysteria Immunodepression Impotence Induration Infection Inflammation Insomnia Jaundice Lumbago Lymphosis Mania Mastosis Melancholy Menopause Menorrhagia Migraine Myalgia Neck Nephrosis Nerve Nervousness Neuralgia Neurasthenia Neurofibromatosis Neurosis Noctambulism OCD Oliguria Otosis Oxyurid Pain Paralysis Parasite Pertussis Phthisis Pulmonosis Rabies Radiation Rheumatism SAD Sciatica Shingles Snakebite Sore Sore Throat Spine Sprain Staphylococcus Sterility Stomatosis Strain Streptococcus Stress Sunburn Swelling Tetanus Tonsilosis Tuberculosis Ulcer Ulcus cruris Uterosis VD Viral Hepatitis Virus Vitiligo Water Retention Worm Wound Enhance mouse immune system against Bordetella pertussis and Staphylococcus aureus Most effective against S. aureus Active against Escherichia Shigella and Staphylococcus Inhibit the flu virus Tranquilizing