Simple grass, but what effective! Treats many diseases and serious. Also part of many medications for depression.
St. John's wort
Hypéricum perforátum
he also sveroboy ordinary, St. John's leaky, Hypericum yellow, hare's blood red travyanitsa, hvoroboy, zveroboynik potion svetoyanskoe grass St. John, svyatoivanovskaya grass krovavnik, Semibratnee blood.
pharmacological properties
- Antispasmodic (effect on intestinal smooth muscle of the bile ducts, blood vessels and ureters, improves digestive ability of the gastrointestinal tract)
- kapillyaroukreplyayuschee
- Improves venous circulation and blood supply
- astringent
- antiseptic
- antimicrobial
- bactericidal
- Stimulating gastric secretion
- photodynamic
- regenerative
- Anti-inflammatory
- protivoyazvennoe
- antidepressant
The use of St. John's wort
- Anti-inflammatory
The main effect of medicinal plant provided by tannins. In this capacity, decoctions and infusions are used both internally and externally.
Part of the plant hyperoside activates the production of the enzyme lipoxygenase.
This substance is involved in the biosynthesis of leukotrienes - cells involved in suppressing inflammation and allergic reaction.
- antimicrobial
Antibiotic hyperforin has antibacterial action. Is the main active component of the antimicrobial agents and wound-healing "Novoimanin" used for the treatment of infected wounds and abscesses, treatment of upper respiratory tract during the acute inflammatory processes.
Several years ago, scientists have identified another property hyperforin. The substance is antitumor effect and as promising for sciences and pharmaceutical industry.
- antiviral
Provided with a number of active substances in the St. John's wort.
Proven effective against several viruses, including avian flu and AIDS.
It takes an active substance due to the presence of hypericin.
In the 2005 experimentally proven properties to inhibit a range of the most important enzymes in the human body that have antiviral and antitumor activity.
- antidepressant
St. John's wort plant is part of a cohort of antidepressants, the use of which is estimated by official medicine.
In recent years, it was carried out not less than thirty research, which was attended by almost five and a half thousand people suffering from depression in mild and moderate forms.
Treatment with drugs, Hypericum depression provided at least noticeable effect than using standard synthetic antidepressants.
The number of side effects was less.
In particular, patients with hypertension, coronary heart disease, which are frequently observed in the depressed state, the positive impact of therapy on the cardiovascular system.
Other trials have confirmed the effectiveness of the plant in the treatment of anxiety disorders and samotoformnyh.
- therapeutic
Obscheozdoravlivayuschee action, which carries a herbal preparation in the body, there is a number of ways.
So the question that treats St. John's Wort should be considered comprehensively.
It has a mild sedative effect, it stops bleeding.
In patients with epilepsy, it reduces the likelihood of an attack.
Substance quercetin, kaempferol and biapeginin act as neuroprotective agents in coronary artery disease, heart support.
Phytopreparation reduces the intensity of colitis, reduces symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome. Extract stimulates the immune system, reduces the appearance states of menopause.
Recent studies have confirmed that taking St. John's Wort tablets reduces the need for nicotine.
This allows us to consider it as an important component of tobacco dependence treatment.
Recipes from St. John's wort
- Decoction for stomach
Traditionally used for the stomach, as a treatment for colitis. Decoction helps in the treatment of acute and chronic gastroehnterokolitah, has a healing effect in the presence of ulcer formation.
Preparation: Place in an enamel container ten grams of herbs (a tablespoon with a slide).
Pour boiling water over the volume of two hundred milliliters. Protomai on low heat for about ten minutes.
Take means to be food for thirty minutes.
Dosage - one-third cup three times a day.
- Tea with liver diseases
In diseases of the liver, bile violation movement of chronic diarrhea is recommended to brew tea from St. John's wort. The drink has an astringent, bitter taste.
Preparation: Place the cup in a tablespoon of dried herb. Pour boiling water volume of two hundred milliliters. Leave to infuse for ten to fifteen minutes.
Drink tea must be refrigerated for half an hour before meals. Take it on a quarter cup four times a day.
- antiseptic infusion
Tincture Hypericum has anti-inflammatory properties. Its member agents are particularly active against staphylococci, including penicillin-resistant.
It is used for treating infected outer, poorly healing wounds, ulcers, burns surfaces.
Used for rinsing in dentistry gingivitis, stomatitis.
In gynecology finds use as an antiinflammatory agent for vaginitis, obesity.
Preparation: Place in a glass bowl three tablespoons of raw materials.
Pour boiling water over the volume of two hundred and fifty milliliters.
Leave the lid on for two hours. Strain.
Infusion of antiseptic wipe affected skin surface is treated with the mucous membranes, oral cavity.
- Infusion cough
Agent has anti-inflammatory effects, it is recommended for bronchitis, tracheitis, inflammation of the other portions of the respiratory system.
Preparation: Pour a tablespoon of herbs in a cup.
Pour boiling water over the volume of two hundred and fifty milliliters. Leave to infuse, strain.
On the recommendation of herbalists as St. John's wort to drink cough means you must take one tablespoon up to four times a day after meals. Children are encouraged to take a teaspoon.
- alcoholate
At home, it is not ready, use manufactured industrially.
The pharmaceutical industry extracts krupnoizmelchennoy herb St. John's wort extract, which is fixed with 70% alcohol in a ratio of one to ten. Used internally and externally.
Treatments of the oral cavity can deal with an unpleasant odor and strengthen gums.
To do this, you must rinse your mouth with a solution of thirty drops of tincture of alcohol per hundred milliliters of warm water.
Inside alcohol tincture is prescribed for cystitis, enterocolitis, and cholelithiasis. Drink 5-20 drops, diluted in water for thirty minutes before meals three times a day.
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