Have been picking flowers today for the latest addition to our organic produce: St-Johns-wort tincture.
H. perforatum in EtOH 70% v/v – ready in 10 days
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Hypericum
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- Tuesday, 15 Jul y 2008 - 20:53 UTC
Last updated: Tuesday, 15 Jul 2008 - 20:53 UTC
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That is an absolutely beautiful photo, as always!
St. John’s can really mess with women on birth control,can’t it? There are no adverse effects on men, I presume? How will you decide what the appropriate dosage is?
I concur, lovely photo!
Is St. John’s wort a problem for grazing livestock in Belgium?
I’ve only ever been adventurous enough to make a simple tea from pineapple weed (aka wild chamomile; my aunt and I weren’t impressed with the results)-never tried making a tincture.
Hypericum is a really interesting plant, St. John’s Wort extract down-regulate STAT1 activation (Tedeschi et al. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Therapeut. 307: 254-61). It contains Luteolin, apigenin, hyperforin, hypericin, myricetin, beta-sitosterol, quercetin, quercitrin, rutin and kaempferol. Herbal therapists recommend the use of the tincture for external use, in fighting depression (it cures the mind, but also the body). In addition, it can be of help in akes of women nature (infusion in boiling water, as assumed as a dried extract).
It is always lucky to have a chence to stay in a countryside or mountain were hypericum can be found.
thnak you for your picture andl inks.
I was just going to write: “So that will cheer us all up, then”, but I’ve been superceded by the other comments. Cheers!
Is St. John’s wort a problem for grazing livestock in Belgium?
That’s why the cows are so smiley, then.
Sure, Henry,
and from a Tolkien point of view, it stands on the luminous, Gandalf side!