Hypericum perforatum
Hypericum perforatum L.
Engl.: common St. Johnswort, perforate St John's-wort, St. John's wort, amber, goatweed, klamathweed.
Deu.: Echtes Johanniskraut, Johanniskraut, Blutkraut, Gemeines Johanniskraut, Hartheu, Tüpfel-Hartheu, Tüpfel-Johanniskraut.
Suom.: mäkikuisma, läpikuisma.
Sven.: johannesört, äkta mannablod, johannesblöda, mansblod, randpirk, äkta johannesört.
Dan.: prikbladet perikon.
Fran.: millepertuis commun, millepertuis perforé, casse-diable, millepertuis.
Ital.: iperico.
Span.: hipérico.
Field week: picking things
Henriette's herbal blog: It's easy to pick lots of herbs when you have a couple dozen hands.
Herbs in salves.
Henriette's herbal blog: Here's a list of herbs I've made into oils and salves.
SJW: silly science.
Henriette's herbal blog: Drop Hypericum extracts into blood serum and extrapolate from that to what it would do in whole people - and they call this science?
St. John's wort oil
Henriette's herbal blog: Things that make you go hmmm: that oil is still cloudy.
Photo: Hypericum perforatum 21.
Photo: Hypericum perforatum 24.
Photo: Hypericum perforatum 20.
St. John's wort.
Henriette's herbal blog: The color of St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) is purple.
Photo: Hypericum perforatum 16.
Photo: Hypericum perforatum 17.
SJW and the pill.
Henriette's herbal blog: So there's a theory that St. John's wort stops contraceptive pills from working.
Troubleshooting herbal oils
Henriette's herbal blog: Things that can go wrong when making herbal oils.
Herbs for sorrow.
Henriette's herbal blog: Herbs to help with sorrow.
Berberis tincture
Henriette's herbal blog: Buying dried root vs dried root bark.