St. John's Wort
St. John's Wort (Other names: Kiliçotu, Koyunkıran, Kantron, Yaraotu) is from the Kiliçotu family. One of the hardy perennial herbaceous or shrubby plant species of the Hypericum genus that grows widely in Europe and our country is Binbirdelikotu. It can grow up to 30-100 cm. It likes damp corners of forests, rocky places in mountainous and steppe areas and roadsides.
The flowering branches of the plant contain tannin, resin, pectin, essential oil containing glycosides, dyes and sticky plant fluid. One of the dyes is hyperin, the other is hypericin. Some animals do not eat this plant because hypericin causes mild poisoning.
Use in folk medicine:
The plant is antiseptic and wound healing. It is good for inflammations, bruising, varicocele pain, light burns and sunburns. In order to provide these effects, when the plant blooms, all aboveground parts are cut, cut into pieces and placed in olive oil. The solution obtained by keeping it in olive oil for 1-2 weeks is called St. John's Wort oil. St. John's Wort oil is applied externally to the wounds or other complaint areas listed above, once or twice a day.
In addition, it has astringent, appetite-stimulating, chest-soothing and expectorant effects.
More importantly, the sedative, antispasmodic and pain-relieving effects of the herb are present. Due to these properties, it is used in cases of tension, anxiety, nervous disorders, depression and especially menopause. In these cases, the treatment can be continued for up to 1 month.
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