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| Botanical Name: | Hypericum perforatum |
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| Parts Used: | tops and flowers; |
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Characteristics |
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| Stem: | stalks 2 feet high, many spreading branches; |
| Leaves: | deep-green, ovate, obtuse, and composite leaves, full of small holes, plainly seen if held up to light |
| Flowers: | branched at top of stockes yellow flowers of five leaves each with many yellow threads in the middle, which contain a red liquid. June to August. |
| Fruit: | small blackish seeds contained in small round heads which contain three seeds; |
| Taste: | Balsamic, bitter |
| Odour: | Terbinthine |
| Root: | hard woody last many years new shoots each year |
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Medical |
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| Therapeutic Action: | Astringent; |
| Medical Uses: | externally in fomentations; or ointments bruises, scratches, insect bites, skin irritation. |
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| Dosage: | decoction teaspoon of flowers and tops cut or powdered to a cup of boiling water drink cold one cupful during day, a large mouthful at a times. fluid extract oil - powder tincture [10] to [20] min. |
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| Veterinary: | NONMEDICAL USES: ; |
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| Apis: | No |
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| Pollen: | No |
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| Nectar: | No |
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| Reference: | The Hypericum HomePage. ENCY Home Page. |
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