St.Johns Wort;Hyperifolium perforatum (LINN)

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** What is ecchymosis?Check my 1983 Encyclopaedia and Dictionary of medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health (Miller and Keane)

ECCHYMOSIS: ( ek"i-mo'sis) pl. ecchymoses (Gr) a hemmhoragic spot, larger than a petechia, in the skin or mucous membrane, forming a non-elevated, rounded or irregular, blue or purplish patch, adj.,ecchymotic.

That's funny- I do not know what size a petechia is, or , for that matter, what it is. My dictionary says:

PETECCHIA: (pe-te'ke-ah) pl.,petechiae (L) a minute, pinpoint, non-raised, perfectly round, purplish-red spot caused by intradermal or submucous hemmhorage,which later turns blue or yellow.

Now you know, for what the investigation was worth. Your doctor probably calls them blue blobs on the skin, for all I know!

Hyperifolium perforatum(LINN)

Contra-Indications

if eaten by light-skinned animals it may cause photosensitization leading to swellingof the face,irritation of unpigmented areas,possible death.

St Johns Wort Properties
Names	History	Constituents	Uses

N. O. Hypericaceae	The name "hypericum"	volatile oil,called red oil	fresh or dried flowering
Hypericum is derived	refers to the belief that	resin	plant
from Greek,meaning	the herb had obnoxious	a red-pigmented	vulnerary
"over an apparition"	qualities which caused	glycoside	weak diuretic
Hypericon (Greek)	all evil spirits to fly away	hypericine	sedative
	after just one whiff of it.	a polyphenolic flavonoid	anti-inflammatory
herba Sanctii Ioannis	it was believed to purify	hyperoside	anti-diarrhoeic
	the air.	tannin (8-9%in the	cholagogue
	In full flower on St.	whole herb and 16% in	antidepressant
	Johns' Day( 24 June),it	the flower)	antiviral*
	is known as the herb	carotene	antibiotic
	of St. John	Vitamin C	astringent
			aromatic
	Native to Europe and		expectorant and nervine
	Western Asia		used for dysentery,
	Naturalized in Americas		worms,hysteria, for the
	and Australasia		suppression of urine,
			externally to dispel hard
			tumors,ecchymosis**
			irregular menstruation
			improves circulation
			violet red dye for silk or wool
			* recent studies suggest an immune- stimulant which may prevent AIDS

** What is ecchymosis?Check my 1983 Encyclopaedia and Dictionary of medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health (Miller and Keane)

ECCHYMOSIS: ( ek"i-mo'sis) pl. ecchymoses (Gr) a hemmhoragic spot, larger than a petechia, in the skin or mucous membrane, forming a non-elevated, rounded or irregular, blue or purplish patch, adj.,ecchymotic.

That's funny- I do not know what size a petechia is, or , for that matter, what it is. My dictionary says:

PETECCHIA: (pe-te'ke-ah) pl.,petechiae (L) a minute, pinpoint, non-raised, perfectly round, purplish-red spot caused by intradermal or submucous hemmhorage,which later turns blue or yellow.

Now you know, for what the investigation was worth. Your doctor probably calls them blue blobs on the skin, for all I know!

Hyperifolium perforatum(LINN)

Contra-Indications

if eaten by light-skinned animals it may cause photosensitization leading to swellingof the face,irritation of unpigmented areas,possible death.

St Johns Wort Properties

Names

History

Constituents

Uses

N. O. Hypericaceae

The name "hypericum"

volatile oil,called red oil

fresh or dried flowering

Hypericum is derived

refers to the belief that

resin

plant

from Greek,meaning

the herb had obnoxious

a red-pigmented

vulnerary

"over an apparition"

qualities which caused

glycoside

weak diuretic

Hypericon (Greek)

all evil spirits to fly away

hypericine

sedative

after just one whiff of it.

a polyphenolic flavonoid

anti-inflammatory

herba Sanctii Ioannis

it was believed to purify

hyperoside

anti-diarrhoeic

the air.

tannin (8-9%in the

cholagogue

In full flower on St.

whole herb and 16% in

antidepressant

Johns' Day( 24 June),it

the flower)

antiviral*

is known as the herb

carotene

antibiotic

of St. John

Vitamin C

astringent

aromatic

Native to Europe and

expectorant and nervine

Western Asia

used for dysentery,

Naturalized in Americas

worms,hysteria, for the

and Australasia

suppression of urine,

externally to dispel hard

tumors,ecchymosis**

irregular menstruation

improves circulation

violet red dye for silk or wool

* recent studies

suggest an immune-

stimulant which may prevent AIDS

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