- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Hypericaceae
- English Names
- St
- John's wort
- Aaroh's beard
- Hardhay
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- Asia (including hilly parts of India)
- North Africa
- Canarian Islands
- North America
- Part(s) Used
- Herba Hyperici
- Flores Hyperici
- Oleum Hyperici
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- Constituent(s)
- herb: hyperin (quercetin-galatosid)
- essential oil
- fat
- cholin
- resin
- hypericin
- tannin
- sugar
- acids; flower: pectin
- blood-red resinous juice
- essential oil
- tannin
- Action
- flower
- herb: nervine
- astringent
- resolvent
- diuretic
- expectorant
- vermifuge
- aromatic
- stimulant
- digestive
- cholagogue
- anti-catarrhal
- uterine tonic
- anodyne; oil: disinfectant
- anodyne
- vulnerary
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