Hypericum perforatum; St. John's wort family;

Naming
Botanical Name:	Hypericum perforatum; St. John's wort family;
Common Names:	St. John's
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Parts Used:	tops and flowers;
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Characteristics
Identifying Character:
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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Distribution
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Medical
Therapeutic Action:	Astringent
Medical Uses:
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Solvents:
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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Pollination and Pollinators
Apis:	No
Pollinator:
Pollen:	No
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Nectar:	No
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