It is an upright, perennial plant that grows up to 80 cm tall, with light yellow flowers arranged in a cyme. The light yellow petals contain hypericin glands, which cause a red coloration if you rub a flower between your fingers.
Antidepressant, antispasmodic, stimulates bile secretion, calming, pain-relieving, antiviral.
Applications: St. John’s Wort tea is the most natural remedy for all nerve-related stress and ailments. It helps with low mood, stress, restlessness, anxiety, exhaustion, sleep disturbances, and more. Additionally, it has pain-relieving, antispasmodic, and astringent effects. You can effectively address issues like headaches, abdominal cramps, digestive disorders, bladder weakness, or menopausal symptoms with St. John’s Wort tea.
St. John’s Wort oil Helps with cold sores, burns, open wounds that heal poorly, inflammations in the mouth area, and sometimes with skin issues (such as psoriasis).
Herbal Priest Weidinger: St. John’s Wort represents "new beginnings." The intention of a new beginning is a moral anticipation of the future. Because humans are capable of envisioning the future, they can reach for it. A person becomes what they desire. They must simply wish for it genuinely, intensely, firmly, for a long time, and sometimes painfully. With intentions set in this way, no path is paved to hell. For intentions are among the strongest forces in building a mindset and developing an inner life. The active ingredient hypericin is responsible for its calming effect on the nerves and influences our mental faculties – toward a new beginning.
The beautiful, golden-yellow blooming St. John’s Wort is probably one of the best-known medicinal herbs in folk medicine and is considered a helper in many troubles due to its versatile applications. It blooms around the time of the summer solstice and was regarded in medieval Europe as a magical plant to ward off misfortune. Medicinally, it was used for emotional and nervous ailments.
Notes on the Herbal Education Trail
The abundance of Alpine flowers on the mountains from June to early August is a beautiful reward for the climb along the herbal education trail. In all these plants lies not only beauty but often health benefits as well. All the useful and beneficial gifts from nature can certainly not replace a doctor.
But taking responsibility for prevention and, above all, paying attention to our body’s signals in time is a very good step toward effective folk medicine. On behalf of the Plattform Planneralm 3000, I wish you much joy in rediscovering our natural world!
Andrea Stieg, Wild Herb Guide
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The content of the herbal education trail information has been created with care. However, errors can never be fully excluded. Advice on the use of plants is not medical guidance and has no legal implications. For questions regarding the content, you can contact Andrea Stieg directly; she is available at the Alpengasthof Grimmingblick: Planneralm 18, 8953 Donnersbach, +43 3683 / 8105 · info@grimmingblick.at
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Photos of the herbal education trail plants: © Harald Waupotitsch, (Arnica, Eyebright, Clubmoss, Burnet Saxifrage, Birch, Tormentil, Broadleaf Plantain, Nettle, Speedwell, Fern, Spruce, Lady’s Mantle, Yellow Bedstraw, Heather, Raspberry, Coltsfoot, Iceland Moss, St. John’s Wort, Orchid, Mountain Pine, Dandelion, Meadowsweet, Masterwort, Wild Thyme, Horse Mint, Yarrow, Cowslip, Bilberries, Rowan, Willowherb, Horsetail) and iStockphoto.com (Mullein, Narrowleaf Plantain, Angelica).
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