powdered St John's Wort flowers and leaves

ST. JOHN’S WORT

Sleep
Cognitive function
Digestion
Anti-stress

St. John’s Wort Hypericum perforatum is a herbaceous plant native to Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. St. John’s Wort contains a wide range of active ingredients, notably hyperforin and hypericin, which are particularly effective in managing stress and emotional balance. Read the detailed description

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Plant extract

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Plante fleurie

powdered St John's Wort flowers and leaves
Plant extract

>0.3% hypericines totales~

Sommité fleurie

powdered St John's Wort flowers and leaves
Plant

Sommité

Regulations
and analysis

Identification : TLC

Data on traditional use

EMA monograph :

  • Used to relieve temporary mental exhaustion
  • Used to relieve mild gastrointestinal discomfort
  • Used for nervous agitation and sleep disorders

WHO monograph :

  • Used for indigestion

Monographie Canada :

  • Used to help relieve agitation and/or nervousness

German monograph :

  • Used for mood and agitation
Plant bylaw file
Millepertuis

Detailed description

St. John’s Wort Hypericum perforatum is a herbaceous plant of the Clusiaceae family, found in Europe, North Africa and Western Asia. Very popular, it has long been used in traditional medicine, notably in China and Greece.

St. John’s Wort contains a wide range of active ingredients, including volatile oils, flavonoids (quercetin, quercitrin, rutin and hyperoside), anthraquinone derivatives, prenylated phloroglucinols (hyperforin, hypericin and pseudohypericin), tannins, xanthones and other miscellaneous compounds.

The plant and its active constituents, such as hyperforin and hypericin, have a wide range of uses, including managing stress, emotional balance, mood and headaches. But also to support biliary functions.