Latin Name Hypericum perforatum L.
Chinese Name Guan Ye Lian Qiao
Family Guttiferae
Part of the use Aerial part
Active Ingredients Hypericin and hyperforin
Product Specification 0.3% Hypericins
Product Introduction
St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) is a long-living plant with yellow flowers whose medicinal uses were first recorded in ancient Greece. It contains many chemical compounds. Some are believed to be the active ingredients that produce the herb's effects, including the compounds hypericin and hyperforin. St. John's wort has been used over the centuries for mental conditions, nerve pain, and a wide variety of other health conditions. Today, St. John's wort is used for anxiety, mild to moderate depression, and sleep disorders.
Physiological Functions
Having especially effect on combating DNA RNA virus, being used to treat AIDS and hepatitis, depression, diseases of central nerve system and tumors.
Applications
Pharmaceutical stuff
Dietary supplements