Oh Gawd! More on SJW/St. Peter's Wort/St. Andrew's Cross
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» CharlesG_9 - Alcoholic tinctures of Hypericum perforatum may not contain ANY
Alcoholic tinctures of Hypericum perforatum may not contain ANY hypericin. Ditto for the oil, as related by an article published in a chromatography journal that I'm trying my damnest tofind again. To be sure, process your own. In the field, a certain key to identification is in the flower itself: there are small, black dots at the edges of each petal. Yet it may very well not be the hypericin that we seek. Modern clinical studies still have not resolved which compound or combination of compounds causes the anti-depressant effect. Conserve your Yin, take the whole plant product and don't worry about it! .......If one finds St. Peter's Wort (Hypericum tetrapetalum) or St. Andrew's Cross(Hypericum hypericoides), they have also found two more medicinal species. Pictures of these and Fascicled St. John's Wort (Hypericum fasciculatum), can be seen at NPSF Database (WWW).
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» LadyB - Charles, I find it hard to believe that the Modern Clinical Stud
Charles, I find it hard to believe that the Modern Clinical Studies still have not resolved which compound or combination of compounds causes the anti-depressant effect with all the yelling and hollering about hypericin and how important it is to STANDARDIZE the hypericin content! But I don't tend to go in that particular direction anyway. I find that a 50/50 alcohol/water ratio in my own tinctures pulls out the best of what the plant has to offer and it certainly appears to work wonders for lots of folks.I am interested to see the other hypericums (what a gang of Saints, eh?)
By the by, folks......I don't know about the rest of you, but here in Cold Spring it has been a truly SPLENDID year for St. J's. For all I was scouring the countryside last year, I am finding St. John's Wort all OVER the place and it's lush and healthy with hardly a sign of that wretched little black beetle that often defoliates it before it gets a chance to bloom!
Lady B, Weeds and Wild Things Cold Spring, New York
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» CharlesG_9 - I'd rather hurt you honestly, Barabara. Go to Ethnobotany Cafe,
I'd rather hurt you honestly, Barabara. Go to Ethnobotany Cafe, scroll to the post: "Information Anarchy," and "Heretic's Apprentice." See the URL mentioned.. My intentions are not good, therefore maybe we'll get somewhere with this. Before the time of christ, these hypericums were used. Paracelsus knew of the remarkable benefits of H. perforatum and said of it after receiving much vitriol from those who condemned him: "It is a marvelous herb. Let the doctors holler all they want, they will only break their teeth." Yes, I also have another name, Charles Hubaker. But since it costs 60 dollars to legally change a name in most states, I prefer to save the money.Besides, there really are quite a few people in here, very few of which are saints.
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» CharlesG_9 - "It is not yet possible to correlate the anti-depressive mode of
"It is not yet possible to correlate the anti-depressive mode of action with specific constituents, therefore the pharmaceutical quality of the extracts were characterized on the basis of typical leading substances, and especially the hypericins." (Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, 7 Suppl. 1:65-8, 1994, Oct.)............Ancient alchemy was already working on such things, long, long ago: "The head of the crow is buried in the womb of light." (Hall of Ceridwen,Taliesin)
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