Hypericum - medicinal properties
A note on Herbs:The term 'herb' refers to herbaceous plants and also to bark, roots, leaves, seeds, flowers & the fruit of trees, shrubs & woody vines. The chemical extracts of herbs are valued for their savoury & medicinal qualities.
The botanical term herb refers to seed-producing plants with non-woody stems that die down at the end of the growing season.
Hypericum perforatum is also known as St John's Wort (wort means 'plant'). In the USA extracts from this plant are used to relieve the effects of depression. It is alleged that hypericum has fewer side effects than aspirin. Read all about hypericum & its use in the tratment of depression: http://www.hypericum.com/hyp02.htm
Hypericum has been in flower for the last month here in Dublin, Ireland. In the RHS Good Plant Guide the following are mentioned:
- Hypericum 'Hidcote' - golden-yellow flowers from mid-summer to early autumn
- Hypericum 'Rowallane' - is a taller, narrower shrub at 2m (6ft)
- Hypericum kouytchense (sometimes known as Hypericum 'Sungold'). Golden-yellow star-shaped flowers are borne during summer & autumn. A useful rabbit-proof shrub
http://www.ajcn.org/cgi/content/full/70/3/491S#SEC5
Pictures of hypericum sp. can be obtained from this website:
http://www.stevenfoster.com/photography/
imageviews/hypericum/2030305/
Visit the following Australian gardening blog (A Growing Delight) for some fantastic gardening & landscape pictures: http://heathhill.blogspot.com/
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