The efficacy and function of Hypericum perforatum

Hypericum perforatum, also known as small road yellow or small species yellow, is a perennial natural woody plant with upright stems, opposite leaves and multiple branches. Its herb can be used as medicine and can be harvested in summer and autumn. Jiangsu, Shandong and Jiangxi provinces are its main planting areas. However, many people in daily life do not know much about Hypericum perforatum. What are the functions and effects of Hypericum perforatum?

1. The role of Hypericum perforatum

Hypericum perforatum is warm in nature, pungent in taste and a little bitter. It has multiple functions such as clearing away heat and fire, astringent and activating blood circulation, as well as clearing heat and removing dampness. It can be used to treat various bleeding diseases such as vomiting blood and hemoptysis, as well as traumatic hemorrhage, and can play the role of quickly activating blood circulation.

2. Hypericum perforatum can treat low back pain

Hypericum perforatum can treat human low back pain. In daily treatment, you can take the flowers and leaves of Hypericum perforatum appropriately, stew them with pork shanks, and then drink the porridge after stewing. Forsythia suspensa can also treat insufficient milk after childbirth. For treatment, you can stew appropriate amount of Forsythia suspensa with pork, and then eat the meat and drink porridge.

3. Hypericum perforatum can treat burns

Hypericum suspensa has a very good therapeutic effect on human burns. In daily treatment, fresh Hypericum suspensa can be made into a paste and applied directly to the burned area. Change the dressing twice a day. After two or three days, the swelling and pain caused by the burns will be significantly relieved or completely disappear.

Hypericum perforatum is a perennial herb, 20-60 cm tall, with no hair on the entire plant. The stem is upright and has many branches, with a longitudinal ridge on both sides of the stem and branches. The leaves are sessile, close to each other, elliptical to linear, 1-2 cm long, 0.3-0.7 cm wide, obtuse at the apex, nearly cordate and amplexicaul at the tip, entire margin, dorsally rolled, hard and papery, emerald green above, pale green below, with light but sometimes gray-black glandular dots scattered all over, about 2 lateral veins on each side, growing from 1/3 below the tip of the midrib, ascending obliquely, connecting with the leaf margin, prominent on both sides of the midrib, with sparse and inconspicuous venation.