🌿 Traditional Herbal Medicine Profile
This page outlines the crude botanical applications, traditional herbal infusions, and active properties of Hypericum Perforatum. Herbal preparations act biochemically on body tissues.
🌸Bach Flower Remedy:
This remedy is one of the 38 natural remedies discovered by Dr. Edward Bach. It works primarily on balancing emotional and mental states, fears, despair, and psychological imbalances, rather than physical symptoms.
▲GENERAL
Source: Derived from the whole flowering plant of Hypericum perforatum, a perennial herb in the Hypericaceae family, native to Europe and widely naturalized, prepared for homeopathic use through maceration, serial dilutionPotentized liquid homeopathic medicineA solution prepared by repeatedly diluting and shaking (succussing) a substance to enhance healing power while removing toxicity., and succussionVigorous shaking of homeopathic dilutionThe process of vigorously shaking a liquid homeopathic solution against a firm surface during dilution to potentize it. to eliminate toxicity and enhance therapeutic action.
Traditional Context : Historically employed in homeopathy for neurological, musculoskeletal,.
dermatological, psychological, and systemic disorders, particularly those involving nerve injuries, neuralgiaSharp nerve pain along a nerve pathIntense, shooting, or burning pain that radiates along the course of one or more nerves., and emotional disturbances.
It is noted for symptoms such as shooting pains,.
nerve sensitivity, wounds to nerve-rich areas, and depression, often aggravated by cold, touch, or dampness, and ameliorated by warmth, rest, or bending the head backward.
Modern Context : Indicated for neurological conditions (e.g., neuralgia, peripheral neuropathy),.
It suits patients with acute or chronic symptoms characterized by nerve pain , trauma to nerve-rich tissues , emotional sensitivity , or fatigue,.
typically exacerbated by cold, touch, or dampness, and often seen in individuals with nerve injuries,.
post-traumatic stress, or chronic pain syndromes.
The remedy is particularly relevant for those with a sensitive, chillyHypersensitive to cold temperaturesA constitutional state of feeling exceptionally cold, lacking vital heat, and needing warmth or heavy blankets. constitution, often presenting with physical symptoms like lancinating pains or slow-healing wounds alongside psychological symptoms like low mood or irritability, commonly observed in patients with sciaticaNerve pain radiating from the lower back down the legsPain radiating along the sciatic nerve, which runs down one or both legs from the lower back., post-surgical nerve pain, or major depressive disorder triggered by trauma or environmental stressors
Brain fag and neurastheniaNervous exhaustion and chronic fatigueAn ill-defined medical condition characterized by chronic physical and mental fatigue, headaches, and irritability..
Weak memory.
Forgets what she wanted to say.
Mistakes in writing,
omitting letters.
Mistakes in speaking, using wrong words, saying right for left or vice versa.
Irritable, inclined
to speak sharply.
Depression.
Melancholy.
Seasonal Af fective Disorder.
Great nervous depression after shock.
Complaints
from fright.
Mental effects of injury, fright and shock.
Mental dullness after head injuries, surgical opera tions.
DeliriumAcute state of confusion and disorientationA sudden, severe state of mental confusion, anxiety, and disorientation, often accompanied by hallucinations..
Talking nonsense.
Sees spirits.
Feels lifted high in air or anxiety lest he fall from a height.
Singing followed by weeping and loud screaming,
with gasping for breath.
Delirium.
▲VERTIGO, DIZZINESS
Confusion, vertigoSensation of dizziness or spinningA feeling of movement or spinning of oneself or the surroundings when there is no actual movement. and heaviness.
Vertigo at night, with urging to urinate.
Vertigo with loathing on waking.
Vertigo with pain in temples.
Vertigo with feeling of weakness and trembling
of limbs.
COMMENTS - Müller, and others, proved Hyper., relating the drug to wounds, the consequences of wounds,
tearing, rheumaticRelating to joint or muscle painDescribe pain, stiffness, or inflammation affecting joints, muscles, or connective tissues., shaking pains, and paralytic weakness.
Crawling sensations in hands and feet, fuzzy
feeling, sticking in them as from needles.
One of the provers had, on waking at 4 a.m., a feeling as though she were suspended and not lying in bed, at
another t ime as though she were lying very heavy in bed.
The former condition led to cures in effects of
accidents attended with the sensation “as if being lifted high into the air and great anxiety lest she should fall
from this height.”
For acute traumas.
Punctur e wounds, animal bites, lacerations (Led.).
Gunshot and stab wounds, cuts
from glass.
Spinal taps, vaccinations.
Trauma from a pinched nerve with needle-like pains that shoot from the
area.
Head and nerve injuries, spinal shock injuries.
TetanusBacterial disease causing lockjaw and muscle spasmsA bacterial disease marked by rigidity and spasms of the voluntary muscles, especially of the jaw..
Specific for tailbone injuries and whiplash.
Injuries
to the spine that lead to epilepsyNeurological disorder causing seizuresA neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions., paralysisLoss of voluntary muscle functionThe loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body. or depression.
NeuritisInflammation of a nerveInflammation of one or more nerves, causing pain, tenderness, numbness, or tingling in the affected area..
Exalted sense of pain, as well as hearing and smell.
Affinity for wounds of parts rich in nerves, particularly the brain, spine (spinal irritation from falls), coccyx, and
finger-ends.
Great nervous depression following shock or wounds.
Old scars that flare up.
Bunions and corns when the pain in excruciating.
Violent labor-pains and after-pains.
Tympanitic distention of
abdomen, cutting pains.
Summer diarrheaFrequent, loose, and watery stoolsA state of having three or more loose or liquid bowel movements per day. with eruption.
Palpitation and local congestions with or without
hemorrhageProfuse bleeding from a ruptured blood vesselAn escape of blood from a ruptured blood vessel, especially when profuse..
AsthmaChronic respiratory disease causing difficulty breathingA condition characterized by spasms in the bronchi of the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing, typically from an allergic reaction or hypersensitivity., worse in foggy weather, attacks were better by copious expectoration.
Whooping cough that is worse
6 to 10 p.m.
Tightness of the chest, stinging that is worse on moving.
W.
J.
Guernsey related the case of a nine- year-old boy who was bitten by a pet rat on the first finger of his left
hand.
Nothing was observed at the time, but some time after, he became ill and his state was alarming when
Dr.
Guernsey was called.
The boy could talk with great difficulty, teeth firmly locked, conscious, neck so stiff the head could scarcely be
moved.
There was more tenderness about the wound than the appearance would indicate, hence Hyper, was
preferred to Led.
It was given (8 p.m.) in the 500c, dis solved in water, at first every fifteen minutes, later every two hours.
At 3
a.m there was improvement, he fell asleep and the next morning was practically convalescent.
Gilchrist said Hy per.
3x, given at inter vals of twenty minutes for twelve hours or longer, seems to control
perfectly the pain following laparotomy.
Roehrig considered Hyper, externally and internally the nearest thing to a specific in bleeding hemorrhoidsPiles or swollen veins in the rectumSwollen, inflamed blood vessels around the anus or lower rectum, causing pain, itching, or bleeding..
He gave it to pneumoniaLung infection with inflamed air sacsInflammatory condition of the lung affecting primarily the microscopic air sacs (alveoli), usually caused by infection. patients who have hemorrhoids, it cured the pneumonia and prevented the arrest of
the flux.
Usher confirmed this, “pain, bleeding and tenderness” were his indications.
“It seems to suit the plethoric with
great soreness.” He used the lx
▲HEAD
Head hot, with throbbing of carotids.
Headache as if brain would be torn to pieces.
Curling sensation
on vertex.
Tearing, sharp pains in the brain.
Head injury.
Headache and meningitis depending upon an injury
to the nervous system.
EczemaItchy, inflamed skin conditionAn inflammatory skin rash causing dry, red, itchy, and sometimes cracking or blistered skin patches. of face, eruptions seem to be under the
skin.
Intense itching.
Tension, tearing in cheek, in left zygoma.
Facial neuralgia and toothache.
Right side of
face aches.
Eruption around mouth and on right ear.
Yellowish green scabs with cracking and moisture
▲MOUTH
Dry, burning heat in mouth and lips dry and burning.
Insipid taste, of blood.
Thirst with feeling
of heat in mouth.
Craving for wine with feeling of heat in mouth.
Old ulcers o r sores in mouth when very
sensitive.
Lips dry, feel hot.
Nose - Pain in bridge of nose on rising.
Sore within nose, itching, continually picking it.
Dryness of nose with
sneezing of left nostril, with crusts in it.
Smell very acute.
Perspiration - Moist hair on the head.
HyperhidrosisExcessive sweatingAbnormally increased sweating that is not necessarily related to heat or exercise., sweating of scalp, worse morning after sleep
▲THROAT
Raw, sore feeling in throat, after sneezing.
Sensation as of a worm mov ing in throat.
Hot risings in
esophagus after a fright or with anxious feeling.
Hoarseness, scraping and roughness in larynx, upper part of
pharynx and nares, in foggy weather.
Tongue coated white or dirty yellow, at base, tip clean.
Great soreness of tongue, from l acerated
wounds, with inability to speak, not from stiffness or swelling, but extreme soreness.
Tongue, white at the back,
tip clean.
Tongue coated white, or yellow, with great thirst
▲CHEST
Anxiety in chest in forenoon with short breath.
Sharp pains between or under breasts.
Pressure and
burning in the chest.
Tightness in the chest, worse in foggy weather.
Stinging in left chest, worse when moving.
Cutting pain in upper right chest , then in lower left.
Continual sharp pains from within outward, through left
breast and sternum, worse motion.
Constitutions - Nervous constitutions.
Coughs - Frequent, dry, hacking cough.
Spells of short barking cough.
Coughs in meningitis.
Hacking cough
from irritation in throat, worse heat and cold air.
Dry cough and prostrationExtreme physical weakness or exhaustionA state of extreme physical weakness, collapse, or exhaustion, often accompanying severe illness. in morning.
Whooping cough, worse
6 p.m to 10 p.m.
Hard beating of heart.
The heart feels as though it would fall down in the evening.
PalpitationsSensation of rapid or irregular heartbeatA noticeably rapid, strong, or irregular heartbeat due to agitation, exertion, or physical conditions..
Loca l
congestions and capillary weakness with or without hemorrhages and nervous depression, following wounds.
Pulse quick, hard, accelerated.
Kidneys - Nightly urging to urinate with vertigo.
Desire to urinate with violent tearing in the genital organs.
Swelling and hardness of female urethra with burning soreness and sensitiveness.
Retention of urine.
Dribbling
away of urine without being aware of it, after concussion of spine.
Urine much diminished.
Urine bloody, turbid.
Urine of peculiar odor.
Asphyxia after a fall.
Asthma after injury of spine.
Spasmodic asthmatic attacks with changes of
weather from clear to damp, or before storms.
Asthma, worse in the foggy weather and better profuse
expectoration.
Hoarseness, scraping and roughness in larynx, upper part of pharynx and sinuses in foggy
weather.
Hot head, throbbing of the carotids, bright -red bloated face.
Burning heat of the skin, great oppression and anguish.
Bubbling at navel.
Cutting pain in region of navel.
Tympanitic distention, better after stool.
Sticking
pain in rig ht hypochondrium.
Effects of surgery, laparotomy.
Pinching pains during menses.
ColicSevere fluctuating pain in the abdomenSevere, often fluctuating pain in the abdomen caused by gas, spasm, or obstruction in the intestines, common in infants..
Pains
after operation for incarcerated hernia.
Awakes with distended abdomen, better stool.
Appetite increased morning and evening.
Tastelessness of food.
Thirst with feeling of heat in mouth.
Great thirst.
Desire forpickles.
Desire for warm drinks in meningitis.
Craving for wine.
Smoking tobacco doesn't
taste well
▲GENITALS ETC
Tearing pain in genitals, with desire to urinate.
Sexual functions excited.
Menses increased in quantity.
Menses too late, headache, sickening pain in abdomen, sensitive to
noises.
Leucor rhea with delayed menses, palpitation, pressure in small of back, and heaviness in lower
bowels.
Leu corrhea in a child, milky, but corroding.
Tension in region of uterus, as from a tight bandage.
Afterpains violent in sacrum and hips, with severe headache.
Pain from crush injuries or spinal trauma, with a sensation of soreness or throbbing,.
resembling sciatica or post-traumatic pain, worse with motion, dampness, or touch.
Joint soreness or stiffness, with a tendency to aggravationWorsening of symptomsAn increase in severity or intensity of symptoms, often caused by environmental factors or after taking a remedy. after injury, resembling osteoarthritis or post-surgical pain, aggravated by cold, pressure, or night.
Muscle spasms or cramps, with a sensation of tightness, resembling muscle strain,.
worse with cold or exertion.
Tendency to musculoskeletal hypersensitivity, with aggravation in traumatic or painful states.
Dermatological:.
Puncture wounds or lacerations, with intense pain or slow healing, resembling infected wounds or neuropathic ulcers, worse with pressure, cold, or touch.
Burns or abrasions, with a sensation of rawness or stinging, resembling first-degree burns or skin trauma, aggravated by cold air or dampness.
Skin sensitivity or slow-healing sores, with a tendency to infection, resembling chronic wounds, worse with touch or night.
Tendency to dermatological hypersensitivity, with aggravation in traumatic or infectious states.
Psychological:.
Depression or low mood, with a tendency to feel hopeless or withdrawn, resembling major depressive disorder, worse with emotional stress, night, or cold.
Anxiety or nervousness, with a sensation of inner tension or fear of injury,.
resembling post-traumatic stress disorder, aggravated by touch, dampness, or fatigue.
Hypericum perforatum (St.
John’s Wort) 1038.
Irritability or mood swings, with a tendency to feel easily provoked, resembling adjustment disorder, worse with pain or emotional stress.
Tendency to psychological hypersensitivity, with aggravation during neurological or traumatic flare-ups.
Systemic:.
Fatigue or weakness, with a sensation of heaviness or prostration, resembling chronic fatigue syndrome or post-injury exhaustion, worse with cold, exertion, or emotional stress.
Chilliness or cold intolerance, with aggravation in cold, damp conditions and a desire for warmth or rest.
Hypersensitivity to external stimuli (e.g., touch, cold, noise), resembling sensory processing disorder, worse with damp environments or fatigue.
Tendency to systemic irritability, with aggravation in traumatic or painful states
▲BACK AND NECK
Radiating, shooting pains up spine and down limbs.
Coccyx injury from fall.
Coccyx pain radiating up
spine and down limbs, inability to walk or stoop after a fall, slightest motion of arms or neck extorts cries.
Pressure over sacrum.
Aching pain and sensation of lameness in the small of the back.
Pinched nerves in
back.
Violent, sharp pain and inability to walk or stoop.
Sharp pains in the small of the back.
Spinal
concussion.
Painfully sensitive spine.
Spinal tenderness, with paroxysms of terrible pain, screaming if
approached.
Cervical vertebrae very sen sitive to the touch.
Pain in nape of neck.
Pain in hips, small of back
and coccyx after labor.
Jerking and twitching of muscles.
Lies on back jerking head backward.
Breasts - Scirrhus of breast from injury.
Painful scar after mastectomy.
Stitches from within outward, through
left breast and sternum, worse from motion.
Worse after forceps delivery, as a complication of injur y
▲SKIN
Fatigue or weakness, with a sensation of heaviness or prostration, resembling chronic fatigue syndrome or post-injury exhaustion, worse with cold, exertion, or emotional stress.
Chilliness or cold intolerance, with aggravation in cold, damp conditions and a desire for warmth or rest.
Hypersensitivity to external stimuli (e.g., touch, cold, noise), resembling sensory processing disorder, worse with damp environments or fatigue.
Tendency to systemic irritability, with aggravation in traumatic or painful states
▲SLEEP
Constant drowsiness.
Talks wildly in night after 4 a.m while asleep, appre hensive, gasped for air.
Spasmodic jerks in arms or legs on going to sleep, twitching.
Wakes 4 a.m with sense of levitation.
Feels
refreshed or weary on waking.
Active, vivid, distressing dreams of traveling.
Laborious dreams
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This clinical profile is compiled from: Andrew Chevallier, FNIMH — Herbal Remedies (Eyewitness Companions), and Dr. David Keifer, MD — Herbal Remedies Reference Guide. Synced with traditional botanical use and pharmacological outlines.
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