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