Product Description
St. John's wort oil has been widely used by humanity for centuries. It has unique pain-relieving and antispasmodic properties, making it suitable for treating injuries, limb pains, burns, rheumatic pains, menstrual cramps, minor skin injuries, and sunburns. Its healing and anti-inflammatory effects are gentle on the skin, while providing hydration and revitalization. Due to its hypericin content, St. John's wort oil is light-sensitive, therefore sunbathing or direct sun exposure is not recommended after use.
Usage:
As a compress: for bruises, sprains, and swelling.
In facial creams and cosmetics: with healing and exfoliating effects, it is particularly suitable for caring for eczema or dry, itchy facial skin.
For insect bites, minor burns: soothes the skin, reduces inflammation and redness.
After sun exposure: thanks to its anti-inflammatory properties, it helps the skin regenerate naturally, making it suitable for sun creams and body lotions.
For mature skin: due to its high antioxidant content, it revitalizes and renews the skin, making it suitable for eye creams, anti-aging cosmetics, and body oils. Daily use can slow down skin aging, preserving its natural hydration and freshness.
For rheumatic complaints: thanks to its pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory effects, it can effectively alleviate rheumatic and joint pains. It can be used as massage oil, bath oil, and for foot baths.
For making massage oils, massage creams: particularly suitable for rubbing and massaging tired limbs, back, and joints. Its anti-inflammatory properties can help alleviate chronic joint and limb pains.
To relieve discomfort: in winter months, with less sunlight and decreasing vitamin D intake, our mood can become gloomier; in such cases, inhaling or rubbing St. John's wort oil aromatherapy improves mood, has a calming and relaxing effect, and can be used for sitz baths or foot baths.
To relieve spasms: applied to the affected area, it is suitable for relieving premenstrual symptoms and menstrual cramps.
Production: soy oil extract.
Composition, active ingredients: tannin, flavonoids (hyperoside), naphthodianthrones (hypericin, hyperforin), essential oils.
All about St. John's wort:
St. John's wort, or hypericum perforatum, is one of the most valuable and oldest medicinal herbs used in folk medicine. Its healing properties and uses were already discussed in medical writings in the 1st century, and in the folk belief, supernatural powers were attributed to it. Druids considered it a sacred plant that kept evil spirits away, dried flowers were placed over the entrances of residential buildings and stables as protection against harmful spirits. St. John's wort is widespread, its yellow flowers can be found throughout Europe and Asia in forests, meadows, and mountain meadows. The uniqueness and characteristics of St. John's wort lie in the multitude of oil glands on its leaves, which contain valuable hypericin; when crushed, the oils hidden in the leaf turn our hands deep red. In folk medicine, St. John's wort was used for both external and internal ailments, mainly in the form of tea. It played an important role in the treatment of various liver and kidney diseases, gastrointestinal system, but also recommended against psychological problems such as depression, fatigue, and insomnia.
The pain-relieving effects of St. John's wort were discovered in ancient times, and since then, it has been successfully used to alleviate inflammations, sprains, swellings, and spasmodic pains. Besides its excellent pain-relieving properties, it is also known for its cosmetic use, as a base for facial creams, as an after-sun balm to relieve sunburn symptoms, and for healing surgical scars, burns, and small skin injuries. Its soothing, relaxing, and mood-enhancing effects have been used for centuries to alleviate malaise, fatigue, and depression.