St. John’s Wort – Also known as Sol Terrestris
Botanical name: Hypericum perforatum Family: Hypericaceae, Hypericum Energetics: Warming, drying, sweet, and bitter Parts used: leaf, flower Constituents: Hyperforin, Hypericin, Hyperside, Essential Oil, Tannins, Flavonoids, Resins, Glycosides, Carotenes, Pectin, Hyproside and more Actions: Trophorestorative, anti-inflammatory, anti-depressant, healing, diuretic, anti-viral, vulnerary, antiolytic, nervine, disinfectant, relaxant, digestive, neuroprotective, hepatic, alterative, anodyne, exhilerant Pant preparations: Tea, tincture, elixer, […]
A Divorce of Faith and Reason
In the 4th century A.D., at the far reaches of the Roman Empire was the sprawling city of Alexandria, Egypt. It was the center of learning in philosophy, mathematics, the sciences, and in faiths. Hellenics, Jews, and the new religion of Christianity intermingled. It was here that Hypatia, the Roman mathematician and philosopher relentlessly interrogated […]