St. John's Wort Oil

   

PRODUCT INFO

Net:  50 ml
Ingredients:   Hypericum Perforatum Oil (St. John's Wort Oil)
Skin Type: Body

According to the European Commission Cosmetics Regulation, St. John's Wort oil helps to provide the skin a soft and smooth appearance.

Also, St. John's Wort Oil:

• Shows antimicrobial characteristic [1] [2]
• Shows anti-inflammatory characteristic [1]

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How to Use?

Skin Care: After cleansing the area to be treated, apply sufficient amount of oil via massaging.

Storage Conditions

Store in a dry place out of the reach of children, at room temperature, with cover closed and protected from sunlight.

PRODUCT FEATURES

Latin (Botanical) Name:  Hypericum perforatum

Plant Family:  Hypericaceae

Extraction Method:  Maceration

Plant Part Used:  Flower

Color:  Red

Aromatic Description: Herbal, rich, floral, powdery aroma 

St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum L.), found in many parts of the world, including Europe, Asia, and the USA, is a bushy perennial with distinctive yellow, five-petaled flowers and yellow-green leaves.

St. John's Wort grows wild in forests, bushes, roadsides and meadows. Yellow flowers give a dark red oil when soaked in olive oil. Its color comes from hypericin, a red pigment believed to be one of the active ingredients along with hyperforin. The plant also contains flavonoids and tannins.

St. John's Wort has been used for over 2000 years to treat nervous disorders. It was popular in ancient Greece and Rome as a healing remedy for wounds, as well as burns, bruises, and nerve pains. It was also believed to drive away evil spirits. The insane were encouraged to drink St. John's Wort oil to get rid of their insanity.

European peasants thought the plant protected them from evil spirits, witches, demons, and lightning.

Some of the information on the use of the plant comes from the Greek herbalist Pedanios Dioskourides of the 1st century AD, as well as the contemporary physicians Galinos of Greece and Plenius of Rome. It is also mentioned in the sources that the famous Swiss alchemist and physician Paracelsus (1493-1541) used St. John's Wort.

St. John's Wort oil offers many benefits thanks to the fatty acids it contains.

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ANALYSIS RESULTS

Fatty acids are naturally found in the oils of aromatic plants. The benefit of a herbal oil depends on the amount of fatty acids in it.

For this reason, be sure to pay attention to the fatty acid ratios of the essential oil you use.

“Agreka St. John's Wort Oil” Composition of Fatty Acids / GC-MS Analysis Results: 

According to the European Commission Cosmetics Regulation:

• Oleic Acid (Omega 9); Palmitic Acid:  It helps the skin look soft and smooth.

• Linoleic Acid (Omega 6); Linolenic Acid (Omega 3):  It helps skin care and the skin look soft and smooth. It helps to enhance the appearance and feel of the hair,  to prevent and reduce the electrification of hair and  to comb the hair easily, hair gain suppleness softness, volume and shine. It helps to keep the body surface clean.

• Stearic Acid:  It helps to replenish the lipids of the top layers of the skin and hair. It helps to keep the body surface clean and create a pleasant smell.

• Palmitoleic Acid (Omega 7):  It helps skin care.

• Arachidic Acid; Behenic Acid:  It helps to keep the body surface clean.

• Eicosenoic Acid (Omega 9):  It helps the hair to gain shine, flexibility, softness, easy combing, and improve its appearance and feel.

• Lignoceric Acid:  It helps to provide the skin a soft and smooth appearance and maintaining the skin in a good condition.

Warnings

• FOR EXTERNAL USE, NON-DRINKABLE.
• Avoid contact with eyes, in case of contact rinse with plenty of water.
• Do not use the product if you have a known allergy to any of its ingredients.
• It is recommended that children, pregnant or breastfeeding women, people using medication should consult their doctor before using the product.

  

Information

Herbal supplement products are not promoted by specifying the indication and the name of the disease in accordance with the relevant law and advertising regulation rules.

Our products are herbal supplements, not drugs.

Academic Studies

[1] T. Belwal, H. P. Devkota, M. K. Singh, R. Sharma, S. Upadhayay, C. Joshi, K. Bisht, J. K. Gour, I. D. Bhatt, R. S. Rawal, V. Pande (), St. John’s Wort (Hypericum perforatum). Nonvitamin and Nonmineral Nutritional Supplements. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-812491-8.00056-4.

[2] I. A. Bukahri, A. Dar, R. A. Khan (2004). Antinociceptive Activity of Methanolic Extracts of St. John’s Wort  (Hypericum perforatum) Preparation. Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences Vol. 17, No.2, July 2004, pp.13-19.