Description
The plants for this essential oil were wild-harvested in the Drome region of southern France. This herb that is associated with the sun is harvested traditionally at midsummer, around the solstice, when the flowers are fresh and yellow. For the essential oil, St. John’s Wort is harvested when the flowers actually start to burn up and turn brown from the sun’s power, a little after the solstice. Its solar power comes across it its sweet strong aroma.
Energetic Profile: Use this oil when protection is needed. It is called St. John’s Wort after John the Baptist whose feast day is in midsummer (June 24). Another name this plant was given is ‘sol terrestris‘ which means terrestrial sun (according to “Plant lore, legends, and lyrics” by Richard Folkard). It really fills us with light and pushes out the dark, shadowy areas by filling them with fierce light and sun energy. If you need protection, carry the oil with you and smell it whenever you need. I also use it for protection when journeying and working with difficult ancestral situations. Smell the oil while journeying, maybe in combination with another oil. People with a tendency to hypochondria or who are taken over by feelings of being impure, ill, or damaged in some way can really benefit from this oil’s energy that helps us find our inner sun.
Also used to bring calm after emotional shocks and promote good sleep.
Physical properties: wound healing, soothes burns, eczema. Promotes sleep.(Traité
d’aromathérapie scientifique et médicale – Les huiles essentielles by
Michel Faucon)
Safety: Some people are allergic to Saint John’s Wort. Don’t apply to skin and go into the sun as this oil can be photosensitizing.
Smell: Manu’s Saint John’s wort is sweet and lemony, with a floral undertone. The earthiness is there but very subtle.s
Perfumery note: Middle note (used as a fixative)
Main Chemical Constituents: Methyl-2-Octane, alpha-Pinene, beta-Pinene, Nonane, Germacrene-D
Adulteration and quality: This essential oil was distilled by our distiller in France and we trust that he doesn’t adulterate.
Citation:
Schwob I, Bessiere JM, Viano J. Composition of the Essential Oils of Hypericum perforatum L. from southeastern France. Comptes Rendus. Biologies. 325(7). 2002. 781-875. DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0691(02)01489-0
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