Hierba de San Juan (St. John's Wort)
Hypericum perforatum
About Hierba de San Juan (St. John's Wort)
Hierba de San Juan (St. John's Wort) (Hypericum perforatum) is a herb used in the Latin American Curanderismo tradition to help with Depression, Anxiety, Nerve Pain, and Wound Healing. The flowers & buds are the part traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Hypericum perforatum, known as perforate St John's-wort, common Saint John's wort and St John's wort, is a flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae. The common name "St John's wort" may be used to refer to any species of the genus Hypericum. Therefore, Hypericum perforatum is sometimes called "common St John's wort" or "perforate St John's wort" to differentiate it. It is a medicinal herb with antidepressant activity and anti-inflammatory properties as an arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor and...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist