Editing Hypericum perforatum (section)

=== Traditional medicine ===
[[File:Hyperici herba by Danny S. - 001.JPG|thumb|Dried ''Hypericum perforatum'' for use as the [[Herbal medicine|herbal drug]] herba hyperici]]
Common St John's wort has been used in [[herbalism]] for centuries.<ref name="nccih">{{cite web |date=October 2020 |title=St. John's Wort |url=https://nccih.nih.gov/health/stjohnswort/ataglance.htm |access-date=3 September 2023 |publisher=National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, US National Institutes of Health}}</ref> It was thought to have medical properties in [[classical antiquity]] and was a standard component of ancient concoctions called [[theriac]]s, from the [[Mithridate]] of [[Aulus Cornelius Celsus]]' {{Lang|la|De Medicina}} ({{circa|30}} [[Common Era|CE]]) to the [[Venice treacle]] of {{Lang|nl|d'Amsterdammer Apotheek}} in 1686.<ref>{{Citation |last=Mayor |first=Adrienne |title=Chapter 11 – Mithridates of Pontus and His Universal Antidote |date=2019-01-01 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128153390000111 |work=Toxicology in Antiquity (Second Edition) |pages=161–174 |editor-last=Wexler |editor-first=Philip |access-date=2023-09-27 |series=History of Toxicology and Environmental Health |publisher=Academic Press |doi=10.1016/b978-0-12-815339-0.00011-1 |isbn=978-0-12-815339-0}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last1=Karamanou |first1=Marianna |title=Chapter 12 - Theriaca Magna: The Glorious Cure-All Remedy |date=2019-01-01 |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780128153390000123 |work=Toxicology in Antiquity (Second Edition) |pages=175–184 |editor-last=Wexler |editor-first=Philip |access-date=2023-09-27 |series=History of Toxicology and Environmental Health |publisher=Academic Press |doi=10.1016/b978-0-12-815339-0.00012-3 |isbn=978-0-12-815339-0 |last2=Androutsos |first2=George}}</ref> One folk use included the oily extract known as St John's oil, a red, oily liquid extracted from ''H.&nbsp;perforatum'' that may have been a treatment for wounds by the [[Knights Hospitaller]], the Order of St John.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Süntar |first1=Ipek Peşin |last2=Akkol |first2=Esra Küpeli |last3=Yılmazer |first3=Demet |last4=Baykal |first4=Turhan |last5=Kırmızıbekmez |first5=Hasan |last6=Alper |first6=Murat |last7=Yeşilada |first7=Erdem |display-authors=3 |year=2010 |title=Investigations on the in vivo wound healing potential of ''Hypericum perforatum'' L. |journal=Journal of Ethnopharmacology |volume=127 |issue=2 |pages=468–77 |doi=10.1016/j.jep.2009.10.011 |pmid=19833187}}</ref> Another part of the plant that is used is the dried flower structure, which is crushed to make the medicine known as herba hyperici.<ref>World Health Organization, pp. 149, 151.</ref>