Know Your Remedies: Hypericum Perforatum (Hyper.)

Hypericum - 1Common Names: Hypericum; St John’s Wort.

General Information

Hypericum Perforatum (Hyper.) is especially useful for injuries to nerve-rich areas such as fingers, toes, and the spine (especially the coccyx). It relieves the intense pain – either sharp, or shooting upwards along the nerve –  that follows crushes, blows, cuts, grazes, or puncture wounds to these areas. It also helps some types of phantom pain, and shock, or ailments that follow shock. Those needing Hypericum usually want warm drinks.

Bites and Stings

  • Shooting pains up nerve pathways following animal bites and stings. 

Injuries

  • Puncture wounds.
  • Injuries to finger-tips.
  • Shooting pain following injuries to the spine – worsened by raising arms.
  • Severe shooting pain upward along nerve pathways following injury (e.g. following a toenail or fingernail torn off, a finger jammed in a door, standing on a nail.)
  • Sore, bruised, shooting pains in tailbone (coccyx) following injury or childbirth. 

Dental Problems

  • Shooting nerve pain after dental. 

Post-surgery

  • Shooting nerve pain following surgery.
  • Painful scars. 

For Pets

  • Puncture or crush wounds.
  • Insect bites and stings which are very sensitive to touch. 

Where do I find it?

Hypericum Perforatum (Hyper.) is available from our online store as a single remedy, and as part of the following Complex (combination remedy): Sprains and Strains. 

Home Treatment Guidelines

Acute, Self-Limiting Conditions

Conditions like colds or minor injuries, which are short-term and typically improve on their own, can be managed at home with homeopathy. However, in emergencies or if symptoms worsen, contact your healthcare provider.

Chronic Conditions

These home treatment instructions do not apply for ongoing issues, whether mentioned above or not, like persistent allergies or chronic pain. You should consult a qualified homeopath for a personalized treatment plan to achieve the best results with homeopathy for chronic conditions.

How to Take the Remedy for Acute Conditions

  • Take one pill or five drops of the remedy. The frequency depends on symptom severity. As examples:
    • For life-threatening symptoms, take every 1 minute and seek emergency help immediately.
    • For mild symptoms, take every 4 hours.
  • Stop taking the remedy once you feel better. Resume if symptoms return.
  • If no improvement after four doses, choose a different remedy or consult a professional homeopath.
  • For more details on dosing, refer to: How Often to Dose with a 30C Homeopathic remedy.
  • For information on the different potencies, read: Guidelines on which potency to use

Additional Notes From Past Masters

Homeopathy is a 200-year-old system of medicine.

Early homeopaths recorded detailed notes on how remedies worked, including initial tests, remedy relationships, and their experiences. These writings were shared to improve homeopathic practice and now offer fascinating insights into past uses of homeopathy.

Here’s an example, edited and modernised for clarity, from Leaders In Homoeopathic Therapeutics (1898) by E. B. NASH M.D.:

Leaders In Homoeopathic Therapeutics by E. B. NASH M.D.

Hypericum Perforatum (Hyper.)

Is the remedy “par excellence” for wounded or injured nerves; from simple punctures from nails, splinters, pins, rat bites, etc., to severe concussions of the spine and brain, and especially to parts rich in sentient nerves.

It is to this kind of injuries what Arnica, Hamamelis, Ruta, etc., are to bruises, and Calendula to lacerated muscular tissue, and Staphisagria to cuts with sharp instruments.