Saint John's Wort Tincture & Alcohol-Free Extract

Saint John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum) is a perennial of the St John's wort family, Hypericaceae, native to Europe, western Asia and North Africa and naturalized across North America, where it grows in meadows, roadsides and open woods. It reaches 30 to 90 cm with upright stems marked by two raised lines, and small oblong leaves dotted with translucent oil glands that look like perforations against the light. Clusters of bright yellow, five-petaled flowers with black-dotted margins open around midsummer and stain the fingers red when crushed. We extract the dried herb.