St John’s wort is called the queen of herbs because of its active healing compounds. To me, it had always belonged to some distant, spotless meadow, the kind of place where Druids gather magical plants. Everything in nature has its moment. And now, right beside our everyday path, among all the other life, the lady herself has appeared. So many wonderful plants with near-magical powers grow all around us. If only we knew how to use them all…
Of course I immediately had to rub it between my fingers to see what the hypericin, its main active compound, would do. Just as expected, it left dark brown marks. People told me: make tea, dry it, steep it in oil. Somehow, this time, I decided simply to leave it alone and let it be, right there by the road…
