[Chinese name]: Hypericum perforatum extract [English name]: St.John's.Wort PE [Latin name]: Hypericum perforatum L. [Applications]: [antidepressant] Synonyms: Hypericum, Melaleuca floor, on the ladder , catch the mountain whip grass, small Lysimachia etc., Hypericum aliens called St. John's Wort. 】 【Tropism of taste: bitter, acrid, flat [Genus]: Garcinia Guttiferae [use the site]: whole plant 【Appearance】: dark brown or tan fine powder. [Origin]: Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang, Sichuan, Guizhou, Jiangsu, Shandong, Hebei and other places. Product specifications: 0.3%, 0.6% of total hypericin, UV detection; 3.0% hypericin, HPLC detection [the active ingredient]: hypericin (Hypericin), pseudo-hypericin (Pseudohypericin), Original hypericin (Protohypericin), the original pseudo hypericin (Protopseudohypericin), ring pseudo hypericin (Cyclopseudoyhypericin), iso-hypericin (Isohypericin), emodin - anthrone (Emodin-anthrone) and so on. [Molecular]: 504.45 [CAS No .: 548-04-9] Pharmacological effects: It can be used Chinese medicine refers to "detoxify, menstruation bleeding." Modern medical research results show that the onset of nerves as safe nutrition, prevention and treatment of depression, adjustment disorder and mood disorders, eliminate stress and depression, restore confidence and to improve sleep, the active ingredient extracted from Hypericum perforatum hypericin has significant anti-DNA, RNA viral effect, can act directly on the bird flu, swine fever, foot and mouth disease virus DAN, interfere with the viral replication, reproduction and viruses have a strong inhibitory effect. Clinical application: Hypericum perforatum extract within the active ingredient hypericin can treat patients with moderate depression, and rarely produce adverse side effects, antitussive, analgesic, hepatoprotective effect. Hypericum is known to suppress the central nervous system and sedation, and antidepressant use as central nervous system depressants.