The beginning of August is special because after 40 days of being in the sun, the finest olive oil with buds and flowers of the precious St. John’s Wort’s plant is ready to be strained and become the St. John’s Wort oil, a remedy which will keep us safe and healthy throughout the year.
We traditionally pick the flowers on the Mid Summer’s Day (St. John’s Eve). Sometimes I wish I could pick them during that magical Mid Summer’s Eve and during the shortest night of the year when the fairies come out 
It is the third year I have been doing it, after my father showed me beautiful, lonely, sunny meadows full of healing herbs and tought me how to pick only the buds and flowers of St. John’s Wort leaving the stems intact. Of course, you will take some leaves too, they also have active ingredients. It is very important not to cut the stem because the plant cannot produce the new stem with flowers that same year. If you leave the stems, you can always come back and pick some more flowers as long the summer will allow you:)
The emotional state of the picker is very important too for it is his hand that touches the plant before plucking its parts and taking it away from it. The energy of the picker and the plant intertwine.
My grandmother, the herbalist, tought my father and he tought me how to make the precious St. John’s Wort oil:
1. Leave St. John’s Wort buds, flowers and leaves to rest over night and allow little creatures to find new home.
2. Put them gently in clean, wide-mouth glass jars the next morning.
3. Pour the finest extra- vergin olive oil (cold pressed, organic) 
over the material, until the top of the jar.
4. Cover with a piece of cheesecloth ( no tight lid because of the condensation ) and a rubberband.
4. Bless it and leave for 40 days in the sun.
5. Ocassionally look and check if the buds are covered in oil (if not, they can get mouldy).
6. On the fortieth day, strain with clean cheesecloth.
7. Squeeze out any leftover oil from the plant matter.
8. Pour the precious infused oil into clean, dark bottles, tight the bottle caps and label if you want.
9. Do not store the St. John’s Wort oil in the refrigerator.
10. Use it with appreciation during the next year for:
Beautiful, healthy skin
- Scrub the whole body, from toe to top every morning with a bristle brush or a towel toward the heart, then massage the St. John’s Wort oil and do not forget to enjoy it while you are doing it!
- Use it on the cleansed face as a remedy for the skin problems (acne, sun damage, warts…)
- Put it on bruises, burns, wounds and insect bites to speed up the healing process and ease up the pain
- Apply it gently and slowly on legs in case of poor circulation
Health problems:
- Ear infections
- Gum infections
- Skin infections
- Mucose membrane infections
- Scalp conditions
- Fibrosis
- Ischialgia, neuralgia, mialgia ( back pain, nerve pain, muscle pain )
- Vaginal inflammation ( fungus and viral infections including HPV, herpes, even HIV )
- Menopausal problems
St. John’s Wort oil is one of the gifts from nature that changed my life. How?
It makes me calmer because I know I have a remedy at hand in case of trouble. I use it just like that, or mix it with essential oils for more serious problems. I don’t have to rush to a drugstore and spend money on something I can never be sure what it is.
It saved me a lot of money because I no longer buy body lotions, anti cellulite creams, facial masks, expensive ointments, I just use the oil with essential oils to make what I need. It was my life saver when I was without job, a place to live, money, car and everything else you need for a normal life.
It makes me happy to see how it works on other people as well. It solves acne, muscle and nerve pain, helps with all kinds of skin problems and makes people really feel more at ease with themselves.
It is not just efficient on skin and mucous membrane level, it goes deeper, to the muscles, nerves and veins, but more importantly, it goes to the core of our being. Don’t ask me how, but it has a special calming effect regardless of where and how you use it.
St. John’s Wort is an ancient anti-depressant taken orally but it definitely does the job entering your body through skin and, let’s not forget,activating the primary sense, smell.
I use St. John’s Wort oil as career oil with specific essential oils depending on the problems I treat, the healing effects dramatically increase. But that is a story for some other time:)
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