Simay (West Tisbury) on 09/06/2017:

This summer I was able to harvest wild St. John's Wort from around my hometown and make my own tincture. I recently had an outbreak, so decided to use the tincture both internally and externally.

Externally: I dipped a q tip into the tincture and held it on the wort for a about two minutes. I did this twice a day for two days.

Internally: I took two dropperfuls of tincture in a glass of water 4 times a day.

I am now on day three and the wort is virtually gone. It has completely flattened, and is just still slightly pink. I will continue until it is fully removed.

I plan to continue to take St. John's Wort Tincture internally daily to help fight the virus from within.

To Make the Tincture:

I harvested the blossoms only of the St. John's Wort plant on a sunny, dry day, filled a mason jar with them (Susun says that the plant material in the jar should be packed with the density of a "fairy mattress". Fairly dense with a little bit of give) and poured 100 proof vodka over them. Left the Tincture to steep for 6 weeks. After 6 weeks, I strained out the plant material and transferred the bright red liquid into a large amber medicine bottle for storage. I poured a smaller amount into one of my recycled amber tincture bottles for current use.