IPERICO Hypericum Perforatum L. or Grass of Saint Giovanni family of the Guttiferae. It has antidepressant; for the not endogenous depression; sedative properties; in the cure of nervous forms; neurovegetative anxiety; melancholy; insomnia; dystonias; gastritis; gastric ulcer. The essential oil for external use only is anti-inflammatory; antiseptic; astringent for plagues; wounds; burns; ulcerations; prurituses. Between the members of the Iperico: essential oil and phenolic by-products; between which a red pigment called ipericina; from which the name of grass of Saint Giovanni derives as the red one remembers the poured blood the made Saint to behead from Salom? The festivity of Saint Giovanni of the 24 june is done again to a ritual pays of the Germaniums; which used to adorn with l ? iperico bloomed the places where festggiavano solstizio d ? the summer Photography of Elena Piccini; 2004.