Hypericum Perforatum – The Homeopathic Remedy for Nerve Injuries & Punctured Wounds

• Common Name: St. John’s Wort
• Family: Hypericaceae
• Source: Tincture of whole fresh plant
• Miasm: Syphilitic
• Temperament: Nervous
• Thermal: Chilly patient

Sphere of Action

Acts chiefly on the nervous system, especially nerve endings, producing neuralgic pains, nerve injuries, and shock to the nervous system.

Key Clinical Indications

Injuries to Nerves

• Crushed fingers, toes, nails – injury with excessive pain
• Punctured wounds – nails, needles, bites, or deep cuts
• Spinal injuries, coccyx injuries, concussion of brain
• After tooth extraction, especially with radiating pain
• Post-operative nerve pain, trauma to nerves

Neuralgia & Nerve Pain

• Intense shooting, tingling, or stinging pain along nerves
• Facial neuralgia, sciatica, intercostal neuralgia
• Pains travel upward, unlike other remedies (like Ledum)

Shock & Trauma

• Useful for mental and physical trauma
• Follows nervous shock after accidents, fright, falls
• Lacerations with spasmodic pains

Brain & Spine

• Concussion of brain with drowsiness, confusion
• Spinal injuries, especially coccyx pain after fall
• Tetanus, lockjaw, or nervous twitching after injury

Characteristic Symptoms

• Intense nerve pain that is shooting, radiating, or jerking
• Injuries with excessive pain out of proportion
• Trauma to fingers, spine, or brain
• Pains travel upward
• Injuries to coccyx or nail beds
• Hypersensitive to touch and pain

Modalities

Worse From	Better From
Cold, damp, touch, motion	Lying quietly, warm applications

Potency & Dosage

• Mother tincture or 3x for local injuries
• 30C to 200C in nerve injuries, post-traumatic pain
• 1M in spinal trauma, concussion, tetanus

Relationships

Complementary	Similar Remedies	Antidotes
Arnica, Ledum	Calendula, Bellis perennis	Camphora

Mnemonic for Hypericum

“HYPER-SENSITIVE”

• Head injury or concussion
• Yells from pain in crushed parts
• Puncture wounds – nails, bites
• Elevated pain (goes upward)
• Reflex symptoms – twitching, jerks
• Sensitive nerves after trauma

One-Line Summary

Hypericum is the prime remedy for punctured, crushed, or lacerated wounds with excruciating nerve pain and upward shooting sensations.