Wort means a medicinal herb in Anglo Saxon, and St John’s wort, flowering on St John’s day (24 June), was traditionally used on burns, bruises and crush injuries and to ease pain.
Wort means a medicinal herb in Anglo Saxon, and St John’s wort, flowering on St John’s day (24 June), was traditionally used on burns, bruises and crush injuries and to ease pain. It is now used to treat mild depression.