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Digestion/Indigestion *
IBS *
Nausea *
Stop Smoking *
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Carminative*
Stomachic*
Hepatic*
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Dried root and rhizome |
| Constituents: | Bitter glycosides (amarogentin, gentiopicrin, sweitiamarin), alkaloids (including gentianine and gentialutine), xanthones (including gentisein and gentisin), triterpenes, sugars, volatile oil |
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Gentians main use is that of a digestive tonic, the plant contains one of the most bitter substances known. Bitters are used in herbalism to improve the appetite and to improve digestion. |
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Related Species
G. purpurea, G. pannonica, G. punctata and G. acaulis are European gentians having similar medicinal properties to G. lutea and are used indiscriminately with each other and the official root, from which they differ but little in appearance, though are somewhat smaller.(Grieve, M.) |
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Prep Methods :One teaspoon of powered root to 3 cups of water for tea, tinctures, capsules
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- BITTERS FOR STOMACH
- Gentian Flower Remedy
- Gentian tea
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| gastro-intestinal inflammation, appetite | | Gentian's bitters improve the appetite, promoting digestive juices, peristalsis and the flow of bile. Gentian is also useful for gastro-intestinal inflammation (one of its alkaloids, gentianine, has been shown to be anti-inflammatory), and for controlling fevers. 1297
(Mabey, Richard p60) | | Digestive, Tonic, Anthelmintic | | Besides being unrivaled as a stomachic tonic, Gentian possesses febrifuge, emmenagogue, anthelmintic and antiseptic properties, and is also useful in hysteria, female weakness, etc. 1298
(Grieve, Maude ) | | Stop smoking | | In the mid-1800s gentian and licorice root were mixed and sold as a patent medicine. They both still show up in many herbal stop-smoking products today. The evidence for gentian is pretty slim, still it is good for gas and indigestion, and a whole lot better than cigarettes 967
(Duke, James A, Ph.D. ) | | Upset stomach | | Gentian root's bitterness increases gastric secretions,promotes digestion, and calms an upset stomach. 673
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| Dont use when pregnant or nursing. Excessive use can cause stomach upset |
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Koehler's Medicinal-Plants 1887
 Gentian is a handsome ornamental herb with clusters of big, orange-yellow flowers and stiff, pointy green leaves native to the high pastures of the Alps and the Himalayas. The roots take 7 to 10 growing seasons to mature.
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 Gentian herb has been used in European herbal medicine throughout the 2200 years since its discovery as a bitter tonic to improve digestion. |
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Essential Oils
