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Centaury Centaurium erythraea

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Centaurium erythraea plant at Ankerstraat, Oostende, Belgium
Centaurium erythraea plant at Ankerstraat, Oostende, Belgium
Common Names
Centaury , Erythraea centaurium,bitterherb, centaury gentian
Botanical Name
Centaurium erythraea
Family
GENTIANACEAE Gentian family
Centaury Medicinal Properties & Benefits
Common Uses: Digestion/Indigestion * Gout * Rheumatoid Arthritis *
Properties: Antirheumatic* Digestive* Febrifuge* Depurative*
Parts Used: Dried flowering aerial parts
Constituents:several bitter glycosides, alkaloids, phenolic acids, tritepenes, wax
Traditions:

"Of all the bitter appetizing wild herbs which serve as excellent simple tonics, the Centaury is the most efficacious, sharing the antiseptic virtues of the Field Gentian and the Buckbean."(Grieve, M.) Centaury is closely related to gentian, and shares the same bitter tonic effect on the digestive system. A gentle laxative, and an excellent remedy for heartburn. Like many bitter tonics centaury is effective in reducing fever and has been used in place of quinine. Mabey, Richard ,60


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How to Use: Centaury
Preparation Methods :Usually taken as a tea or tincture before or after meals

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referencesCentaury Medicinal Uses & Benefits
Digestion/Indigestion * Gout * Rheumatoid Arthritis *
Centaury for :Rheumatism
Rheumatism Research confirms the plant's potential for treating rheumatism and gout, for the alkaloid gentianine has exhibited strongly anti-inflammatory properties.

Richard Mabey, The New Age Herbalist (1988)

Centaury for :Heartburn, dyspepsia, muscle aches
Heartburn, dyspepsia, muscle aches The dried herb is given in infusion or powder, or made into an extract. It is used extensively in dyspepsia, for languid digestion with heartburn after food, in an infusion of 1 OZ. of the dried herb to 1 pint of water. When run down and suffering from want of appetite, a wineglassful of this infusion Centaury Tea - taken three or four times daily, half an hour before meals, is found of great benefit. The same infusion may also be taken for muscular rheumatism.

Maud Grieve, Modern Herbal Vol 1 (1931)

Plant Description

Koehler's Medicinal-Plants 1887
Koehler's Medicinal-Plants 1887

Folklore, Myths and Legends
folkloreThe name of the genus to which it is at present assigned, Erythraea, is derived from the Greek erythros (red), from the colour of the flowers. The genus was formerly called Chironia, from the Centaur Chiron, who was famous in Greek mythology for his skill in medicinal herbs, and is supposed to have cured himself with it from a wound he had accidentally received from an arrow poisoned with the blood of the hydra. (Grieve, M.)

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