Steinmetz:Gentiana
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Gentiana lutea (and other species)
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Gentianaceae
- English Names
- Bitterwort
- Yellow Gentian
- Natural Habitat
- mountainous regions of Central and Southern Europe
- Asia Minor
- Part(s) Used
- Flores Gentianae
- Radix Gentianae
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- Constituent(s)
- gentiopicrin
- gentiin
- gentiamarin
- gentianose
- gentisic acid
- essential oil
- pectin
- uncrystallizable sugar
- colouring matter
- gum
- Action
- flower: tonic; root: tonic
- stomachic
- digestive
- It promotes the production of white blood corpuscles
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