{"id":1027,"date":"2012-11-28T03:33:15","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T03:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2012-11-28T04:40:44","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T04:40:44","slug":"gentian-gentiana-lutea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1027","title":{"rendered":"Gentian ~ Gentiana lutea"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Gentian<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: Gentiana lutea<\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Gentianaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: root<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: mountainous parts of Europe<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: iridoids, xanthones, alkaloids, phenolic acids<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>: cooling, drying<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">bitter, gastric stimulant <\/span>and peristaltic<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: cholagogue, anti-inflammatory<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: dyspepsia, gastritis, heartburn<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: lazy digestion, atonic and sub-acid states<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: decoction: \u00c2\u00bc tsp\/cup water; 1:4 tincture: 1-30 gtt qd-qid ac; bitter aperitif: 30 ml; powder in capsules: 5 grams (Khalsa)<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: pregnancy (possible)<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: acute gastric inflammation and irritation; large doses for extended periods can harm digestion and induce frontal headaches<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth<\/span>; Wren, R.C. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Cyclopaedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gentian Latin name: Gentiana lutea Family: Gentianaceae Part used: root Habitat: mountainous parts of Europe Main constituents: iridoids, xanthones, alkaloids, phenolic acids Energetics: cooling, drying Main herbal actions: bitter, gastric stimulant and peristaltic Minor herbal actions: cholagogue, anti-inflammatory Main medicinal uses: dyspepsia, gastritis, heartburn Minor medicinal uses: lazy digestion, atonic &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,37,38,311,1,312,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bitter","category-cooling","category-drying","category-gastric-stimulant","category-module1","category-peristaltic","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1027"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1052,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027\/revisions\/1052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}