10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EUROPEAN GENTIAN»
Discover the use of
European gentian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
European gentian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Weiss's Herbal Medicine
Gentiana lutea (Great Yellow Gentian) G. pannonicus (Central European Gentian
) G. purpurea (Purple Gentian) G. punctata (Spotted Gentian) These are gentian
species found in the higher mountain ranges, from the Alps down to Asia Minor.
2
Journal of Materia Medica
There is no doubt that its medicinal virtues are fully equal to those of the
European gentian. As a pure and simple bitter, gentian ranks next to quassia in
its power of exciting the appetite and invigorating the powers of digestion. Given
in health ...
3
Lectures on materia medica and therapeutics
As a medicine, it is little inferior to the European gentian. It is extensively
employed at the South as a stomachic. It might doubtless be made to take the
place of the foreign gentian. CINCHONA. The cinchona constitutes an extensive
genus of ...
4
The Dispensatory of the United States of America
As a medicine it is little inferior to the European gentian, and may be employed
for similar purposes. In the Northern and Middle States it is not used; but it is said
to be occasionally prescribed by the practitioners of the South in dyspepsia, and
...
5
Herbal Medicine Past and Present: A reference guide to ...
Of the true gentians, the intensely bitter European Gentian lutea has probably
been the most widely used. It is this (or a closely related plant) that Mr. Bass
purchases. Its history extends back to classical times. John Gerard (1597)
described a ...
J. K. Crellin, A. L. Tommie Bass, 1990
6
Winston & Kuhn's Herbal Therapy and Supplements: A ...
... lutea) Common Names: Yellow gentian, European gentian Family:
Gentianaceae Description of Plant • Gentian is a long-lived perennial herb. 210 •
Gentian Root (Gentiana lutea) Gentian Root,
Merrily A. Kuhn, David Winston, 2012
7
Winston & Kuhn's Herbal Therapy & Supplements: A Scientific ...
... 4, 298-302 Eucalyptus leaf (Eucalyptus globulus), 176-179 European barberry,
63-66 European blueberry, 67-70 European elder, 172-175 European gentian,
210-213 European hops, 263-265 European pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium).
Merrily A. Kuhn, David Winston, 2008
8
American Gardens in the Eighteenth Century: "for Use Or for ...
Consideted medicinal by Jeffetson. Gentiana etinata FtoeL was welcomed from
Batttam by Collinson as "that charming autumn blue gentian." Gentiana vitginiana
. Catesby's Plate 70, Vol. I G. lutea L. Popular European gentian. Collinson.
... Mr. Hurford, inasmuch as, in this country at least, we have conjoined the
pulverised root of the European gentian, and not the powder of the chiretta or
chireata plant, which is as generally employed in India as a bitter, as gentian is in
Europe.
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[Indian materia medica ] ; Dr. K. M. Nadkarni's Indian ...
Stems and roots are efiicient substitutes for t-he imported gentian; tincture and
iflfuii-on closely correspond to those of t-he European gentian, G. lutea. It is a
favourite remedy in intermittent fevers, acidity and -in bilious dyspepsia
accompanied ...
