Products Preparations from the gentian root are commercially available in the form of drops, tinctures, tablets, dragées and as tea, among others. The medicinal drug is available in pharmacies and drugstores. Stem plant Yellow gentian L. of the gentian family (Gentianaceae) is also native to the Swiss Alps. It should not be confused with white … Yellow Gentian
Stem plant Gentianaceae, centaury. Medicinal drug Centaurii herba – Centaury: Centaury consists of the whole or cut, dried, aerial parts of flowering plants of Rafn. (PhEur). Preparations Centaurii extractum ethanolicum liquidum Ingredients Bitters: secoiridoid glycosides: swertiamarin, gentiopicroside, swertoside. Polymethoxylated xanthones Flavonoids, phenolic carboxylic acids, triterpenes, others. Effects cf. gentian Amarum purum: bitter agent Stimulation of … Centaury: Medicinal Uses
