Genciana (Great yellow gentian - Bitterwort) 1 liter

Genciana

(Great yellow gentian - Bitterwort)

1 liter of herbal extract

The underground plant parts are used. The drug gentian root, Gentianae radix, serve the dried, crushed, subterranean plant parts. They are rich in sugars (eg gentiobiose) and bitter substances (Gentianopicrin and Amarogentin). The bitter substances actually serve as protection against animal feed. Drug is the drug as a bittering agent, eg. B. as an appetite-stimulating bitter, aperitif and for liquor used (eg, Enzian and Suze). The yellow gentian is also used as a fever remedy; However, the effectiveness against fever could not be demonstrated. A bitter and digestive tonic is obtained. It is used against fatigue, underweight, anemia and lack of appetite in convalescence. In folk medicine, it is used against fever, gout, hypochondria, malaria and intestinal parasites.

For the production of Enzianschnapses especially Gentiana lutea is used and selectively cultivated, more rarely the other high-growing species, for example, Gentiana punctata, as it has of all gentian species, the highest content of bitter substances. An extract still tastes very bitter in an aqueous dilution of about 1: 20,000.