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Gentiana Lutea

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Yellow Gentian · Bitter Root · "The Digestive Bitter Tonic"

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🎯 Acts primarily as a digestive tonic that stimulates appetite and addresses stomach discomfort.

📖 Boericke writes:

Stomach symptoms marked. Acts as a tonic, increasing appetite.

👤 Constitution

•Typically indicated for individuals with marked digestive weakness, poor appetite, and a tendency toward abdominal bloating and sensitivity.

🩺 Systems & Indications

👤HEAD

Useful for headaches and dizziness that are relieved by fresh air or eating.

Vertigo, worse, rising or motion; better open air.

Frontal headache, better eating and open air.

Brain feels loose, head tender.

Aching in eyes.

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💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

First to third attenuation

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Primary Dosage

🌿 Remedy Relationships

⏭️ Similar

Nux Vomica →Hydrastis Canadensis →

🔄 Compare With

Gentiana Quinqueflora →Hydrastis Canadensis →Nux Vomica →Gentiana Cruciata →

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Gentiana Lutea is listed in 4 rubrics across 2 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 1 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

Stomach3 Nervous System1