Gentiana Lutea – Yellow Gentian

The mother tincture is prepared from the fresh root of the plant, Gentiana lutea L., which is found in the European alps. N.O. Gentianaceae.

Essential indications are:

Chronic gastritis. Flatulence. Diarrhoea.

The main action of the remedy is aimed at the digestive organs, with dryness of the mouth, sticky saliva, an earthy taste, eructations, nausea, retching and vomiting. Another indication is a feeling of pressure and heaviness in the stomach, with dis- tension in the stomach region and a constricted sensation, as if bound up, distension with abdominal pains and discharge of foetid flatus, also colicky pains with urging for stool and continual discharge of wind with eructations. The stools are usually preceded by intestinal colic, loose, soft and light yellow.

There is also increased excretion of urine.

The German Monograph-Preparation Commission for the Homoeopathic Field of Therapy has, under the Preparation Monograph for Gentiana lutea, published the following indication(s) in the German Bundesanzeiger (German Federal Gazette) for gentiana lutea: digestive disorders.