The efficacy and function of Bicolor Gentiana

As people's research on traditional Chinese medicine deepens, they gradually understand the detailed ingredients in various traditional Chinese medicines and the impact of these ingredients on everyone's health. Below I would like to recommend a Chinese medicine, Gentiana bicolor, to you all and describe the effects of Gentiana bicolor in detail. I hope it will be helpful to your study and research.

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb with roots of Gentiana scabra, a plant of the Gentianaceae family.

[Original form] Perennial small herb, 5-10cm high. Basal leaves are rosette-shaped, linear-lanceolate, 3-5.5cm long and 2-5mm wide; stem leaves are opposite; sessile; upper leaves are larger, lower leaves are smaller, leaf blades are ovate, narrowly elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, 7-13mm long and 3-4.5mm wide. The flower branches are numerous, clustered, spreading, and ascending obliquely. The flowers are solitary at the top of the branches, with leaf-like bracts and no pedicels. The calyx is tubular, often purple-red, 1.2-1.4cm long, the upper part of the flower is dark blue, the lower part is yellow-green, with dark blue stripes and spots, rarely light yellow to white, funnel-shaped or narrow funnel-shaped, 4-6cm long, with 5 lobes, ovate-triangular, neatly pleated, broadly ovate, entire or truncate at the apex, and erode-shaped at the edge; the stamens are 5, inserted in the middle and lower part of the corolla tube, the filaments are awl-shaped, and the base is connected into a short tube to surround the ovary, and the anthers are narrow and oblong; the ovary is linear-elliptical, about 1cm long, the ovary stalk is 1.5-2cm long, the style is linear, the stigma is cracked, and the lobes are linear. The capsule is enclosed, oval or ovate-oval, about 1.5 cm long, with a stalk up to 3 cm long. The seeds are oblong, yellowish brown, shiny, with honeycomb-like gaps on the surface. The flowering and fruiting period is from June to October.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in high mountain slope grasslands, river beaches, meadow shrubs and under forests at an altitude of 2500-4800m.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; cold

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; promotes the removal of dampness. Mainly used for lung heat cough; headache and red eyes; sore throat; damp-heat jaundice; turbid urine

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

After learning so much about the Chinese medicine Gentiana bicolor, I believe that we can remain calm when facing the troubles of illness and treat the treatment of the disease correctly.