Is gentian grass poisonous?

Gentian is the root and stem of Gentianaceae perennial herbs, such as striped leaf gentian, etc., which mainly produces northeast China. It can be harvested in spring and autumn. The quality of the root and rhizome is better, the root and rhizome are used as medicine, the taste is bitter, the nature is cold, and the function of purging the liver and gallbladder is very strong, and it can stop the wind and stop spasm and relieve pain. Let's take a look at whether Gentiana is poisonous.

Is gentian grass poisonous?

Gentian is non-toxic. Gentian grass has the effect of clearing heat, dryness and dampness, purging liver and gallbladder fire, has a good effect on purging liver fire, is also good for digestion and absorption of the human body, can promote gastric juice secretion, increase appetite, and can treat hypertension. At the same time, it also has a very good effect on the treatment of hair loss. However, those with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold should not be used, and those with Yin deficiency and fluid injury should be used with caution.

Side effects of gentian

1, excessive dosage: gentian grass has a mild stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract, which is conducive to the digestion of food, but large doses hinder digestion, and can cause headache, blushing, dizziness and slow heart rate.

2. Incorrect medicine: gentian is the product of Greater Cold. It has strong firepower and is easy to hurt Yang Qi. Adverse reactions will occur if it is not used properly. For example, gentian has the beneficial effect of gentian, which is often used to treat cholelithiasis clinically. The course of treatment of this disease is generally long. Long-term purging with gentian often leads to dizziness, fatigue and tiredness. This is a bitter cold gentian injury and adverse reactions of upright qi.

Medicinal efficacy of gentian

The taste is bitter, cold and non-toxic.

Lung and liver meridians.

[efficacy] clearing heat, dryness and dampness, purging liver and gallbladder fire, for damp-heat jaundice, swelling and itching of yin, itching of eczema, red eyes of liver fire, tinnitus and deafness, hypochondriac pain and bitter mouth, strong moderate, convulsion and other symptoms.

1. Heat-clearing, dryness and dampness: gentian can treat damp-heat jaundice, swelling and itching, subband, strong, eczema and pruritus.

2. purging liver and gallbladder fire: gentian can treat jaundice, bitter mouth, red eyes, deafness, hypochondriac pain caused by cholecystitis, cholelithiasis and viral hepatitis.

3. Dispelling fire and calming wind: gentian can treat the convulsions caused by fever.

4. Promoting diuresis and relieving dampness: gentian mainly treats eye pain, neck pain, flank pain, damp-heat hyperactivity and other diseases.

5. Deworming and digestion: gentian can treat infantile dyspepsia, heat in the stomach, seasonal temperature heat, heat discharge, intestinal worms, liver and gallbladder qi, anti-convulsion and other diseases.