Yellow Gentian (Gentiana lutea)
黄龙胆huáng lóng dǎnHuanglongdan
Gentiana lutea · Plant
3
Indications
5
With studies in people
Cautions
May stimulate stomach acid; avoid with peptic ulcers; may increase bile production; caution with gallbladder disease.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Yellow Gentian for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Fever SyndromeInflammation SyndromeJaundice Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Yellow Gentian does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AppetiteBenefit DigestiveBenefit ImmuneBenefit Liver
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Gentiana lutea and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.
- Benefit Appetite4 records, 2 in people
- Benefit Digestive31 records, 13 in people
- Benefit Immune6 records, 3 in people
- Benefit Liver5 records, 2 in people
- Fever Syndrome0 records
- Inflammation Syndrome14 records, 7 in people
- Jaundice Syndrome0 records