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Gentian, Dried

(also referred to as...)

Yellow Gentian, Bitter Root, Bitterwort

Latin Name: Gentiana lutea

Family: Gentianaceae

 
Description

"Comforts the heart and preserves it against faintings and swoonings: the powder of the dry roots helps the biting of mad dogs and venomous beasts... The herb steeped in wine and the wine drank, refreshes such as be over-weary with travelling, and grow lame in their joints, wither by cold or evil lodgings."

                                        -- Nicholas Culpeper

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