Materia Medica

Gentiana Lutea

Yellow Gentian

Stomach symptoms marked. Acts as a tonic, increas- ing appetite.

Head

Vertigo, worse, rising or motion; better open air. Frontal headache, better eating and open air. Brain feels loose, head tender. Aching in eyes.

Throat

Dry. Thick saliva.

Stomach

Acid risings, ravenous hunger, nausea, weight and aching in stomach. Inflation and tension of stomach and abdomen. [Pothos.] Colic, umbilical region sensitive to touch. Flatulence.

Relationships

Compare: Gentiana quinque for (in- intermittent fever; dyspepsia, cholera infantum, weak- ness); Gentiana cruciata (throat symptoms in addition to similar stomach symptoms; dysphagia; vertigo with headache; pressing inward sensation in eyes; con- stricted throat and head and abdomen. Distension, ful- ness and tightness in abdomen. Hydrast.; Nur.

Dose

First to thirdattenuation.