| Action: | Bitter |
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| Synonym: | Digestive tonic |
Stimulates the appetite and the release of digestive juices (i.e. stomach acid, bile & enzymes).
• indigestion (dyspepsia)
• poor appetite
• hypochlorhydria
• amargo (Quassia amara)
• andrographis (Andrographis paniculata)
• artichoke (Globe) (Cynara cardunculus)
• barberry (Berberis vulgaris)
• bitter melon (Momordica charantia)
• boldo (Peumus boldus)
• burdock (Arctium lappa)
• centaury (Centaurium erythraea)
• chelidonium (Chelidonium majus)
• chicory (Cichorium intybus)
• coffee (Coffea arabica)
• dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
• devil's claw (Harpagophytum procumbens)
• elecampane (Inula helenium)
• feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium)
• garden angelica (Angelica archangelica)
• gentian (Gentiana lutea)
• goldenseal (Hydrastis canadensis)
• hops (Humulus lupulus)
• horehound (White) (Marrubium vulgare)
• milk thistle (Silybum marianum)
• oregon grape (Mahonia aquifolium)
• pau d'arco (Tabebuia avellanedae)
• sweet annie (Artemisia annua)
• tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
• wormwood (Artemisia absinthium)
• yarrow (Achillea millefolium )
• gastrointestinal
• hepatobiliary
Paradox: can help many cases of heartburn resulting from reflux
Hoffman D. Medical Herbalism. Rochester, Vermont: Healing Arts Press, 2003.
Barnes J, Anderson LA, Phillipson JD. Herbal Medicines, 3rd ed. London: Pharmaceutical Press, 2007.
Bone K. Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2000.
Bone K. A Clinical Guide to Blending Liquid Herbs: Herbal Formulations for the Individual Patient. St Louis, MO: Churchill Livingstone, 2003.
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BitterDefinitionStimulates the appetite and the release of digestive juices (i.e. stomach acid, bile & enzymes). Indications• indigestion (dyspepsia) Treatments• amargo (Quassia amara) Systems• gastrointestinal MechanismParadox: can help many cases of heartburn resulting from reflux ReferencesHoffman D. Medical Herbalism. Rochester, Vermont: Healing Arts Press, 2003. |
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