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Gentiana tibetica, Kyi lce ཀྱི་ལྕེ

Kyi lce  ཀྱི་ལྕེ 
Trayamana (Ayurveda)
Xi Zang Qin Jiao  西藏秦艽 (G. tibetica) (TCM)
Tian Shan Qin Jiao  天山秦艽 (G. tianschanica) (TCM)
Genitana tibetica
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine (1897)

Gentian Flower for sale at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2018)

Botanical name:
Gentiana spp.
Several varieties of the plant are used:
  1. Kyi lce dkar po  ཀྱི་ལྕེ་དཀར་པོ  (White variety): G. straminea, G. tibetica, G. robusta, G. tianschanica
  2. Kyi lce nag po  ཀྱི་ལྕེ་ནག་པོ  ('Black variety'): G. crassicaulis, G. dahurica, G. hexaphylla, G. macrophylla
  3. Kyi lce dngon po  ཀྱི་ལྕེ་དངོན་པོ  ('Blue variety'): Gentiana spp.
Gentiana macrophylla Qin Jiao of TCM is used as a source for Kyi lce nag po.

Parts used:
Flowers

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter

Uses:
1. Clears Liver Heat, Clears Heat and Damp:
-excess Bile; Hepatitis, Gastritis
-especiall Heat of the Liver or Gal Bladder; Fever associated with the Liver
-Red eyes, Headache
-Heat or Fever of the Hollow organs (Stomach, Intestines, Bladder, Gall Bladder)
-Inflamed Joints, Gout, Arthritis

2. Clears Heat, Stops Cough:
-Sore Throat, Diphtheria
-Lung heat cough

3. Clears Swellings, Resists Poison:
-Swellings, Inflammation, especially of the muscles
-Scrofula, Lymphatic Swellings
-Leprosy
-Fever from Poison


Dose:
Decoction: 2–6 grams
Powder: 1–2 grams

Comment:
1. These are the large-leafed Gentians, similar to Gentiana Qin Jiao of TCM. G. macrophylla, the source of Qin Jiao, may also be used as a source for the Flowers.
2. The roots of several of the above species are used as source for the Chinese drug Qin Jiao (root).
3. The Black type is better for drying Lymph, so is preferred fro Swellings, Swollen limbs, and infectious Swellings.
4. The White type if better for clearing Heat and Poison.
5. Ashes of the flowers are used for Convulsions and Dullness of Mind.

Substitutes:
1. Swertia
2. G. macrophylla, the source of the root for Qin Jiao, can be used as a source of the flowers

Main Combinations:
1. Liver heat, combine with Chrysanthemum

Major Formulas:

Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used: