Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines

454Gentian. Used part: root and rhizome. TCM Effects: See Gentianascabra. TCM Indications: See Gentiana scabra. Isolated compounds:1017, 1020, 8294, 8296, 8297, 8304, 19983, 20509.T2929 Gentiana robusta (Gentianaceae); CU ZHUANG LONG DAN; RobustGentian*. Isolated compounds: 8304, 20509.T2930 Gentiana scabra (Gentianaceae); LONG DAN; Rough Gentian.Equivalent plant: Gentiana manshurica, Gentiana triflora, Gentianarigescens, Gentiana cephalantha. Used part: root and rhizome. TCMEffects: To clear heat and dry damp, drain liver and settle fright, lowerblood pressure. TCM Indications: Acute icterohepatitis, urinary tractinfection, acute conjunctivitis, dribbling pain of urination, damp-heatjaundice, genital swelling and itch, damp-heat vaginal discharge,distended head and headache due to liver-gallbladder repletion fire,red eyes with gall, deafness, swelling in ear, pain in rib-side, bittertaste, fright wind and convulsion. Isolated compounds: 1017, 1020,8297, 8298, 8303, 8304, 8305, 8603, 8635, 8636, 12949, 16087,18848, 19448, 20503, 20509, 21630.T2931 Gentiana scabra var. buesgeri (Gentianaceae); CU CAO LONG DAN;Scabrous Gentian*. Isolated compounds: 8304.T2932 Gentiana siphonantha (Gentianaceae); GUAN HUA QIN JIAO;Tubeflower Gentian. Used part: dried root. TCM Effects: SeeGentiana macrophylla. TCM Indications: See Gentiana macrophylla.Isolated compounds: 8297.T2933 Gentiana sp. (Gentianaceae). Isolated compounds: 8307.T2934 Gentiana straminea (Gentianaceae); MA HUA JIAO; Straw-colouredGentian. Used part: dried root. TCM Effects: See Gentianamacrophylla. TCM Indications: See Gentiana macrophylla. Isolatedcompounds: 8297, 8304.T2935 Gentiana thunbergii (Gentianaceae); ZAN SHI LONG DAN;Thunberg Gentian*. Isolated compounds: 14982, 20708.T2936 Gentiana tianschanica (Gentianaceae); TIAN SHAN QIN JIAO;Tianshan Mountain Gentian. Used part: dried root. TCM Effects: SeeGentiana macrophylla. TCM Indications: See Gentiana macrophylla.Isolated compounds: 8293, 8297, 8303.T2937 Gentiana tibetica (Gentianaceae); XI ZANG QIN JIAO; Tibet Gentian.Used part: dried root. TCM Effects: See Gentiana macrophylla. TCMIndications: See Gentiana macrophylla. Isolated compounds: 7435,8291, 8297, 10174, 11435, 11517, 13321.T2938 Gentiana triflora (Gentianaceae); SAN HUA LONG DAN;Threeflower Gentian. Used part: root and rhizome. TCM Effects: SeeGentiana scabra. TCM Indications: See Gentiana scabra. Isolatedcompounds: 1020, 8304.T2939 Gentiana turkestanorum (Gentianaceae); TU ER QI SI TAN LONGDAN; Turkestan Gentian*. Isolated compounds: 8292, 8293, 8295.T2940 Gentianella nitida (Gentianaceae); GUANG LIANG JIA LONG DAN;Shining Gentianella*. Isolated compounds: 1019, 4845.T2941 Gentianopsis paludosa (Gentianaceae); SHI SHENG BIAN LEI;Swampy Gentianopsis. Used part: whole herb. TCM Effects: To clearheat and disinhibit damp, resolve toxin. TCM Indications: Commoncold with fever, hepatitis, cholecystitis, nephropyelitis, red eyes withgall, infant diarrhea, swelling toxin of sore and boil. Isolatedcompounds: 13137, 22270.Geradia japonica = Phtheirospermum japonicumT2942 Geraea canescens. Isolated compounds: 21711, 21857.T2943 Geranium nepalense (Geraniaceae); NI BO ER LAO GUAN CAO;Nepal Cranesbill. Used part: aerial parts. TCM Effects: See Geraniumwilfordii. TCM Indications: See Geranium wilfordii. Isolatedcompounds: 12018.T2944 Geranium pratense (Geraniaceae); CAO YUAN LAO GUAN CAO;Meadow Cranesbill. Used part: aerial parts. TCM Effects: SeeGeranium wilfordii. TCM Indications: See Geranium wilfordii.Isolated compounds: 1047, 3490, 5519, 6853, 8095, 8109.T2945 Geranium pratense ssp. funitimum (Geraniaceae); QU YU CAO DILAO GUAN CAO. Isolated compounds: 3550, 15178.T2946 Geranium robertianum (Geraniaceae); XIAN XI LAO GUAN CAO;Robert Cranesbill. Used part: whole herb. TCM Effects: To dispelwind and eliminate damp, resolve toxin and disperse swelling. TCMIndications: Wind-damp impediment pain, sprain and contusion,swollen welling abscess, sore and boil, measles papules, prolapse ofuterus. Isolated compounds: 16836.T2947 Geranium sibiricum (Geraniaceae); SHU ZHANG LAO GUAN CAO;Siberian Cranesbill. Used part: aerial parts. TCM Effects: SeeGeranium wilfordii. TCM Indications: See Geranium wilfordii.Isolated compounds: 6757, 8095.T2948 Geranium sp. (Geraniaceae). Isolated compounds: 8311.T2949 Geranium wilfordii (Geraniaceae); LAO GUAN CAO; WilfordCranesbill. Equivalent plant: Erodium stephanianum, Geraniumsibiricum, Geranium nepalense, Geranium pratense. Used part: aerialparts. TCM Effects: To dispel wind-damp, free channels and networkvessels, check dysentery and diarrhea. TCM Indications: Wind-dampimpediment pain, hypertonicity and numbness, aching sinews andbones, diarrhea and dysentery. Isolated compounds: 10887.T2950 Gerbera anandria [Syn. Leibnitzia anandria] (Asteraceae); DA DINGCAO; Gerbera. Used part: whole herb. TCM Effects: To clear heat anddisinhibit damp, resolve toxin and disperse swelling. TCM Indications:Lung heat cough, damp-heat diarrhea dysentery, heat strangury, pain injoints due to rheumatalgia, swelling toxin of welling abscess and boil,ulcer of lower limb, snake or insect bites, bleeding due to externalinjury. Isolated compounds: 5918, 5994, 8333, 8334, 14255, 14256.T2951 Gerbera jamesonii (Asteraceae); FU LANG HUA; Flameray Gerbera.Isolated compounds: 1102, 22465.T2952 Gerbera piloselloides (Asteraceae); MAO DA DING CAO; PiloseGerbera. Used part: root. TCM Effects: See Tylophora ovata. TCMIndications: See Tylophora ovata. Isolated compounds: 4530, 5142,5396, 5397, 10254, 10646, 17366, 17367.T2953 Gerronema spp. Isolated compounds: 8360, 8361, 8362, 8363, 8364,8365.T2954 Getonia floribunda (Combretaceae); Nguang-Chum; Duang-Sum(local names). Isolated compounds: 3940, 3941.T2955 Geum japonicum (Rosaceae); SHUI YANG MEI; Japanese Avens.Used part: whole herb. TCM Effects: To supplement vacuity and boostkidney, quicken blood and resolve toxin. TCM Indications: Exteriorvacuity and common cold, dizziness and dim vision, lassitude in limbs,emission, impotence, cough with blood ejection, vacuity cold andabdominal pain, menstrual disorder, swelling of sores, fracture.Isolated compounds: 6178, 8250, 8263, 15539, 20910.