Herbs as remedies

Centaury Gentiana acts on the liver and kidneys, purifies the blood, and is an excellent tonic. The dried herb is given in infusion or powder, or made into an extract. It is used extensively in dyspepsia, for languid digestion with heartburn after food, in an infusion of 1 OZ. of the dried herb to 1 pint of water. When run down and suffering from want of appetite, a wineglassful of this infusion Centaury Tea - taken three or four times daily, half an hour before meals, is found of great benefit. The same infusion may also be taken for muscular rheumatism. The green herb, bruised, is reputed to be good as an application to wounds and sores. The herb is so safe that you cannot fail in the using of it, only give it inwardly for inward diseases, use it outwardly for outward diseases.

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