Semester 4, Week 2, Day 6

I had to let my fingers do some walking on some of the actions below. Interesting how many ways there are of saying the same thing.  I have already gone and gotten groceries and paid some bills.  My friend will be over later this afternoon to do that interview for school.  I'm not looking forward to the grade I'm going to get with screaming kids in the background and him probably not being able to hear everything.  There is nothing I can do about it.  We both have small kids and they are not quiet.  We shall see how this goes.  I'm actually hoping both of mine will be sleeping when we do the recording.  If i wait long enough, I can probably swing one of them sleeping.  They are still grazing right now anyway.  They have each had a hot dog, part of a peach which they think is still too hard, a whole orange each, and are now eating a small bit of Cracker Barrel cheese.  I bought a bunch of fresh veggies today so I will try them on a few that they have never had and new ways of cooking things they disliked in the past.  They already eat more veggies than most kids their age but I want to be able to grow foods and cheese doesn't grow on a plant!  I also need to figure out what's for dinner.  I have not gotten any meat out and it's too late to do chicken in the crock pot.  I'll think of something. I added more to the valerian herbarium (have not hared it yet) yesterday and learned a LOT.  I still have a lot to do on those that are posted to get them updated but I love this learning process!  I also love when multiple sources have the same information but I did notice Petersen uses Hoffman as one of her sources so it's not exactly validating the information, more like circular reporting.  Once I start working on book entries, the raw data will come out because I'll be including summaries of the science that has been done. I'm sure the studies will also increase the length of the constituent list as well.  A lot of the sources say "and more".  I still have actions that have not been discussed yet.  Amazing, right? On to getting ready the rest of the way for this interview. Love and Light!

On to the actions of gentian!

Anthelmintic kills helminths which are parasites such as flukes, roundworms, and tapeworms (drugs.com).

Antihypertensive is obviously used to treat hypertension.

Vascorelaxant is another way of saying reducing blood pressure. This specifically means it reduces the pressure on the walls of the blood vessels.

Vermifuge means it expels parasitic worms which means it's another word for anthelmintic. Anniesremedy.com says vermifuge stuns the parasites to flush them out where vermicides kill the worms.

Constituents: Iridoids (marogentin, gentiopicroside – gentiopicrin, swertiamarin), xanthones (gentisen, gentisin, isogentisin), alkaloids (gentianine and gentialutine), phenolic acids (gentisic, caffeic, protocatechuic, syringic, sinapic acids), sugars (gentianose, gentiobiose), traces of volatile oil (Hoffman, 2003, p. 553). Chevallier (2016) adds bitter principles (gentiopicroside, amarogentin) and inulin (p. 99).  The amarogentin makes this the most bitter herb in existence.

Have a Great Day!