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This daily blog has been about the struggles of juggling motherhood with being a full-time student for the first eight months of its existence.  I still share some of my life now that I've graduated but I also share information each day on herbs that I've learned along this journey.   While my herbariums are listed for free membership, I provide four fields from them in my blog: Constituents (the active ingredients of the herbs), the therapeutic actions (Examples are expectorant and stimulant), indications (colds, skin rashes, emphysema, etc), and safety information. More information can be found in the herbariums but these are the most important educational fields.  I also share scientific studies to help educate people who think there are no studies showing herbs work.

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Semester 4, Week 2, Day 7

9/18/2019

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This post has literally been taking all day to get done.  I was about halfway through the stuff below and my son unplugged my computer.  I finally have it filled in for today and the back-up word doc is filled in so I can update the Herbal List page once I get this posted. I was rushing to get dinner made so my son could sleep after and he fell asleep just as dinner was done. I left him on the floor so he will wake and eat before actual bed time.  My daughter wanted to color so we did that for a while. I got that interview done and turned it in today because I had to write the essay portion about how I feel it went.  After reviewing the code of ethics and such, I realized I forgot to go over a few things with my friend so I hope the next session goes better.  I think the biggest problem is she and I are such good friends that we were done with the interview portion too fast.  We are on the same page with health and are always bouncing things off each other and she loves to research to figure out what's best for her and her family.  We compare notes based on the things we learn. There were points int he video where we were laughing so I hope I don't get docked points for that.  The kids were also being loud in the background and you can see the mess of toys and them playing but he's going to have to get over that.  Time will tell what he thinks of it. Tomorrow is the start of a new module for all 3 classes. I'm going to get this posted and spend time with my daughter.  She has to share me most of the time so I think she will enjoy mommy-time while her brother sleeps.  Love and Light!

On to the constituents of gentian!

Iridoids are monoterpenoid lactones that are often the basis for the bitter principle as they are the bitterest compounds meaning they stimulate the digestive system. Ganora calls these modified monoterpenoids (Hoffman, 2003, p. 66, 67; Ganora, 2009, p. 68, 134, 136).

Gentiopicroside has antimalarial activity. Ganora calls this a modified iridoid or a seco-iridoid. (Hoffman, 2003, p. 67; Ganora, 2009, p. 68, 117).

Gentiopicrin has antimalarial activity. Ganora adds this is really bitter (Hoffman, 2003, p. 66, 67; Ganora, 2009, p. 31).

Gentianose is a trisaccharide that is made up of three monosaccharides: 2 glucose and one sucrose (Hoffman, 2003, p. 43).

Gentisein is in the roots of the gentian plant and is antibacterial and antitubercular. Ganora adds this is hepatoprotective and is one of the yellow pigments (Hoffman, 2003, p. 99; Ganora, 2009, p. 66, 116).

Xanthones vary in properties. The vary between inhibiting MAO activity, demonstrating cytotoxic activity, being anti-tumor, antimicrobial, insecticidal, anti-inflammatory, and tuberculostatic properties. Ganora adds these are soluble in oil and high-percentage EtOH solutions. She also states these are antioxidants that are also bright-yellow pigments (Hoffman, 2003. p. 99; Ganora, 2009, p. 45, 66, 115).

Constituents: marogentin, swertiamarin, (gentisen, gentisin, isogentisin), alkaloids (gentianine and gentialutine), phenolic acids (gentisic, protocatechuic, syringic, sinapic acids), sugars (gentiobiose), bitter principles (amarogentin)

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