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 tibeticaCurtis’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: Kyi lce dkar po  ཀྱི་ལྕེ་དཀར་པོ  (White variety): G. straminea, G. tibetica, G. robusta, G. tianschanica Kyi lce nag po  ཀྱི་ལྕེ་ནག་པོ  (‘Black variety’): G. crassicaulis, G. dahurica, G. hexaphylla, G. macrophylla 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, Arthritis2. Clears Heat, Stops Cough:-Sore Throat, Diphtheria-Lung heat cough3. Clears Swellings, Resists Poison:-Swellings, Inflammation, especially of the muscles-Scrofula, Lymphatic Swellings-Leprosy-Fever from Poison Dose: Decoction: 2–6 gramsPowder: 1–2 grams Comment: 1. These are the large-leafed Gentians, similar to Gentiana Qin Jiao of TCM. G. macrophylla, the source of…

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