DECEMBER 1999

GENTIAN Be prepare and feel good for the Holidays at the beginning of the new millennium. Even before J.C., this mountain plant existed with the same medicinal proprieties that will help us enter the new millennium in health and good form. After the little autumn disagreements, we need to feel revive. Gentian which it's root is virtuous: Is a remarkable tonic, which is bitter, an aperitif, active stimulant for digestive and intestinal function; Its cholagoge and choleric actions are important, it is a hepatic drainer that accelerates the function and the normal activity of the liver and the vesicle; It acts to multiply the white corpuscles, to reinforce the organism and work against anaemia, fatigue even after medical treatments and sickness. When taken at the beginning of a meal, it will be more effective and it will stimulate the appetite; Gentian is also found in the D.W combination and the taste is less bitter than Gentian alone; What could you take as an aperitif during Holidays that will let you eat some little treats: Take one tablespoon of Gentian in 2 ounces of cranberry juice or cocktail or One tablespoon of Gentian with, cassis cream, Perrier water; What a taste! It is excellent for good parties without any meal or desert incommodations; For a preventive treatment before Holidays, take 25 drops of Gentian in one ounce of water (little bitter) before dinner and supper. Naturally yours and Happy Holidays. Françoise Néron P.S. If you ate too much, make a cure after.