When you think about a flower, that is not usually the thing that I think about when I think herbs – however, the Great Yellow Gentian is actually a flower that you can use for all sorts of things.  This is actually a bitter herb that many, many people use in many of the traditional meds that you may be taking right now.

What the Great Yellow Gentian actually does is it helps with all of your digestive problems and it can also assist with the relief of exhaustion from chronic diseases, which is fantastic.  Basically, the Great Yellow Gentian stimulates the gal bladder and liver while at the same time, making the body very, very strong.

The Great Yellow Gentian is a fantastic plant that you should really consider planting whenever you are looking into an herb garden!

Planting herbs is something that so many people are doing right now – not only because they want the herbs to cook with but because the herbs can actually be used for medicinal purposes as well. 

Take the Great Burdock for example; this is one plant that is actually used as a blood purifying agent.  This is actually a fantastic herb to have in your garden, if you are intending to plant herbs for medicinal purposes.

This plant in particular actually grows fantastic in the shade; you just want to make sure that the soil is always moist so that the plant will thrive.  You can also use this particular plant for boils, bruises, burns, acne and ringworm as well as bites – remember that!