Apart from the name Gentian Violet and Gentian Lutea are in no way related to oneanother. G Lutea is a plant of which the roots are used in phytotherapy of homeopaty, G Violet is a mineral used as dye and as a antifungal and antibiotic medicin. It wortks both against some fungae like Candida species and to some bacteria like Staphyilococcus. For use with thrush there should be no more than 0.5% alcohol and no more than 0.5% Gentian Violet present in the solution.
Warmly,
Gonneke, IBCLC in PP, LClecturer in southern Netherlands
--- On Tue, 6/22/10, Camilla Aviss <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Camilla Aviss <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [LACTNET] Gentian lutea for Thrush, not Gentain Violet
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Date: Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 3:02 AM
Hi,
I saw a mom today who has been following Dr. Newman's Candida Protocol for a few days now for thrush/candida. She was going to start the Gentian Violet tonight, but when she showed me the bottle she bought, it wasn't Gentian Violet she had it was the herbal Gentian (Gentiana lutea).
I have no experience using this form of Gentian, so was wondering if anyone out there has used this form for Candida?
The ingredients are listed as: Gentian roots (Gentiana lutea), grain alcohol, and distilled water.
Dosage: adults 24-48 drops in a little water, 3 times/daily, 15-60 minutes before meals.
It does caution against use in pregnancy & breastfeeding (but so does gentian violet & it's used widely).
Mom is using the APNO, Grapefruit seed extract. Baby just finished a course of Nystatin but of course still has visible thrush in the mouth.
Anyone with experience in this field with herbals, if you could post to lact-net or email me off line I'd appreciate it.
Thanks,
Camilla Aviss RN,BHSc(N),CCCE,IBCLC
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