There are few medicinal herbs used among the people so much, and often successfully as a centaury: appetizer, troubleshooting in digestion and fevers. It acts as a bitter agent (Amarume purum), whose ingredients cause reflex salivation, juices and enzymes in the digestive tract, enabling better and more complete digestion of food. Also, these ingredients improve the appetite, so the plants containing them, used for strengthening and recovery. For aqueous extract of herbs centaury proven that exerts anti-inflammatory and antipyretic activity.