Medicinal plants. Celandine in folk medicine. Herbal preparations with celandine for therapeutic baths

Lat. - Chelidonium majus, Ukrainian. - The great purist, eng. - Greater celandine

Description of celandine

Celandine - perennial herbaceous plant poppy family up to 90 cm high. The root is taproot, slightly branched. The rhizome of the celandine is many-headed, short. The stem of the grass is hollow, ribbed, densely branched, covered with hairs, and at the break it secretes yellowish-orange juice. Celandine leaves are pinnate, alternate, pinnately dissected, light green above, gray below. Celandine blooms in May-June, the flowers are bright yellow, collected in umbrellas. The fruit of celandine is a box. Ripens July-September.

Medicinal raw materials of celandine

The aerial part of the celandine (grass), collected during the flowering period of the plant. Previously, roots with celandine rhizomes were used to make choleretic drug cholelithin.

The chemical composition of celandine

All organs of the plant contain alkaloids: chelidonine, homochelidonine, chelerythrin, methoxychelidonine, oxychelidonine, sanguinarine, protopine, allocryptopine, allocryptopine, sparteine, berberine, stylopine, coptisine, oxysanguinarine, chelirubin, chelilutin, etc. Celandine grass contains the amount of alkaloids (up to 1, 8%), carotene, vitamin C(up to 170 mg/100 g), essential oil(0.01%), chelidone, malic, lemon and succinic acid, flavonoids and sponins.

In the experiment, celandine preparations cause a delay in the growth of malignant tumors, have a fungistatic and bacteriostatic effect on tuberculosis pathogens.

The alkaloid chelidonine acts like morphine: it causes depression, then paralysis of the central nervous system.

Homochelidine is a convulsive poison with a strong local anesthetic effect.

Protopin reduces the reactivity of the autonomic nervous system, tones the muscle tissue of the uterus.

Properties of celandine

In many manuals on herbal medicine, herbalists, we find data on healing properties ah celandine. No wonder the Latin name “chelidonium” is translated as “gift of heaven”. Celandine has choleretic and diuretic properties, has an antispasmodic, analgesic effect. Heals diseases gastrointestinal tract: gastritis, colitis, stomach ulcer and duodenum; diseases of the liver and gallbladder; kidney disease, Bladder and urinary tract.

Celandine treatment

Pliny the Elder in his "Natural History" writes about his observations of swallows, which "treated eye diseases to their chicks with celandine juice." Paracelsus recommended celandine for the treatment of liver disease on the grounds that its juice is similar to bile. Galen treated jaundice with celandine root.

Even alchemists showed interest in celandine, tried to get gold from less valuable metals with the help of its root.

Used in medicine

celandine herb infusion and fresh herb juice. These drugs cauterize warts, they treat papillomatosis of the larynx and the initial forms of lupus erythematosus.

In not large doses preparations of celandine are taken orally for diseases of the liver and gallbladder.

Domestic medicine includes celandine as the main component or in collections prescribed for diseases of the liver, gallbladder, for the treatment of gout.

Infusion of celandine

Celandine infusion is prepared at the rate of 1 tbsp. herbs in 1 cup boiling water, heated in a water bath for 15 minutes, insist 45 minutes. Take 0.3 cups 2-3 times a day 15 minutes before meals as a choleretic, laxative and analgesic.

Celandine for bronchitis

With bronchitis 1 tsp. celandine herbs and 1 tbsp. yarrow brew 0.5 liters of boiling water, insist in a thermos for 1-2 hours and drink 0.5 cups 2-3 times a day hot 20-30 minutes before meals.

Celandine with sinusitis

With sinusitis chronic runny nose 5% infusion of celandine is prepared and used to wash the nasal cavity.

For acute and chronic inflammation middle ear in the form of drops in the ear using celandine juice with 70% alcohol in a ratio of 1:1.

AT traditional medicine milky juice, infusion and tincture of celandine are used as an analgesic and antispasmodic for diseases of the liver and gallbladder (gallstones, sand, jaundice), catarrh of the stomach and intestines, diarrhea, indigestion. For the preparation of infusions and tinctures, it is best to use fresh herbal raw materials.

In Bulgarian folk medicine

Celandine is used for many diseases: decoction - as a diuretic for edema, for regulating menstruation, for diathesis, liver diseases; milky juice - to remove warts.

Celandine for hemorrhoids

For hemorrhoids, drink celandine steam, make baths, lubricate the cones: pour 0.25 l of jars of chopped dry grass with boiling water and cool. Drink 0.3 cooked Napar 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals. Definitely warm or hot.

Napar of celandine can be prepared from fresh herbs: pour 0.5 l of jars of fresh chopped herbs with boiling water and cool. Take in the same doses as indicated in the previous recipe.

Treatment of polyps with celandine

1 g of fresh grass per 1 kg of the patient's body weight, grind in a mortar or pass through a meat grinder until a mushy mass is obtained, which is then poured hot boiled water(80-90 C) in a ratio of 1:10. The cooled mixture is administered to the patient with an enema. Healing mixture they try to keep it in the colon for 1-2 hours. Do enemas every other day, or you can do it every day if the patient tolerates them well. The course of treatment is 10-20 enemas, a break - 2-2.5 months. During treatment, it is desirable to drink infusion of celandine.

Contraindications to the use of celandine:

epilepsy, neurotic state, pregnancy. Celandine is a poisonous plant. It must be used with caution. Overdose causes nausea, vomiting, hiccups, paralysis respiratory center. In the event of the first signs (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, oppressed breathing), it is necessary to urgently call a doctor.

Celandine decoction

Children are bathed in a decoction of celandine in case of skin diseases and scrofula.

In folk medicine, an aqueous infusion of dry herbs of celandine is used for various skin diseases, catarrhs of the stomach and intestines, jaundice, diseases of the liver and gallbladder, malignant tumors, rheumatism. In the form of washings, lotions, compresses, it is used for age spots, lupus, trichomonas colpitis, scabies, pustular diseases, boils, psoriasis, ulcers, tuberculosis and skin cancer. A decoction of the dry herb is considered a remedy for regulating menstruation and a diuretic for dropsy. Celandine juice reduces warts, freckles, calluses, lichen. Sprinkled with crushed leaf powder infected wounds and apply fresh leaves to them.

Celandine ointment

From fresh juice of celandine grass with vaseline in a ratio of 1: 4 or from powder of dry celandine grass, mixed equally with vaseline, with the addition of 0.25% carbolic acid so that this ointment does not mold.
For the treatment of wounds that do not heal for a long time, incl. and cancerous, such an ointment is used: they take 2 parts of fresh celandine grass, 2 parts of the flowering tops of St. John's wort, 1 part of fresh round-leaved sundew herb and 1 part of calendula flowers. Grind everything finely, adding a little sunflower oil. Such an ointment of celandine lubricates ulcers, especially those that do not heal for a long time; swabs are made with gauze soaked in ointment.

Celandine root

The celandine root is usually dried as follows: uproot the celandine bush, clean it from old, crumpled leaves, wash thoroughly, hang it in a draft to dry. Dry out without access to sunlight. Cut and store in paper bags.

Celandine juice

Fresh milky juice of celandine is a common remedy in folk medicine for reducing warts, corns, dark spots on the skin. In addition, it was used for scabies.

In homeopathy, celandine juice is also used.

Prepare it like this: slightly dry the grass, prepare as indicated above. Pass twice through a meat grinder and squeeze through a dense canvas. Pour into dark glass bottles and close with a tight cork, and cover with a dark cap on top. Withstand 5-7 days room temperature until the juice begins to ferment, then the cork should be opened daily and the gas released. Do not forget about it in any case. Usually celandine fermentation lasts a week. At the end of fermentation, strain the juice through dense fabric. Wash bottles thoroughly. Store celandine juice in a dark and cool place, preferably in the refrigerator.

You can prepare celandine juice for the future.

To do this, a torn celandine bush with washed roots is passed through a meat grinder. Squeeze out the juice from the moist dark green mass and pour it into a bottle, preferably with a screw cap. Place the bottle filled with celandine juice in a cool place. After 1-2 days, remove the cork and let the air out. This must be done until the air stops coming out of the bottle. Such celandine juice can be stored for a long time, at least 5 years.

Celandine juice well and quickly treats diseases of the nasopharynx, maxillary cavity, frontal sinuses. To do this, you need to bury the juice of celandine in the nose. If a person has a stuffy nose, then after the first, second drop of celandine, breathing is restored.

Celandine in gynecology

Douching with infusion of celandine for the treatment of colpitis, whiter: pour 130 g of grass into 1 liter of boiling water, leave for 3-4 hours, strain. Douching with a warm solution.

Outwardly celandine

used to treat erosions (especially on the cervix), cracks (on the heels, in the anus), fungal diseases, fibromyomas: 0.5 l of a can of infusion for 2 douches in the morning and evening in a warm form.

celandine for skin

As an external agent, a decoction of herbs and celandine roots is used for baths, washings and lotions when various diseases skin (rashes, lichen, acne), purulent wounds, ulcers. Externally, celandine is also used for bathing children with exudative diathesis.

Infected ulcers and wounds that do not heal for a long time are sprinkled with powder from dried celandine leaves or fresh crushed leaves of the plant are applied to them.

Celandine successfully treats (externally) skin diseases: purulent rashes, psoriasis, warts, calluses.

Take inside the infusion of celandine

2-3 times a day 20 minutes before meals, 0.25 cups; externally - three times a day, lubricate the affected areas fresh juice or celandine ointment.

Wart cleanser

Warts are removed with fresh celandine juice, lubricating them 1-2 times a day, pre-wetting with water and slightly scraping with a sterile instrument. Warts can disappear even due to the use of celandine juice inside (10-20 drops 3 times a day). Calluses, lichen and rashes on the body are also smeared with fresh celandine juice.
For the treatment of warts E.S. Tovstukha uses celandine juice with 10% propolis tincture. Take celandine juice and propolis tincture in a ratio of 1:5. A bandage or gauze folded in 4 layers is moistened in a liquid and applied to warts, calluses, lichen and fungal skin lesions 2 times a day.

Treatment of papillomas with celandine

Good results of treatment with celandine juice for papillomatosis of the larynx in children.

Treatment of psoriasis with celandine

In dermatology, celandine is used orally for psoriasis, eczema, neurodermatitis, pruritus, pruritus. In psoriasis, the clinical effect of celandine may be due to its ability to inhibit mitosis.

Psoriasis is treated with an infusion of a mixture of 1 tbsp. celandine herbs and tricolor violets in 1 cup boiling water. The infusion is drunk throughout the day. Useful for the treatment of psoriasis are also daily hot baths from a decoction of 4 tbsp. celandine herbs in 1 liter of water. This decoction also wash the head with seborrhea.

E.S. Tovstuha in the treatment of neurodermatitis, eczema and psoriasis uses a mixture of celandine grass, oregano, chicory roots, knotweed grass, hop cones, blue cyanosis roots, hawthorn fruits in a ratio of 1:2:4:2:2:2:4:2. Take 300 g of the mixture, pour 10 liters of water, boil over low heat for 10 minutes, leave for 30 minutes, filter and add to the bath. Baths are taken 2-3 times a week for a month. The water temperature for psoriasis should not exceed 25 C.

Another use of celandine

An infusion of grass and roots of celandine is used to spray plants against aphids, cabbage whites, scale insects, copperheads (800 g of chopped celandine grass soak in 10 liters of water for 10-15 minutes). Fresh infusion of celandine is poured over the ground near the plant against the larvae of the May beetle. Smoke from burning celandine grass is fumigated fruit trees from insect pests. On the vegetable plants celandine grass powder destroys the psyllid.

Properties of celandine juice

Celandine juice quickly and painlessly heals warts, calluses, dry and watery pimples, abscesses, boils, fistulas, scabies, eczema, fungus, fever. At the same time, the affected areas are lubricated five times, giving 2-3 minutes to absorb the celandine juice, 5 times a day. Mastitis is also treated with celandine juice (they lubricate the nipples). Anesthetizes and restores skin tissue after all types of burns...>>

Treatment with celandine and preparations from this plant is carried out strictly according to the prescription and only after agreement with the doctor, since drugs taken in large doses can cause poisoning.

The main symptoms of poisoning:

Great thirst, heaviness in the head and stomach, dizziness, fainting, hallucinations, convulsions. First aid for celandine poisoning - gastric lavage and the introduction of as much fluid as possible into the body ...>>

The first feature of treatment with celandine juice is that it begins treatment not from above, but from the boundaries of the diseased and healthy part of the body up (to the periphery). The second feature of the treatment with celandine juice - warts, pimples, fistulas, abscesses, boils, and other diseases are cured relatively quickly, leaving no trace, and during the treatment period a person can work ..

celandine in magic

To wear a mole with a heart - get rid of troubles, defeat the enemy, win the lawsuit.

Pharmacotherapeutic group. External anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antispasmodic, choleretic agent.

plant description

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Rice. 10.24. Greater celandine - Chelidonium majus L.

Celandine grass– herba chelidonii
- chelidonium majus l.
Sem. poppy- papaveraceae
Other names: warthog, chistukha, swallow grass, yellow milkweed, glechkopar, cleanliness, melon

perennial herbaceous plant with upright branched shoots 30-80 cm high (Fig. 10.24).
Root taproot, branched, with a short vertical rhizome.
Leaves alternate, deeply unpaired-pinnate (lyre-shaped) with almost opposite set aside pairs of lobes. Basal and lower stem leaves are larger, on long petioles, the upper ones are sessile, with fewer lobes. The leaf lobes are rounded or ovate, with a large irregularly crenate margin. The leaves are green above, bluish below, covered with a waxy coating.
flowers bright yellow on long pedicels, collected 4-8 at the ends of the stems in umbellate inflorescences. The calyx consists of 2 sepals that fall off when the flower opens. Corolla regular, of 4 obovate petals, 10-15 mm in diameter. There are many stamens. Pistil 1, with an upper unilocular ovary.
Fetus- a pod-shaped box 3-6 cm long, opening with two valves from the base to the top.
seeds brownish-black, numerous, shiny, with a white comb-like appendage. All parts of the plant contain an orange milky sap.
blooms from May to autumn. fruits ripen in July - September.

Composition of celandine

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The chemical composition of celandine

All parts of the plant contain

alkaloids, derivatives of isoquinoline, the amount of which in the grass can reach 2%, and in the roots - 4%.

Composition of alkaloids very complex, and in their structure they belong to different subgroups of isoquinoline derivatives:

In addition to alkaloids, there are

saponins, 0.01%
essential oil,
flavonoids (rutin, kaempferol, quercetin),
tannins,
organic acids (citric, malic, succinic),
vitamins (ascorbic acid, carotenoids).

Properties and use of celandine

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Pharmacological properties of celandine

Celandine grass has a multilateral pharmacological activity.
However main properties are

antispasmodic,
choleretic and
anti-inflammatory (bactericidal).

Celandine alkaloids have the highest pharmacological activity.

Chelidonin gives a pronounced

painkiller and
calming effect

similar in action to poppy alkaloids - papaverine and morphine,

Chelidonin renders also

spasmolytic effect on smooth muscles,
has antihypertensive and
bradycardic properties.

Homochelidonin, against,

gives a stimulating-convulsive effect,
has a strong local anesthetic effect.

Alkaloid protopine contained in the plant in a fairly large amount,

reduces the reactivity of the nervous system and
enhances tone smooth muscle.

Chelerythrin is characterized

pronounced local irritant effect.

Sanguinarine renders

anticholinesterase action (increases intestinal peristalsis and saliva secretion),

Berberine renders

choleretic.

Celandine preparations

retard growth cancerous tumors and
development of metastases
have fungistatic and
bacteriostatic action.

The use of celandine

Celandine grass is used as 2.5% water infusion inside how

choleretic and
bactericide

with diseases of the liver and gallbladder,

as well as external

anti-inflammatory agent for various skin diseases.

Milky juice of celandine has long been used to reduce warts.

Celandine herb extract is part of complex preparations choleretic, antispasmodic action.

Celandine grass is used with caution and only on prescription.

Application contraindicated persons suffering

epilepsy
angina,
bronchial asthma,
as well as in a number of neurological syndromes.

The plant is poisonous, in case of an overdose, poisoning may develop (symptoms - nausea, vomiting, paralysis of the respiratory center).

Spreading

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Spreading. Eurasian look. Distributed in all regions of the European part of the country, in Siberia (except the Arctic), in the Caucasus.

Habitat. It grows as a weed-ruderal plant near housing, in wastelands, in gardens, parks, orchards. It occurs in small clumps, does not form large thickets. Natural reserves are many times greater than the need for celandine raw materials.

Procurement and storage of raw materials

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Rice. 10.24. Large celandine

blank. The grass is harvested in the phase of mass flowering of the plant (from June to August), cutting it off with knives or sickles, and in dense standing, mowing the flowering tops with braids, without coarse lower parts stems.

Security measures. When harvesting for the renewal of thickets, it is necessary to leave well-developed individuals for seeding, do not uproot the plants. In order to preserve the thickets, repeated harvesting is carried out no earlier than after 2-3 years.

Drying. Dry without delay in dryers at a temperature of 50-60 ° C, in attics under an iron roof or under a canopy with good ventilation. Raw materials are laid out loosely, in a thin layer, turning over from time to time. With slow drying, the grass turns brown and rots.

When packing raw materials, wet gauze masks must be worn on the face, as the dust from it causes severe irritation mucous membrane of the nasal cavity.

Standardization. GF XI, no. 2, art. 47.

Storage. In dry, well-ventilated areas, according to list B. Shelf life 3 years.

External signs of raw materials

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Whole raw material. Whole or partially crushed leafy stems with buds, flowers and fruits varying degrees development, pieces of stems, leaves, flowers and fruits. The stems are slightly ribbed, sometimes branched, hollow in the internodes, slightly pubescent, up to 50 cm long. The leaves are alternate, petiolate, broadly elliptical in outline, the plates are unpaired-pinnately dissected with 3-4 pairs of crenate-lobed segments. The buds are obovate with two pubescent sepals that fall off when the flower opens. Flowers 4-8 in axillary umbellate inflorescences on peduncles, lengthening during the fruiting period. Corolla of 4 obovate petals, many stamens, ovary superior. The fruit is an oblong, pod-shaped, bicuspid capsule. Seeds are numerous, small, ovate with a pitted surface (under a magnifying glass), with a fleshy white appendage. The color of the stems is light green, the leaves are green on one side and bluish on the other, the corolla is bright yellow, the fruits are grayish green, and the seeds are brownish to black. The smell is peculiar. Taste is not defined (!).

Crushed raw materials. Pieces of leaves, stems, flowers and fruits various shapes passing through a sieve with holes with a diameter of 7 mm. Greyish-green color with yellow patches. The smell is peculiar. Taste is not defined (!).

Microscopy of raw materials

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Rice. 10.25. Microscopy of a celandine leaf

When examining a leaf from the surface, epidermal cells with sinuous walls are visible. Stomata only on bottom side leaf with 4-7 parotid cells (anomocytic type).

On the underside of the leaf along the veins there are sparse long simple hairs with thin walls, often torn, consisting of 7-20 cells, sometimes twisted or with separate collapsed segments. At the top of the crenate teeth, at the convergence of the veins, there is a hydathode with a papillary epidermis and 2-5 large water stomata. Spongy parenchyma cells with large intercellular spaces (aerenchyma). The veins are accompanied by lactifers with dark brown granular contents (after boiling in alkali) (Fig. 10.25).

Rice. 10.25. Microscopy of a celandine leaf:
A - the epidermis of the upper side;
B - a fragment of a sheet from the underside;
B - fragment of leaf vein: 1 - hairs; 2 - milkers; 3 - spongy parenchyma.

Numerical indicators of raw materials

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Whole Raw Material. The amount of alkaloids, determined potentiometrically, in terms of chelidonin is not less than 0.2%; humidity not more than 14%; total ash no more than 15%; ash, insoluble in 10% hydrochloric acid solution, not more than 2%; brown and yellowed parts of grass no more than 3%; organic impurities not more than 1%; mineral impurity not more than 0.5%.

Crushed raw materials. The amount of alkaloids in terms of chelidonin is not less than 0.2%; humidity not more than 14%; total ash no more than 15%; ash, insoluble in 10% hydrochloric acid solution, not more than 2%; particles that do not pass through a sieve with holes with a diameter of 7 mm, not more than 10%; particles passing through a sieve with holes of 0.5 mm, not more than 10%; organic impurities not more than 1%; mineral impurity not more than 0.5%.

Medicines based on celandine

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Celandine grass, crushed raw materials. Choleretic, anti-inflammatory agent.
Celandine herb extract is a part of complex preparations ("Hepatofalk Planta", "Holagogum", "Holaflux", etc.).

Celandine as a plant medicinal properties has been known since ancient times. The ancient Greeks called the plant chelidonium. The sap of the plant was used to treat eye diseases. Especially strong was the belief in the properties of chelidonium to cure blindness and thorns. AT modern medicine celandine is used mainly for the treatment of skin diseases. In folk medicine, the plant is used in the treatment internal organs, joints, diseases of the female genital area.

In addition to many useful compounds, it contains about 20 toxic ones that can have harmful effect on many pathogens and on the human body. Therefore, when treating celandine, it is always necessary to strictly observe the recommended dosage in order to avoid side effects and complications.

Celandine description, where it grows and what it looks like

The cleaner is perennial grass, belongs to the poppy family. Its flowers have 4 yellow petals, after flowering of which fruits ripen - a narrow-cylindrical pod with many small seeds.

The stem of the plant is branching, straight and can reach a height of up to 1 meter. The leaves are feathery in shape and rich green in color, with a bluish tint below. Tapered root light brown.

Celandine flowering begins in April-May and can last all summer until August. In some places you can see flowering plants in the month of September.

When the stem or other parts of the grass are broken, an orange-colored juice is released, which turns red on contact with air. At the juice bad smell with a bitter and acrid taste.

Celandine grows in many places and is a common plant for Europe, Asia, America with a temperate climate.

It is very unpretentious to growing conditions and perfectly adapts to poor soils. Even if the plant is cut off at the root, it will grow back in the same place. Favorite places - along roads, fences, in thickets of bushes.

All parts of the celandine are poisonous and in no case should the juice be used undiluted for oral administration.

The celandine has several folk names. The Latin name for celandine "Chelidonium" comes from the Greek word, which translates as "swallow". From ancient Greek times to the Enlightenment, there was a belief among doctors that the swallow collects the juice of celandine in its beak and digs in the eyes of the chicks, saving the offspring from blindness. The legend was widespread, so the plant was named after the swallow. In one medieval poem, the bird is called chelidon, and the plant is called chelidonium.

There is another version of why the celandine was named after a migratory bird: it is known that it blooms with the onset of the arrival of swallows and fades by the time they depart.

The Russian name is associated with the property of the plant to reduce warts. Therefore, in everyday life, celandine is called a warthog. Celandine is called celandine for its peculiarity to grow near the fence. Golden grass - for sunny coloring. Celandine in Russia had another name - jaundice, because healers used to treat the liver with infusion of celandine. In Russia, it was customary to treat almost any ailment with leaves and flowers.

It is worth noting that two types of celandine are known - large celandine and Asian celandine. But modern scientists distinguish only one type of celandine - great celandine. AT folk treatment usually use a large celandine.

The chemical composition of celandine

The plant has a rich chemical composition, which determines all the numerous medicinal properties. Roots, leaves and inflorescences are rich in complex biologically active substances. Basically, these are alkaloids. In total there are about 20 species in it. Among the main ones are:

chelidonin - lowers blood pressure and removes spasm, reduces excitability;
homochelidonin - has a mild analgesic effect;
protopin - enhances the work of the muscles of internal organs;
sanguiritrin - fights fungi, bacteria, Trichomonas, and also improves the contraction of the intestinal walls;
cheleretrin and sanguinarine - increase the contraction of the muscles of the bronchi, biliary and urinary tract, and the digestive tract.

Alkaloids are nitrogen-containing organic substances that are characterized by high physiological activity. At high concentrations, they can act as vegetable poisons. In small doses, they are used for therapeutic purposes.

Celandine roots contain a higher concentration of these substances than the aerial part of the plant. In an old plant, the concentration of alkaloids is also higher compared to young ones. This must be taken into account when collecting and preparing raw materials, when treating with celandine.

In addition to alkaloids, the plant contains:

Essential oil;

Saponins;

Flavonoids;

Organic acids: malic, citric, succinic;

Vitamins.

Medicinal properties of celandine

The chemical composition of celandine gives it powerful medicinal properties and gives a wide range of applications. All parts of the plant secrete healing juice, which has the following properties:

antimicrobial
antispasmodic
anti-inflammatory
painkillers
antiallergic
choleretic
wound healing
antifungal.

Essential oils, having antimicrobial and antispasmodic effect, help to eliminate spasms blood vessels and smooth muscles of the muscles of internal organs.

Saponins have a calming and diuretic effect. Flavonoids, one of the most powerful antioxidants, have a pronounced antispasmodic effect, provide good anti-allergic, antiviral and anti-cancer properties.

Organic acids improve metabolic processes. The presence of vitamin C and beta-carotene strengthens the immune system, and as antioxidants give an anti-cancer and antiviral effect.

Celandine indications for use

The spectrum of indications for the use of this medicinal plant very wide. It is used both locally to solve various external problems, and internally. Indications for the use of drugs from this plant are:

Diseases of the gallbladder and liver, which are associated with stagnation of bile, lethargy in the intestines, chronic diseases of the stomach and kidneys;

Rheumatism;

Inflammatory diseases of the throat;

Inflammation in the urinary tract;

Skin diseases;

High blood pressure;

Oncological diseases.

In some cases, it is used in the treatment of depression and neurosis.

Celandine juice and an ointment based on it are used to reduce warts, in the treatment of various skin rashes, including rashes associated with tuberculosis, ringworm, eczema, psoriasis, long non-healing wounds.

Effective celandine against the herpes virus, including the Epstein-Barr virus.

In folk medicine, drugs are used against cancer, although reliable scientific evidence of such use of the herb has not yet been given. Although Ukrainian scientists obtained positive results about the treatment of cancers such as testicular and ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, cancer of the esophagus and colon, skin cancer, Kaposi's sarcoma.

Studies are underway on the possibility of using celandine for the treatment of AIDS.

Rinse the hair with a decoction of the herb to get rid of dandruff.

Contraindications and side effects

Celandine, like any plant with strong healing properties, can be harmful if the dosage is exceeded. Before treatment, it is better to coordinate the use of drugs with your doctor.

Collection and preparation of celandine

Celandine grass can be bought at any pharmacy. Its price is low - 70-85 rubles per pack of 50 grams. The celandine is necessary in home first aid kit for the treatment of ailments that occur even in healthy person. These are cuts, weakened immunity, increased anxiety.

If, for some reason, pharmacy herbal medicines do not suit you, you can procure raw materials yourself. The grass is harvested during the flowering period in May or early June. The stems are cut 15 cm from the ground.

When collecting, pay attention to appearance leaves. Only healthy plants with juicy texture are suitable for drying. in green. In diseased leaves, the color is less bright. In folk medicine, the leaves, roots, stems of the plant are used. Juice can be collected at any time.

After harvesting the plant, it is immediately sent for drying. It is necessary to dry the celandine in a room with good ventilation. The grass should be laid out in a thin layer on the countertop or dried in a suspended state.

Periodically, raw materials need to be sorted out and turned over, and damaged leaves should be removed. You can not dry the grass in direct sun, as the plant will lose some of its healing properties. Completely dried celandine breaks immediately when bent. Such raw materials are suitable for preparing homemade recipes.

Dried celandine is stored in a dark room, packed in linen or paper bags.

You can also prepare a plant with roots that can be stored dried for as long as 5 years. Roots are used for cooking alcohol infusions. When harvesting, the whole bush is pulled out. The roots are washed and dried. Hang the plant to dry.

Forms of release and where to buy

Initially, celandine was used in folk medicine and homeopathy. With the development of official medicine, it became possible to study the properties of the plant in the laboratory. It has been scientifically proven that celandine retards the growth of pathogenic microorganisms.

Celandine is sold in pharmacies in the following forms:

Chopped herb for external and internal use. It can be packed in a cardboard box or in filter bags. Phytopreparations from celandine relieve inflammation. The herb is used to treat various kinds of dermatitis.

Powder - for the treatment of lichen, long-healing wounds and other skin diseases. Filter bags with grass powder are brewed to prepare infusions inside. Infusions treat diseases of the liver and gallbladder.

ATTENTION. When ingested in case of overdose, paralysis of the respiratory muscles may occur. Celandine is not used internally for epilepsy and asthma, as well as for angina pectoris. Pregnancy is also a contraindication childhood. Exceeding the norm may damage the liver.

Celandine oil, which is used to get rid of corns and calluses. Softens the skin, removes dryness and peeling. In cosmetology, they are used to prolong the youthfulness of the skin, treat acne, skin whitening. Oil lubricates the site of insect bites.
Mountain balm with celandine and Baikal herbs is used to treat calluses and papillomas. When using, you need to be careful not to allow the composition to get into the eyes.
Cream with shark oil and balm is used as an antibiotic for the treatment of frostbite, dermatitis, allergic reactions. Indicated for the appearance of boils. Treats insect bites trophic ulcers, festering wounds.
Bee celandine - gel against acne With salicylic acid and essential oils.
Markers and tubes with liquid for spot application from growths on the skin. They have exfoliating and antiviral properties. Get rid of warts and papillomas. Can be used by children, but only after consulting a doctor. The liquid is not used to reduce moles.
Infusion for hair growth with brewer's yeast and celandine.

In addition, celandine is a part of wet wipes for the skin, cleansers, bath salts.

Celandine application

Various medicinal preparations are prepared from celandine: infusions, decoctions, alcohol tincture on vodka or alcohol. Apply fresh juice of the plant and make ointments.

Celandine juice

Celandine juice is used for cauterization of condylomas, papillomas, corns, warts. It is often used on initial stage treatment of lupus erythematosus.

You need to apply the juice three times a day, exactly on the affected area and excluding it from getting on healthy skin. Wash off after drying warm water.

Juice can be used for healing inflammatory diseases throat and nose. Before instillation into the nose, it is diluted with cold boiled water in a ratio of 1 part juice to 2 parts water.

Infusion of celandine

A decoction of celandine is used as a diuretic, analgesic, choleretic agent for colic, urolithiasis and cholelithiasis, jaundice. They drink a decoction in case of metabolic disorders and to strengthen the immune system.

To prepare a decoction, 1 teaspoon of dried herb is brewed with a glass of boiling water (200 ml) and left to infuse for one hour. Take 1 teaspoon.

Celandine decoction

A decoction is used to treat skin rashes, acne and acne. to prepare a decoction, pour a tablespoon of 3000 ml hot water and boil at a low boil for 5 minutes. Cool and filter. Apply to cleanse the skin as a lotion. Usually, after a week of application, you can see positive results.

Celandine tincture

Alcohol or vodka tincture is used for neurosis and hypertension. Tincture can be purchased at the pharmacy or make your own. To prepare it, pour a tablespoon of dried chopped herbs into 200 ml of vodka (or 70% medical alcohol). Close the jar with a lid and leave in a dark place for 14 days. Shake the jar periodically. Filter the finished tincture.

Take 5 drops diluted in a tablespoon of water two to three times daily after meals.

Ointment with celandine

The ointment is applied externally to treat skin diseases, warts, corns, calluses, to remove freckles, age spots.

You can prepare an ointment based on pork fat, butter not salty butter, medical vaseline. The shelf life of the ointment is 2 years.

Interaction with drugs

The use of celandine in medicinal purposes incompatible with some pharmacological preparations. It cannot be used with:

Medicines that contain foxglove;

With drugs of the sulfonamide group;

With medications that lower arterial pressure and blood sugar.

When used externally, celandine should not be used simultaneously with similar action and properties.

It should be remembered that celandine is not a cure for all diseases. It must be applied wisely. Plant-based products are used in complex therapy. That is, for the treatment of diseases, only prescriptions with celandine may not be enough. It is necessary to strictly adhere to the dosage in order to avoid poisoning.

On the medicinal and beneficial properties of celandine

Greater celandine or Chelidunium majus. The Latin name comes from the word Chelidunium, which means swallow. It's connected with beautiful legend, according to which the swallow treats sore eyes to her chicks with celandine juice. In Russia, this grass was known under other names, which also show the area therapeutic use: warthog, chistuha, cleanliness, dog soap.

The celandine belongs to the Poppy family, outwardly represents a grass reaching 1 m in height. The stem is hollow, branches strongly when broken, a characteristic juice is released yellow color. Pinnately dissected leaves are arranged in regular order. The color of the leaves is different on the top and bottom of the leaf; they are light green above and bluish below. Yellow flowers are collected in umbel inflorescences. The flowering period is long, almost the entire summer period: from the end of May to August. According to the classification of fruits, the fruits of the greater celandine belong to the pods. It opens with a crack on two doors. The seeds are small, black in color, equipped with a fleshy appendage, which makes them a favorite delicacy of ants. These insects play an important role in the spread of celandine. The root system is represented by a taproot, short root.

Chistoplot is unpretentious to soils, but prefers clay soils. The plant is an ordinary plant in the European part of Russia, grows in Siberia, as well as in the Far East. Found in the Mediterranean and America. Likes shady places.

Procurement and storage of celandine

For medicinal purposes, juice, grass, cleanliness roots are harvested:

grass - harvested during the flowering period of plants (May - August);
juice - before flowering (May);
roots - after the end of flowering (September - October).

Plant materials are dried outdoors, in the shadow. When used in dryers, the temperature should not exceed 60 0C.

Grass and roots are stored in linen bags, in a dry and well-ventilated place. Celandine herb juice is stored in glass containers in the refrigerator.

Application in everyday life

Currently, celandine is practically not used in Everyday life. However, earlier wool was dyed with its juice, used for etching metals. An infusion of cleanliness was used to wash dishes in which milk was stored. After such washing, the milk remained fresh longer and did not turn sour.

The composition and medicinal properties of celandine

The plant is poisonous, this fact is due to the presence of alkaloids. It contains: homochelidonine, chelidonin, protopine, sanguinarine, chelerythrin. Most of the alkaloids are found in the roots of the plant. The aerial part is rich in organic acids - malic, citric, succinic, ascorbic. Also found in celandine a small amount essential oil, carotene, saponins, flavanoids, bitterness, resinous substances. The big herb has a pronounced bactericidal effect.
Among the diseases that can be treated with cleansing preparations, note: bronchial asthma whooping cough, bronchitis and allergic diseases. it healing agent It will also help in the fight against stomach and duodenal ulcers, inflammation of the large intestine, ulcerative colitis. Preparations based on it help in the victory over cancer. The herb relieves rheumatic pains.
AT official medicine Ukrain is used for the treatment of oncological diseases. It was created on the basis of alkaloids isolated from celandine.
Great celandine herb is successfully used in folk medicine for the treatment of many diseases. Water tinctures of celandine have a diuretic, choleretic, bactericidal, anti-inflammatory effect.
Cleansing juice has been used since time immemorial to get rid of all kinds of skin diseases, from warts to psoriasis.
The herb helps to cope with stomach cramps, as well as regulate the menstrual cycle.
In addition, plant juice treats polyps, condylomas, furunculosis.

The use of celandine in folk medicine

In folk medicine, there are a large number of recipes for the treatment of a particular disease with celandine. But all of them are mostly based on the use water tincture or decoction of herbs. In addition, plant sap is actively used in phytomedicine.

The use of celandine tincture for cholecystitis

Infusion of herbs has a choleretic, anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect. To prepare the infusion, you need to take 1 tbsp. l. dry, well-chopped herbs, pour 200 ml of water and boil for another 15 minutes. Infuse the infusion after boiling for at least 1 hour. Strain. Take 2 tbsp. l. 30 minutes before meals. The course of treatment is 3-5 days.

Fresh celandine juice for removing warts

Collect the ground part of the plants, scroll through a meat grinder and squeeze the resulting cake through cheesecloth. Store the resulting juice in a glass container in the refrigerator. For the treatment of warts, they must be smeared with cleansing juice several times a day until they disappear completely. This may take from several weeks to a month.

Lotions from fresh celandine juice for the treatment of psoriasis

Pass the grass through a meat grinder, squeeze the cake through a bandage. Store the resulting juice in the refrigerator. For the treatment of psoriasis, moisten a piece of gauze with juice and put it on the affected area. Exposure time - 15 minutes. The course of treatment is 1 month.

Celandine baths for allergic itching

cook concentrated decoction herbs: 5 tbsp. l. chopped fresh herbs pour 1 glass of water, boil for 5 minutes. Let it brew for 45 minutes. Strain and pour into a bath of warm water. Bath time - 15 minutes. The course of procedures consists of 10 baths. Baths have an anti-inflammatory effect, have a beneficial effect on general condition skin in particular and the whole organism as a whole.

A decoction of celandine for the treatment of polyps in the stomach

To prepare a decoction for the treatment of polyps, you need to take 1 tbsp. l. dry herb celandine, pour 400 ml of boiling water, leave for 6 hours, strain. Take four times a day for 30 minutes. Bring the amount of the drug taken to 1 tbsp. l. Start with 1 tsp. The course of treatment is 10 days.

Contraindications for use

Preparations from celandine have the ability to lower blood pressure, so they may be contraindicated in hypotensive patients. They are also contraindicated in the presence inflammatory processes in the gastrointestinal tract. Celandine should not be used to treat young children, as it is poisonous. Angina refers to such a disease, which is a direct contraindication to the use of herbal remedies based on this plant.

In case of improper preparation of preparations from celandine, the following symptoms are possible: dizziness, hallucination, fainting. In this case, you should immediately consult a doctor.

it amazing plant used for a wide variety of ailments. Celandine in folk medicine is used for violations of the liver, with influenza, gout and rheumatism. It has the ability to slow down division cancer cells Therefore, it is widely used for the treatment of oncology of the skin and internal organs. Like other popular medicinal herbs, celandine has many names.

What is the name of the celandine among the people

The scientific name of the plant is greater celandine. Its most popular name - celandine, cleanliness - grass acquired from the ability to heal skin diseases: rash, scrofula, lichen, acne and pimples, eczema and even skin tuberculosis.

For the ability to get rid of warts, the plant is sometimes called a warthog, and for help with unexplained disorders in the liver - jaundice. Another name - yellow milk or red milk - celandine in folk medicine received because of the characteristic milky juice of a dark orange or orange-red color. To our ancestors, the juice of the plant replaced iodine, it was used to lubricate wounds, disinfect dishes for milk and fumigate livestock from death. Its use in some eye diseases explains the name "seer".

Other plant names are yellow grass, chistukha, cow grass, golden grass, gorewort, dog soap, witch grass, yellow spurge, swallow grass. By the way, the Latin name of celandine (Chelidonium majus L.) is translated as "swallow". The plant blooms precisely during the arrival of the first swallows, and withers and dries up during their departure.

Plant characteristic

Celandine is a perennial. It is a herbaceous plant with bright yellow or orange milky sap. Refers to Leaves alternate, pinnatipartite, with large set aside pairs of leaflets. Painted on top green color, and the bottom surface is bluish. Quite large, 15-20 cm long, 5-10 cm wide. Flowers on long stalks, bright, yellow. Have four petals round shape and many stamens. The fruits are thin pod-shaped boxes with two wings, their length is about 5 cm. The seeds are arranged in two rows. They are dark in color and egg-shaped.

Plant height is from 30 to 100 cm. The stem is erect, hollow, covered with small hairs, moderately branches.

The range of grass covers almost the entire European part of the former Soviet Union, Siberia, Caucasus and Central Asia. Celandine prefers lands rich in humus. Widely distributed in the forest zone, grows in abundance in gardens, bushes and ravines, near houses. In the steppe zone, he settled on the slopes and along the banks of the rivers.

Celandine blooms at the end of May and blooms until September. The fruits ripen from July to September. For medicinal purposes, the whole plant is used: stems, flowers, leaves, celandine juice and roots. The roots of celandine are taprooted, branched, with a short rhizome. Outside they are brown-red, inside - yellow.

The grass is harvested at the time of flowering, in June - July, and the roots - in the fall. Dried in the shade, raw materials are stored for three years in cardboard boxes or thick paper bags. The room should be dry, cool and well ventilated.

The chemical composition of celandine

All parts of the plant contain alkaloids (roots - 1.90-4.14%, grass - up to 1.87%), chelidonine and its derivatives, sanguinorine, protopine, berberine, chelidamine, chelirubine, spartien and a number of other strongly active substances.

Be careful! The cleaner belongs to poisonous plants. All parts are dangerous, especially the roots.

The celandine also contains organic acids (chelidonic, malic, succinic, citric), vitamins A and C, essential oil, flavonoids and phytoncides.

Due to such a complex composition of celandine in folk medicine, it is used to combat malignant tumors and in the treatment of liver diseases of unknown etiology.

Beneficial features

Celandine extract has many wonderful properties.

Slows down the growth of malignant neoplasms.
It has a pronounced sedative and analgesic effect.
local anesthetic properties.
Removes warts, thorns and calluses.
It relieves convulsions and spasms of smooth muscles, has a bradycardic and hypotensive effect.
Heals wounds.
Enhances urination.
It has an irritating and choleretic effect.
Used as a laxative
It has antimicrobial and insecticidal action.

The plant contains many alkaloids, some of which have contradictory effects. Therefore, before using celandine, be sure to read the contraindications.

Contraindications for use

Care should be taken to take celandine inside. Since the plant is poisonous, this method of treatment requires medical supervision. In case of overdose or long-term use possible nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, depression of the respiratory center up to death.

Also, celandine can cause irritation of the stomach and intestines, lower blood pressure and, in rare cases, provoke loss of consciousness or hallucinations. At the same time, under the influence of the alkaloid protopine, severe convulsions can develop.

Who should not use celandine? In folk medicine, the following groups of people are not recommended to use the plant:

During pregnancy and lactation.
Children.
Patients with epilepsy.
Persons suffering from mental disorders.
With bronchial asthma.
With angina pectoris and decompensation of cardiac activity.

Pure juice is not used for wound injuries of the skin - it has irritant and can cause inflammation.

Decoction and infusion of celandine: external use

A decoction of the plant is used to lubricate the affected areas of the body and in the form of lotions for psoriasis, lichen, eczema. The crushed raw materials in the amount of 20-25 g (for dry raw materials) are placed in an enamel pan, poured with 250 ml of water and boiled for 15 minutes. Then cool and strain into glassware. Store a decoction of celandine for two days.

Also, for the treatment of eczema and dermatitis, an infusion in the form of baths is used. Twenty grams of grass is brewed with 200 ml of boiling water and insisted for about half an hour. For baths, a warm infusion is used (temperature 37 ° C), the duration of the bath is about 15 minutes. Do it daily until the signs of inflammation disappear. For the treatment of acne and acne, wash your face with diluted juice twice a day. After the first application, the skin condition may worsen, but after a few days, all inflammation disappears.

With extensive damage to the skin, celandine baths are taken. They are especially effective for furunculosis, weeping eczema and wound skin lesions. To do this, use the roots of celandine. They are crushed and insisted in cold water two hours, then boil for twenty minutes. Strain and add to the bath, which is taken at night. The water temperature is approximately 37°C, in total the course of treatment includes about 10 baths.

The infusion of the plant is rubbed into skin covering heads to get rid of dandruff.

In the same way, you can rid the dog of fleas: celandine has an insecticidal effect. After processing, the infusion must be washed off so that the animal does not lick it off, otherwise poisoning is possible.

Fresh Juice

Juice and extract of celandine are extracted from fresh stems and leaves. They are passed through a meat grinder and squeezed thoroughly. Then the juice is placed in the refrigerator for three days, filtered through cheesecloth into a glass container with a lid. For about three weeks, the juice ferments, a hole needs to be made in the lid for the release of gases. After the end of fermentation, the resulting extract can be stored in the refrigerator until the next harvest. Before use, the juice is diluted with water in equal proportions.

Without fermentation, the juice can be diluted with alcohol (25 ml per 100 ml of juice) or vodka (50 ml per 100 ml of juice). This tincture will keep for a long time.

Celandine juice is used to treat herpes, burns, acne and pimples, with scabies and peeling, wound skin lesions, non-healing ulcers and fistulas, polyps, warts and about 250 other skin diseases.

Celandine from nail fungus is used in the form of juice - rubbed into the nail plate in the morning and evening or warm baths with decoction are made. Treatment is long, as with any fungal infection, so you should be patient.

Juice from a freshly cut plant is smeared with thorns and warts until they disappear. At cancer her skin is smeared with fresh juice three times a day. With mastitis, the area of \u200b\u200binflammation is treated.

For external use, the juice is applied twice with an interval of 1-2 minutes. In this case, the extract affects not only the superficial, but also the deep layers of the skin.

With hemorrhoids in anus introduce a swab of cotton wool or bandage soaked in a decoction of celandine or diluted juice. At the same time, it is recommended to take an infusion of herbs inside 100 ml per day.

For the treatment of eye diseases, the juice is prepared as follows. The settled and strained celandine juice is mixed with honey in equal parts. Add 2% pure table salt and boil the resulting mass in a water bath for 20 minutes, stirring and removing the foam. The result is a concentrate that can be stored for several years. When instilled into the eye, dilute in a ratio of 1:1 or 1:2 with distilled or boiled water. Drip 1-2 drops three times a day for ten days. Then they rest for 10 days and spend another course. It is used to treat conjunctivitis, barley, walleye, to improve visual acuity and relieve eye fatigue.

Celandine: how to take inside

When taken orally, celandine has a choleretic, anti-inflammatory, diuretic and anticancer effect. For the treatment of hepatitis, cirrhosis, cholecystitis and cholelithiasis, an infusion of celandine herbs is used. One st. l. flowering herbs are brewed into a glass of water. They insist one hour. Take 1/3 cup 3 times a day for half an hour before meals.

The same scheme is used for the treatment of neurosis and vegetative dystonia, with whooping cough, gout, rheumatism.

How to drink celandine in the form of a decoction? For oral administration, it is prepared as follows. For 500 ml of water take 30 g of celandine, boil for five minutes. Then infuse for 50 minutes and filter. Drink 3 times a day for 20-30 minutes before meals for half a glass.

For malignant tumors of internal organs, skin cancers, diseases of the rectum, an infusion is prepared: 1 tbsp. l. celandine put in a thermos and pour 250 ml of boiling water. Withstand for 1-1.5 hours. Take 1-2 tablespoons before meals.

Another scheme for the use of juice is taken with milk. They start with a minimum - one drop - then add it drop by drop every day and bring it up to 20. Then reduce it drop by drop every day, returning to one. For liver cancer, they drink celandine juice with vodka (diluted in equal proportions) 3 times a day, 10-15 ml, washed down with water.

A decoction of the roots is used to treat dysentery. One st. l. crushed root pour 500 ml of water and boil for 5 minutes, then insist for one hour. The broth is filtered and drunk 25-50 ml three times a day.

Celandine tincture

Ethyl alcohol dissolves well in itself most of the active substances contained in the grass and plant roots. Therefore, tincture is a stronger drug than decoctions and infusions. It can be purchased at pharmacy network but you can do it at home.

Use fresh or dried herbs. Raw materials are placed in glassware. If the grass is dry, then fill half the volume, if fresh, then the whole. Fill with vodka to the top of the jar. Insist in a dark place for 14 days, shaking occasionally. Before using vodka, you need to dilute it: add another 350 ml of vodka to a half-liter jar of tincture.

Another proportion for making tincture is 20 g of celandine per glass of vodka.

Tincture is taken for disorders in the liver and gallbladder: 10 drops 3 times a day before meals for three months.

For the treatment of tumors of the female reproductive system, they drink following scheme: for 21 days, half a teaspoon three times a day 15-20 minutes before meals. Then rest 10 days. After a break, the second stage - one tablespoon 3 times a day for 14 days.

With periodontal disease, 30% is used. It is mixed with sunflower or olive oil and applied to the gums for 15 minutes. Then wash off with warm water.

plant cultivation

The infusion is used to spray plants from pests. In this regard, many summer residents cultivate celandine and other medicinal herbs in their area. The plant reproduces only by seeds. Sow them before winter or in early spring in a place protected from direct sun, lightly sprinkled with earth. Seeds withstand frost down to -30°C. Row spacing - about 50 cm. Celandine is a weed, therefore special care behind it is not required. The first shoots need to be weeded and watered, then loosen the ground. The plant is cut during the flowering period, laid out in a thin layer to dry or used fresh.

celandine - indispensable tool to fight skin diseases. In summer, you can use the fresh juice of the plant, and prepare raw materials or tincture for the winter. It can be used in the form of infusions and decoctions, dry raw materials, extracts and tinctures. In case of skin diseases, lubrication, lotions are effective, and in severe cases- baths with infusion or decoction of herbs. Celandine is distributed throughout Russia, it is unpretentious to growing conditions, so we can say that it is at hand all the time. Remember that the plant is poisonous, so taking drugs from it should be done with caution.