Celandine medicinal properties and contraindications. Appointment of celandine in traditional medicine. The history of the use of celandine

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Other names: Wart grass, Warthog, Witch grass, Yellow grass, Yellow spurge, golden grass, Cowgrass, Bloodgrass, Swallowweed, Devil's Milk, Purefruit, Chistuha, Cleansing Grass.

Diseases and effects: skin tuberculosis, gout, rheumatism, difficult to heal wounds, lupus, nasal polyps, scrofula, wart, callus, lichen, eczema, skin cancer, psoriasis, alveolar pyorrhea, stomatitis, trichomonas colpitis, cervical erosion, hepatitis, cholelithiasis, cholecystitis , gastritis, colon polyposis.

Active substances: berberine, protopine, chelidonine, homochelidonine, coptisine, stylopine, chelerythrin, sanguinarine, sparteine, 1-stylopine, 1-a-stylopine, 1-B-stylopine, α-allocryptonin, β-allocryptopine, saponins, flavonoids, ascorbic acid, vitamin A, malic acid lemon acid, succinic acid, chelidonic acid, coumarins.

Plant collection and preparation time: May June.

Botanical description of celandine

Great celandine is a perennial herbaceous plant of the poppy family (Papaveraceae), containing orange milky juice in all parts.

Root taproot, branched, with a short multi-headed rhizome. Inside the root of the celandine is yellow, outside - red-brown.

Stem erect, hollow, ribbed, branched, covered with sparse hairs or almost naked, 25-100 cm high.

Leaves green, glaucous below, pinnatipartite with almost opposite, set aside pairs of leaflets. The leaves are dissected into crenate-lobed lobes. The leaves are 7-20 long and 2.5-9 cm wide. The upper ones are sessile, the lower ones have long petioles. Leaf segments are ovate or rounded, at the base with an additional lobe in the form of an eyelet, unevenly round-toothed, entire or with bottom side incised.

flowers bright yellow on long stalks, collected at the ends of the stem with umbrellas, about 15-20 mm in diameter. The calyx consists of two sepals, which fall off when the flower opens. The petals are rounded, the corolla is correct. Pistil with a short thin style and a small two-lobed stigma.

The fruit is a pod-shaped single-celled bivalve capsule 3-6 cm long, 2-3 mm wide. Seeds are ovoid, dark brown, shiny, with a pale comb-like appendage, located in a box in two rows.

It blooms from May to August, the fruits ripen in July - September, depending on the growing zone. Propagated by seeds. Greater celandine herb is used as a medicinal raw material. Celandine juice is usually bitter, burning, has a very bad smell.

Habitats and distribution of the great celandine

Greater celandine is widely distributed throughout the European part of the countries. former USSR, except for the regions of the Far North, in the Caucasus, in Siberia, in the Far East, is less common in Central Asia.

In the south of Ukraine, it occurs in rare thickets or in small groups and is concentrated mainly along the banks of the Dnieper in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, as well as in the southern part of the Donetsk region. In Crimea, it is often found in the southern and southwestern foothills and mountainous regions. A small amount of celandine grows in the foothill-steppe zone.

Great celandine grows on soils that contain a lot of humus, in shady places. Inhabits broad-leaved, coniferous-small-leaved, fir-spruce and larch-birch forests; in the steppe regions it is found mainly in river valleys. In the mountains it rises to the upper border of the forest. Grows on scree, shady rocky slopes and rocks, on pebbles in river valleys and along stream banks, in bushes, along roads in sparse forests, often inhabits clearings and burnt areas, settles near housing, in gardens, kitchen gardens, wastelands, pastures and how weed. It usually grows in small clumps; it rarely forms thickets over large areas.

Preparation of large celandine and the quality of raw materials

Medicinal raw material is a dried herb, consisting of a mixture of leafy stems up to 50 cm long with branches and fruits of varying degrees of development, pieces of stems, leaves. However, it is known that in traditional medicine for medicinal purposes, juice is also used, and sometimes the whole plant along with the root.

Celandine grass is harvested during flowering (usually May - June) in dry weather, cutting plants with knives or sickles, and in dense standing - mowing with scythes without coarse ground parts with hand scythes.

The plant is poisonous, therefore, during the collection of raw materials, you should not touch your face, eyes with your hands; Hands must be washed thoroughly after work.

To preserve thickets, re-harvesting on the same thicket should be carried out no earlier than a year later.

Dry the grass in dryers at a temperature of 50-60 ° C for 8 hours, in attics or under sheds with good ventilation, laying it out thin layer on bedding or paper and periodically turning over. With slow drying and in those cases when the grass is spread out in a thick layer, it turns brown and rots. The raw material is considered dry if the stems break when bent, and do not bend.

Raw materials are packed in bales of fabric with a net weight of up to 40 kg and in bags up to 10-15 kg. Store in dry, well-ventilated areas. Shelf life up to 3 years.

Workers packing celandine raw materials should wear wet gauze masks on their faces, as the dust from it causes severe irritation nasal mucosa.

The chemical composition of celandine

All parts of the plant contain alkaloids (up to 2% in grass, up to 40% in roots). Alkaloids belong to different types of isoquinoline derivatives: berberine, protopine, chelidonine, homochelidonine, coptisine, stylopine, chelerythrine, sanguinarine, sparteine, 1-stylopine, 1-a-stylopine, 1-B-stylopine, etc. In addition to alkaloids, the herb contains saponins, flavonoids, ascorbic acid, vitamin A and organic acids - malic, citric, succinic, chelidonic. The seeds contain 40-60% fatty oil, coumarins. The milky juice is rich in resinous substances containing up to 40% fatty oil.

Pharmacological properties of celandine

Celandine grass has a multilateral pharmacological activity. However, the main properties of celandine are antispasmodic, choleretic and anti-inflammatory (bactericidal). Celandine alkaloids have the highest pharmacological activity. For example, chelidonin gives a pronounced analgesic and sedative effect, similar in action to the main poppy alkaloids - papaverine and morphine. In addition, this alkaloid has an antispasmodic effect on smooth muscle organs, has hypotensive and bradycardic properties.

Another alkaloid of celandine - homochelidonin, on the contrary, gives an excitatory-convulsive effect and exhibits local anesthetic activity. The alkaloid protopine, contained in the plant in a fairly large amount, reduces the reactivity of the vegetative nervous system and unlike chelidonin enhances the tone smooth muscle. Chelerythrin is characterized by a pronounced local irritant effect.

Of all the compounds contained in the plant, sanguirythrin (the sum of the alkaloids sanguinarine and chelerythrine) has been most thoroughly studied. On the various types in laboratory animals, a clear anticholinesterase effect of the drug was established. In addition, experiments have shown that sanguirythrin potentiates the effect of acetylcholine and improves neuromuscular conduction. When studying the general pharmacological properties of sanguirythrine, the effects characteristic of the entire group of anticholinesterase substances were confirmed, and it was also found that the alkaloid has a wide spectrum of antimicrobial activity. It acts bactericidal on gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, yeast-like fungi and Trichomonas.

It has been experimentally established that preparations from the herb of celandine retard the growth cancerous tumors and development of metastases; revealed fungistatic and bacteriostatic effect on tuberculosis microbacteria.

The use of large celandine in medicine

Earlier in practical medicine Celandine was widely used for skin tuberculosis, gout and rheumatism. Externally, it has been used to treat warts and calluses, lichen, eczema, skin cancer, mainly in the form of fresh juice or an ointment prepared from the herb of the plant, by lubricating the affected areas three times daily. In a decoction of celandine grass, children were bathed with various skin diseases.

In the form of an infusion or the main component in celandine preparations, it is currently used for diseases of the liver and gallbladder, for gout and some skin diseases. Great celandine infusion is recommended for the treatment of hepatitis, cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, gastritis. There is information about the use of a decoction of celandine in the form of hot baths for psoriasis. In the same disease, nice results in patients with external use of 50% celandine extract mixed with pork fat, in combination with simultaneous ingestion of 20% alcohol tincture of celandine.

Of interest clinical experience on the use of celandine for the treatment of itchy dermatoses. In stationary conditions, aqueous extracts of fresh or dried plants were used, more often in the form of an infusion or decoction at the rate of 0.25 to 10 g of herb per 100 ml of water. Lotions, compresses and baths were used. The treatment was carried out in patients with some pruritic dermatoses in the stage acute inflammation and wetting. On the 2-3rd day of treatment, the sensation of itching decreased in patients or it disappeared, epithelialization of eroded surfaces was noted, skin infiltration in the lesions decreased. AT further treatment baths from infusion of celandine combined with the use of ointments with regenerating and keratolytic properties.

Based clinical observations it was found that the infusion and decoction of celandine herbs in some itching dermatoses have antipruritic, anti-inflammatory and epithelial properties in the stage of acute inflammation, vesiculation and weeping.

Sanguiritrin in the form of liniment and solution is effective in alveolar pyorrhea, chronic recurrent aphthous stomatitis, long-term non-healing wounds, ulcers and other diseases caused by antibiotic-resistant microflora. Sanguiritrin gives positive results with herpetic ulcerative stomatitis, trichomonas colpitis and cervical erosion. In addition, sanguirythrin is successfully used in various forms myopathies, with sensitive and movement disorders associated with diseases and traumatic injuries of the nervous system (poliomyelitis, cerebral palsy).

Some doctors have successfully used celandine treatment for colon polyposis. To do this, fresh grass is ground in a porcelain mortar at the rate of 1 g per 1 kg of the patient's weight. The resulting slurry is poured with boiled water (temperature 70-80 ° C) in a ratio of 1: 10. The cooled mixture is injected with a syringe, but before that, 2 hours before cleansing enema. The introduced mixture should be kept in the colon for 1-2 hours. The procedure is carried out every other day. Total course of treatment - 10-20 enemas.

In folk medicine, for the prevention of cancer, the following recipes are used:

Half a tablespoon of chopped celandine herb is placed in an enamel bowl and poured into a glass boiled water room temperature. Then insist on a boiling water bath for 15 minutes, cool for at least 45 minutes, filter through gauze. Apply infusion 1 tablespoon 3 times a day for 3 days every month.
Take 1 tablespoon of the collection prepared from equal parts calendula flowers and chopped celandine herb. The technology for preparing the infusion is the same as the first one. Take 2 tablespoons 3 times a day for 3 days monthly.
Two teaspoons of chopped celandine herb insist on boiled cold water(glass) room temperature 8 hours. Filter. The entire infusion is drunk per day, taken for 3 days monthly.

Side effects and contraindications to the use of large celandine

It should be remembered: the internal use of celandine preparations is permissible only on the prescription of a doctor and under his control!

Celandine in galenic forms for external use is contraindicated in persons suffering from epilepsy, bronchial asthma, angina pectoris, as well as in a number of neurological syndromes.

With the internal use of herbal preparations of celandine in large quantities or an overdose of fees, including celandine as the main component, patients may develop poisoning with nausea, vomiting, paralysis of the respiratory center.

The celandine is known not only as remedy, but also by the fact that its water infusion can fight diseases and pests of the orchard. Therefore, it is useful to have such a plant on hand. Celandine can be successfully grown in the garden. The soil must be prepared as for all medicinal crops. It is better to allocate a plot for sowing in a more humid and slightly protected place from sunlight. Seeds collected in autumn are sown superficially before winter or early spring. The row spacing is 40-50 cm. The sown seeds are lightly sprinkled with earth.

Poppy family - Papaveraceae. Poisonous!

Folk names: yellow grass, golden, cleansing grass, swallow grass, devil's milk, witch grass, warthog, warthog, gladushnik, glekopar, glacier, jaundice, red milkweed, cow grass, bloodweed, bloodweed, killer or dove grass, gusset, gusset, butterwort, euphorbia yellow, yellow milkweed, liverwort, pimple, prozornik, rozopas, rostopash, rostopach, burst, silidon grass, silidonia, celidonia, selinomia, gray potion, chistyak, chistyk yellow, chistyk, chistukha, celandine, chistoplot, chistokol, nutcracker, yaskovka, adamova head, aksamet, volosnik, starodub, field mustard, zawilets, larkspur, night blindness, ranunculus, St. John's wort, gorse.

Used parts: grass and root.

Pharmacy name: celandine grass - Chelidonii herba, celandine root - Chelidonii radix.

Botanical description. This is a perennial plant with a powerful (sometimes finger-thick) root. Depending on the habitat, its height ranges from 30 cm to 1 m. All parts of the plant (even the roots) secrete a yellow milky juice, which is very pungent in taste and irritating. The stem is branched, slightly pubescent, also covered with pubescent alternate bluish-green, pinnate below, pinnate-lobed leaves above. Brilliant golden yellow flowers with four petals and numerous stamens are collected in an umbrella-shaped inflorescence. The elongated pod-like fruits bear seeds that have white appendages, which are very fond of ants, which is why celandine seeds are often brought to unusual places. Celandine blooms almost all year round, from (March) April to October (November), but mostly in May-June. Common near dwellings, on roadsides, near hedges, in bushes.

active ingredients. The yellow milky juice of celandine contains various alkaloids close to the opium group. One of them is considered cytotoxic (destroying cells). In addition, the plant contains saponins, flavonoids, some essential oil, carotenoids, a cardiac stimulant and enzymes. The pharmacological and chemotherapeutic effects of various alkaloids, narcotic (sedative), anesthetic, strychnine-like, antispasmodic, fungicidal and fungistatic, antiviral, antibacterial, antitumor and cytostatic, hypotensive and antihistamine, analgesic, were studied. The most important of the celandine alkaloids is chelidonin, which is close to poppy alkaloids, morphine and papaverine, which has an analgesic and sedative effect. Chelidonin also causes relaxation of smooth muscles, slowing the pulse and lowering blood pressure. Homochelidonin - convulsive poison, strong anesthetic local action. Sanguinarine manifests narcotic effect, excites intestinal peristalsis and enhances the secretion of saliva. Chelelythrin causes local irritation. Protolin reduces the reactivity of the autonomic nervous system, tones the smooth muscles of the uterus. Cheletrin and sanguinarine cause a bactericidal and anticholinesterase effect. The alkaloids cholidine, homochelidonine, and methoxychelidonine are mitotic poisons and are capable of inhibiting tumor growth. The complex of quaternary protoberberine alkaloids - berberine and coptisine exhibits a choleretic effect. Allocoiptopic and protopin reduce the reactivity of the autonomic nervous system and, unlike chelidonine, increase the tone of smooth muscles, and also have a pronounced antiarrhythmic activity, surpassing in this respect such well-known antiarrhythmics as cinchonidine and novocainamide. Celandine is promising
medicinal plant for further study of the substances contained in it and their application

Healing action and application. According to the composition of celandine, it can be judged that this plant has a slightly sedative, anti-spasmodic (on the bronchi, intestines) and choleretic action. Excitatory effect on blood vessels leads to a slight increase blood pressure. Therefore, celandine is used for sluggish bowel movements, stomach diseases and bile stasis. But you need a doctor's advice. Most likely, he will prescribe various drugs in the form of drops, since celandine tea is not always safe. Besides active ingredients at long-term storage are destroyed and in pharmaceutical raw materials are contained in different quantities. Grass or celandine roots - component many medicinal teas for the treatment of diseases of the stomach, intestines and gallbladder. Who wants to be treated for these diseases with natural celandine, must undergo a 3-4-week course of treatment. But be sure to check with your doctor first! Celandine and its preparations have anti-inflammatory, wound healing, antipruritic, analgesic, antihistamine, diuretic, choleretic, anticonvulsant and cauterizing effects. They stunt growth malignant tumors, have fungistatic and bacteriostatic properties in relation to mycobacterium tuberculosis, significantly reduce and prevent the development of some fungal diseases, have antiviral, antimicrobial and insecticidal effects. Celandine preparations also slow down the pulse and lower blood pressure, stop cramps and spasms, and reduce and soothe pain. Celandine preparations are used for angina pectoris, hypertension, various diseases accompanied by muscle spasms, bronchial asthma, chronic polyarthritis, chronic skin diseases, diseases of the liver, gallbladder and biliary tract, cholelithiasis. In stomach cancer, they act somewhat analgesically (S. A. Tomilin, 1959). The clinic of hospital surgery of the Kuibyshev Medical Institute successfully treated a large number of patients with various forms of colon polyposis. According to doctors, the effect is based on the cauterizing, keratolytic effect of celandine on tissues.

For 1 part of celandine 10 parts of water, for the procedure 15-60 g of the green mass of the plant (depending on the weight of the patient). The resulting liquid is administered as a therapeutic enema for an hour. 3 hours before doing a cleansing enema. After 10-20 procedures (during the growing season of celandine - 2 cycles), patients were clinically completely freed from polyps (A. Aminev, 1966).

Tincture fresh roots celandine is part of the complex drug cholelithin, used for cholelithiasis. Juice and ointment from crushed leaves is used in the treatment of skin tuberculosis. The effectiveness of topical application of celandine juice obtained from grass and roots has been clinically proven in the conservative treatment of rectal and bladder polyps, as well as the treatment of laryngeal papillomatosis in children, cancer of the red border of the lips, warts, periodontal disease, eczema with celandine juice. AT clinical practice the positive effect of celandine in the treatment of patients with scaly lichen (psoriasis) has been established. With the disease, good results were noted in patients with external use of 50% celandine extract mixed with pork fat, in combination with simultaneous ingestion of 20% alcohol tincture of celandine. Positive results are achieved when using this method of treating psoriasis by introducing biologically active substances and applying therapeutic ointments to the lesion using a diet and normalizing the regime of work and rest. It should be noted 2 more ways to treat psoriasis in traditional medicine.

Pour 2 bottles of vinegar essence into a half-liter jar, dip 2 chicken eggs there, close the lid and put in a dark place for 9 days. During this time, the eggs in the essence will boil, and a film will remain from the shell. Eggs need to be removed from the solution, remove the film from them and grind with a fork. Then add sperm whale oil to get an ointment (not very liquid). Ointment should be stored in closed jar, keep in a dark cool place. Apply a thin layer to the affected areas of the skin and rub in lightly. Eczema can also be treated in this way.
Rub grease into sore spots every other day, rinse with warm whey from skimmed milk. You should be careful, as some people may have intolerance to grease.

In Poland, great celandine is used as an anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antihelminthic, for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, hepatic colic, hemorrhoids, with painful menstruation. In Austria, young celandine grass is used as a sedative and anticonvulsant. According to Austrian researchers, one of the alkaloids contained in the plant enhances the function of the gallbladder and bile ducts. The pharmaceutical industry in Austria manufactures various drugs containing celandine alkaloids. They are sold as extracts of the fresh plant and other preparations. In France, celandine grass is used as an aphrodisiac, diuretic, laxative. It has a stimulating effect fresh plant. Its juice is used against warts. Grass is an official raw material in the USA, Venezuela, Germany, and was also an official raw material in the former USSR. Celandine is widely used in folk medicine in many countries of the world. In German folk medicine, a decoction of herbs with flowers and a decoction of roots are taken orally in small doses for jaundice, liver stones, spleen diseases, gastritis, colitis, and influenza.

Celandine tea: Scald 2 teaspoons of celandine herb with 1/4 liter of boiling water and soak for 10 minutes. After straining, the tea is ready to drink. During the entire course, take a cup 2-3 times a day.

The idea of the action of celandine would be incomplete if we did not mention the use of fresh milky juice of celandine to reduce warts. For those who lubricate the warts with fresh celandine juice several times a day, they disappear after a few days. However, it is still unclear why this does not occur in other patients even with longer use.

Special advice. The action of celandine is often overestimated. Therefore, I advise you to use this raw material in mixtures where its action is supported by other medicinal herbs used against diseases of the stomach, intestines and gallbladder. In this sense, the combination with wormwood, peppermint and cumin is quite reliable.

Mixed tea: Celandine 10.0 Peppermint 10.0 Cumin 5.0 Wormwood 5.0 Pour two teaspoons of the mixture into 1/4 liter of boiling water and infuse for 10 minutes. After straining, drink non-hot tea in small sips. Take as needed 2 times a day for a cup or take a 2-3-week course at the same doses.

Use in homeopathy. The homeopathic remedy Chelidonium is prepared from the raw root. It is believed that the drug supports the activity of the liver and gallbladder, so it belongs to the most frequently recommended remedies. Chelidonium is also prescribed for influenza, bronchitis and pneumonia, somewhat less often for neuralgia and muscular rheumatism. Assign the remedy in dilutions D 1 -D 6 , give several times a day, 5-10 (up to 15) drops.

Application in folk medicine. The use of celandine has been known since ancient times. Theophrastus already wrote that he prescribed this remedy for jaundice, tumors of the liver, cholelithiasis and constipation. This information was used by later authors of herbalists and in medieval herbalists, from which the knowledge of traditional medicine was drawn. New is the use of celandine in asthmatic attacks, in this area it is being praised more and more. Here, its action is determined by the sedative and anticonvulsant substances present in the composition of the raw material. Also, the external use of celandine is increasingly practiced. This refers not only to the reduction of warts with raw juice, but also to other skin diseases that are treated with decoction (tea) from celandine. This is explained, apparently, by the fact that some alkaloids have a bactericidal effect.

Side effects. Treatment with this plant is carried out only under the supervision of a doctor, since in large doses it can cause poisoning, the main symptoms of which are intense thirst, heaviness in the head and stomach, dizziness, fainting, hallucinations. Even if, when treated at the above doses, no side effects does not appear, it is still better to use raw materials only after consulting a doctor. And since celandine contains various alkaloids, it is rightly considered a poisonous plant.

Celandine as a plant with 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 skin diseases. In folk medicine, the plant is used in the treatment of internal organs, joints, diseases of the female genital area.

In addition to many useful compounds contains about 20 toxic substances that can have harmful effect on many pathogens and on the human body. Therefore, when treating with 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. The juice has an unpleasant odor 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. Latin name 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 a complex of 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, bile and urinary tract, organs of the gastrointestinal tract.

Alkaloids are nitrogen-containing organic substances that are characterized by high physiological activity. In high concentrations, they can act as plant 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 healing properties and gives wide range 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 range of indications for the use of this medicinal plant is 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 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 depressive states and neuroses.

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 have received positive results in the treatment of such types of cancer 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 part 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 outdoor 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 different kind 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, it is used to prolong the youthfulness of the skin, treat acne, and whiten the skin. 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 avoiding its contact with healthy skin. After drying, rinse with 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, cholagogue with 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 for medicinal purposes is incompatible with some pharmacological preparations. It cannot be used with:

Medicines that contain foxglove;

With drugs of the sulfonamide group;

With drugs that lower blood 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. Use plant based products 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.

about medical and useful properties 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 the next 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 late 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 wings. 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. Large quantity 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, they note: bronchial asthma, whooping cough, bronchitis and allergic diseases. This healing remedy will also help in the fight against stomach ulcers and duodenum, inflammation of the large intestine, ulcerative colitis. Preparations based on it help in the victory over oncological diseases. The herb relieves rheumatic pains.
In official medicine, the preparation 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 is 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

Prepare a concentrated decoction of 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.

warthog, chickweed, jaundice, killer grass, swallow grass, night blindness, gusset, chistyak, yellow chistyk

Perennial with poisonous milk juice rich in alkaloids. It is used to treat diseases of the skin, polyps, liver and gallbladder. Folk remedy for the prevention and treatment of cancer.

Name in Latin: Chelidonium majus

Name in English: Wartworth

Family: Poppy

Medicinal properties and contraindications of celandine have been widely studied by medicine. The medicinal plant has been known since antiquity, but its use is currently limited. The reason is the high toxicity that the juice of the culture has. It contains deadly substances, so it is not recommended in traditional therapy. But with a number of diseases, there are no analogues of celandine in terms of effectiveness.

Features of large celandine

Culture has many names among the people. The generic Chelidónium is derived from the Greek word celadon, which means "swallow" in translation. According to one version, the plant was named after the flowering period, as it bloomed when swallows arrived. According to another, confirmed by written sources, ancient Greek doctors used celandine to treat eye diseases, since according to legend, the swallow bird healed its blind chicks with its juice.

The term "celandine" is based on the use of culture for the treatment of skin diseases. It is also called the "warthog" for its ability to cauterize warts. Since the culture has always been widespread, it was found as a weed, it grew everywhere and often in gardens and under fences (tyns), among the people it is called "podtynnik".

Description

What celandine looks like is well known to the owners of summer cottages. Every year they have to deal with an obsessive weed - a perennial herbaceous plant, the stem of which sometimes reaches a meter in height, but more often grows up to fifty centimeters.

The celandine is big. Botanical illustration from Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, 1887.

The stem is straight, usually glabrous in the lower part, but pubescent with numerous hairs. In the upper part begins to branch, covered with leaves not correct form. They are large, with a patterned edge formed by rounded segments. If the leaves begin to grow from the root, they sit on long cuttings, while the upper ones fit snugly against the stem.

Large celandine is an extremely tenacious culture due to its developed rhizome. It is short, vertical, but deepening into the ground, it turns into a branched long root. The older the plant, the more roots it acquires. Therefore, with weed grass it is extremely difficult to fight.

The flowering period is May-July. The warmer the region of growth, the earlier the culture blooms. In warm, southern areas, it can bloom from mid-April. And if the grass is cut at this time, it will definitely bloom again, but closer to August. The flowers are bright, with golden yellow petals of the correct form, the same size.

From June, sunny flowers transform into seed pods, which, remaining on the stem, quickly ripen and open. They spill out small rounded seeds of black or dark brown. Each seed has an appendage scallop that ants like to feast on. It is these insects that are active distributors of celandine, since, by eating scallops from seeds, they contribute to spreading the culture over long distances.

You can accurately identify celandine by breaking the stem. At the break, juice appears, initially saturated white in color, reminiscent of thick, viscous milk. But in the air it quickly changes, acquiring an orange-red hue.

Geography and distribution

The easiest way to find a plant is near anthills, where insects regularly drag seeds. But culture is common in other territories as well. It is so unpretentious that it grows everywhere. The only climatic zone where celandine is not found is the Far North.

To collect the plant, you can go to the forest, where it prefers shaded edges and clearings. You can walk across the field or walk along the fences of summer cottages. But usually the celandine turns out to be much closer: in the front garden of a multi-storey building, on the lawn, in a city park and square.

Herbalists who know the benefits of celandine prefer to breed it themselves. For this, seeds are collected, which are sown in a greenhouse in February-March. With the onset of summer, the sprouts are transferred to open ground, on well-moistened soil in an area slightly shaded by the crown of a tree or shrub. The celandine takes root well, but it is important to control its spread, as it can aggressively attack other cultivated plants.

Collection and preparation

The beneficial properties of celandine are usually associated only with the upper grassy part, however, it has been proven that the level of active substances in the root is higher. Therefore, it is possible to harvest both the grassy and underground parts of the plant.

Grass . Harvesting is carried out when the plant blooms en masse, usually in May-June. Cut the stem at a height of five to ten centimeters from the ground, capturing the leaves. For drying, attics with the possibility of free air access or sheds are used, where the raw materials are laid out in a thin layer and often stirred. Electric dryers can also be used, in which the temperature is set from fifty to sixty degrees.
Rhizome. Harvested simultaneously with the grass for convenience. They dig out the accessible part of the root, quickly wash it in running water from the ground. The root is not dried, but used fresh to squeeze the juice from the celandine. There is more juice in the root than in the stem, and the content of valuable substances in it is higher.

When harvesting a plant, it is important to be careful. It is advisable not to touch the stems and roots with bare hands. juice is dangerous healthy skin because it causes irritation and itching. Goggles and a protective mask should be used: juice vapors irritate the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract, often causing a chemical burn of the larynx and trachea.

Wash your hands thoroughly after contact with plant materials. Celandine is poisonous, can cause severe poisoning, even death.

Composition and properties

The use of celandine is limited by its toxicity. The culture contains more than twenty alkaloids, the level of which is higher in the root system. Their properties and action were studied by Soviet pharmacologists.

According to the Russian scientist S. O. Chirvinsky, the combination of alkaloids chelidonin, hellerythrin and a number of others has antitumor activity. When applying celandine extract to the surface of the skin, it causes local irritation and a decrease in pain.

A complete picture of the composition allows you to clarify what celandine helps from.

Chelidonin. bitter substance, alkaloid pure form toxin. At the same time, it has a calming effect.
Homochelidonin. An alkaloid with a pronounced local anesthetic effect. But in modern medicine it is not used, as it is a poison of convulsive action.
Hellerythrin. The action of the alkaloid was studied by pharmacologists D. Muravieva and V. Chelobitko. The substance is of interest as an active analgesic. Experiments were carried out on joint application extract with morphine and others drugs sedative action. In this combination, hellerythrin enhanced the sedative and analgesic effects of the main substance.
Sanguinarine. Alkaloid with local irritant and subsequent analgesic action. Its activity on mucous membranes is especially high. Getting into digestive tract produces bile and saliva.
Protopin. Smooth muscle stimulator. Causes the tone of the uterus, so the main contraindication of celandine is pregnancy.

In the grassy part, the content of alkaloids is lower, but the same substances are present as in the roots. It also contains flavanoids, tannins, a spectrum of organic acids. The pure juice of celandine from the herbaceous part is especially rich in vitamin C.

The use of a medicinal plant

To the question of what celandine grass heals, you can find dozens of answers in different sources. This plant is considered a remedy for almost all diseases. And the practice of its use in traditional medicine is not limited either by its high toxicity or by the warnings of doctors.

But it is impossible to forget that the plant is poisonous. And in cases where you can find a safer alternative, this is definitely worth doing. But there are diseases in which the medicinal properties of celandine grass are more preferable than other plants.

Diseases of the liver, gallbladder. Included with composition complex drug"Cholelithin", used in cholelithiasis. Produces the production of bile, reduces its viscosity.
Polyps. AT traditional medicine water infusion used to treat intestinal polyps, nasal cavities with an accompanying chronic sinusitis. From polyps, celandine is used in gynecology. Efficiency is based on the cauterizing effect of the composition on the body of polyps, as a result of which the growths die off and are destroyed.
Skin diseases. In its pure form, the juice of the plant is used to cauterize warts, treat long-term non-healing wounds, extensive calluses, and in the initial stages of lupus. Although this method recommends traditional medicine, there are no restrictions on the part of official medicine. When applied externally, treatment with celandine is safe.

It is not allowed to use drugs based on a medicinal plant inside during pregnancy, epilepsy and bronchial asthma. In its pure form, juice or raw materials are not consumed inside. Use only as a basis for prescription dosage forms.

Fresh juice for external use

It is used to treat calluses, as it has a pronounced irritating, keratolytic effect. Effectively removes warts, promotes the removal of papillomas and condylomas. In folk medicine, they are treated with boils, eczema.

How to make juice from celandine? If the surface to be treated is small, it is enough to break off the stem and apply the cut with the juice that has come out to the affected area. If more extensive processing is required, the fresh herbaceous part and root are ground in a blender, wrapped in cloth and squeezed out for juice.

Juice for Cancer Treatment

“The sap of the plant is used to treat cancer. It is difficult to give any recommendations here, since usually this remedy becomes the last hope, - comments herbalist Andrey Varennikov. - But from my own experience I know that juice should not be taken fresh, but canned. It will not work in the presence of a hormone-dependent tumor of the breast, ovaries or uterus.”

It makes no sense to use celandine in diseases of a hormonal nature. Not recommended for treatment thyroid gland, uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts.

How to store celandine juice to take in the treatment of cancer? Herbalist Tatyana Kamyshan recommends preserving it with alcohol.

Cooking

Pass the raw material through a meat grinder with leaves, roots.
Squeeze out the juice.
Add alcohol or vodka at the rate of 250 ml of 96% alcohol or 500 ml of vodka per liter of juice.
Pour into a glass container, close the lid tightly.
Keep out of reach, as the composition is poisonous.

Treatment with celandine juice should begin with a minimum number of drops - from one to five drops, dissolved in water or milk. Take in the morning on an empty stomach. Bring the dosage gradually to thirty drops, adding one drop daily. Then reduce the dosage, also reducing it by one drop daily.

For the treatment of cancer, it is important to use alcohol infusion.
Herbalist Andrey Varennikov clarifies that the alkaloids contained in plant materials, which are detrimental to cancer cells, are extracted only with alcohol. An insignificant part can be extracted when brewing with boiling water in the form of salts, so you can get the full complex of alkaloids by dropping the juice preserved with alcohol into the water infusion of the plant.

Infusion for cancer prevention

Cooking

Chop dry grass.
Pour a tablespoon of raw materials into a thermos.
Pour in 250 ml boiling water.
Leave for 15 minutes, sealing tightly.

It is necessary to take the infusion once a day in the morning, on an empty stomach. Dosage - two tablespoons. Preventive reception is carried out by a course of fifteen days. The course can be repeated up to three times a year.

Broth for external treatments

A decoction of celandine is used to treat affected areas of the skin with scrofula, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis (allergies). The agent has a local antiseptic effect, relieves inflammation, reduces tissue swelling and soreness of the affected area.

Cooking

Chop dry grass.
Pour 4 tablespoons of raw materials into a container.
Fill with water with a volume of one and a half liters.
Bring to a boil, simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.
Wrap, leave to brew for eight hours.

Add the resulting decoction to bathing baths or use to wash the affected areas, lotions. It can be used to treat hemorrhoids, as an anti-inflammatory, local anesthetic. In this case, microclysters with celandine are used. The decoction is injected into the rectum, delayed for several minutes.

Infusion for oral administration

Is it possible to drink celandine for the treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, heart and blood vessels? Herbalists recommend using this remedy with extreme caution. But in case of diseases of the liver, gallbladder, intestinal catarrh, diarrhea, the remedy is highly effective. It has a choleretic, anti-inflammatory effect, relaxes muscle spasm, lowers blood pressure.

Cooking

Pour a teaspoon of dry grass with 200 ml of boiling water.
Bring to a boil.
Leave to brew for one hour.
Strain.

Take a tablespoon three times a day on an empty stomach.

Ointment for external treatments

On sale are ready-made funds based on celandine juice. They have antibacterial, anti-inflammatory action. According to reviews, "Bee celandine" helps to reduce the severity of rashes, reduce the intensity of redness and inflammation of acne.

Homemade celandine cream is used to treat severe pathologies skin and joints. It contains much more active ingredients, so it should not be used as a cosmetic product. How to make an ointment from celandine? We offer a simple recipe.

Cooking

Chop the fresh leaves and stems of the plant.
Add petroleum jelly or lanolin in a one to one ratio.
Mix, transfer to a glass container.

Apply to affected areas of skin atopic dermatitis, psoriasis. The tool can be used to reduce inflammation and reduce pain in skin tuberculosis, oncological diseases skin. Reduces swelling and inflammation in the joints with rheumatism, polyarthritis, osteochondrosis.

When using funds based on celandine, it is important to monitor the patient's condition. Signs of intoxication will be headache, dizziness, intense thirst, loss of consciousness. When dangerous symptoms should immediately seek medical attention.

Celandine is a common and affordable plant. Its juice is rich in alkaloids - natural toxins that are detrimental to cells affected by cancer. Substances have an anti-inflammatory effect, reduce swelling, which allows the use of funds for the treatment of skin diseases. Ingestion requires caution due to culture toxicity. It makes sense to use celandine for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases of an inflammatory, spasmodic nature.