Large celandine: description, medicinal properties, use in medicine. Medicinal herbs - celandine, medicinal properties and contraindications of tincture for the skin and in gynecology

Great celandine - Chelidonium majus L.

Poppy family - Papaveraceae

Other names:

- Wart grass

- Warthog

- Witch Grass

- Gladushnik

- Glechkopar

- Yellow Grass

- yellow milkweed

- icterus

- Golden Grass

- Swallow Grass

- melon

- seer

- Damn Milk

- Chistoplot

- Chistuha

- Cleansing Herb

Botanical description

Perennial herbaceous plant.

The root is taproot, branched, with a short rhizome.

stems erect, branched at the top, sparsely pubescent, 30-80 cm high, sometimes up to 1 m, depending on habitat.

Leaves thin, green above, bluish below, covered with a waxy coating, unpaired pinnately dissected with 3-5 pairs of segments (lyre-shaped), arranged alternately. Leaf segments are rounded, unevenly crenate along the edge. The upper segment is larger, three-lobed. The basal and lower stem leaves are larger, on long petioles, the upper ones are sessile, with fewer lobes.

flowers with four bright yellow obovate petals forming a regular corolla. The calyx consists of 2 sepals, usually falling off when the flower opens. There are many stamens. Pistil 1, with an upper unilocular ovary. Flowers on long peduncles, collected 3-8 at the ends of the stems in umbellate inflorescences, on pedicels 0.5-2.5 cm long, lengthening up to 5 cm during fruiting.

Fetus- pod-shaped box, up to 5cm long opening with two wings from the base to the top.

seeds black, numerous, shiny, with comb-shaped white appendages, which are very fond of ants, which is why celandine seeds are often brought to unusual places.

The whole plant is poisonous, contains orange milky juice, and is not eaten by livestock.

Blooms from May to September. The fruits ripen in June-September, depending on the zone of growth.

Geographic distribution

It occurs throughout the European part of the CIS (except for the regions of the Far North), in the North Caucasus, in the Far East, less common in Central Asia, in Siberia there is a plant with more elongated leaf lobes.

Habitat

It grows as a weed in gardens, parks, orchards, wastelands, pastures, near housing.

It lives in broad-leaved, coniferous-small-leaved, fir-spruce and deciduous-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 screes, 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.

It usually grows in small bushes, rarely forms thickets over large areas.

Cultivated. In the southern regions, with early mowing, it is possible to harvest 2 times per season.

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The grass is harvested in the phase of mass flowering of the plant, using a scythe, sickle, secateurs.

Drying

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. When drying slowly or when the grass is spread out in a thick layer (grass is juicy), it turns brown and rots. When packing raw materials, it is necessary to wear wet gauze masks on the face, since the dust from it causes severe irritation of the mucous membrane of the nasal cavity.

External signs(According to GF-XI)

Whole Raw Material

Whole or partial

crushed leafy stems with flowers and fruits of varying degrees of 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 imparipinnately dissected with 3-4 pairs of hornate-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. 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 of various shapes, passing through a sieve with holes with a diameter of 7 mm. Grayish-green color with yellow patches. The smell is peculiar. Taste is not defined.

Microscopy(According to GF-XI) When examining a leaf from the surface, epidermal cells with sinuous walls are visible. Stomata only on the underside of the 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 tops 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 water stomata. Spongy parenchyma cells with large intercellular spaces (aerenchyma). The veins are accompanied by lactiferous tubes with dark brown granular contents (after boiling in alkali).

Numerical indicators(According to GF-XI)

Whole raw material. The amount of alkaloids in terms of chelidonin is not less than 0.2%; humidity no more than 14%; total ash not more than 15%; ash, insoluble in 10% hydrochloric acid solution, not more than 2%; browned and darkened parts of the grass no more than 3%; organic impurities not more than 1%; mineral impurities not more than 0.5%.

crushed raw materials. The amount of alkaloids in terms of chelidonin is not less than 0.2%; humidity no more than 14%; total ash not 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 impurities not more than 0.5%.

Chemical composition

All parts of the plant contain alkaloids, the amount of which in the grass can reach 2%, and in the roots - 4%. The composition of alkaloids is very complex, and in their structure they belong to different subgroups of isoquinoline derivatives: protoberberine alkaloids (berberine, coptosine, etc.), protopine alkaloids (protopine, allocryptopine), sanguirythrine; benzophenanthredine alkaloids (chelidonine, homochelidonine, chelerythrine, methoxychelidonine, oxychelidonine, sanguinarine, etc.).

In addition to alkaloids, there are saponins, 0.01% essential oil, up to 1.87% ascorbic acid, carotene, flavonoids, organic acids (malic, citric and succinic), vitamin A, vitamin C.

The seeds contain 40-60% fatty oil.

In fruits - fatty acids, coumarins.

pharmachologic effect

Choleretic action (alkaloid berberine)

Anticholinesterase action (sanguirythrin)

Pain relief (chelidonine)

Sedative (Chelidonin)

The amount of biologically active substances also has:

Antispasmodic action

Hypotensive action

Antibacterial action

Fungicidal action

Antivirus action

Cytostatic action

Cytotoxic action

Delayed growth of malignant tumors

- enhances intestinal peristalsis and saliva secretion

- reduces the reactivity of the autonomic nervous system

- tones the smooth muscles of the uterus.

Application in traditional medicine

Outwardly for cauterization of warts, treatment of difficult-to-heal wounds and skin tuberculosis, inside - for diseases of the liver, gallbladder, stomach ulcers. Celandine grass has an antispasmodic, choleretic and anti-inflammatory (bactericidal) effect, it is used only as directed by a doctor.

Application in traditional medicine

The use of celandine has been known since ancient times. Already Theophrastus (372 - 287 BC) wrote that he prescribed this remedy for jaundice, liver tumors, cholelithiasis and constipation. This information was used by later authors of herbalists and in the herbalists of the Middle Ages, from which the knowledge of traditional medicine was drawn.

If you carry celandine grass with you, its owner will live with everyone in the world and win any lawsuit in court.

Celandine reduces pain, soothes itching, heals wounds, removes warts and calluses, stops cramps and spasms, increases bile secretion and urination, and has an antimicrobial effect.

It is prescribed for:

Hepatitis

cholecystitis

Pancreatitis

Ulcer of the stomach and duodenum

Polycosis of the stomach, intestines

Ulcers

The plant has a calming, lowering pressure and spasmodic effect, it can be useful in the treatment of:

neuroses

Neurocircular dystonia by cardiac and hypertensive type

Pilepsy

Sometimes celandine juice is used for cauterization of genital warts and papillomas, it is also used orally in 1-2 ml doses as a sedative, analgesic and laxative. However, doing this is very risky, since the alkaloids of celandine are poisonous and in case of an overdose of the drug, poisoning can occur with symptoms of acute inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract (nausea, vomiting, diarrhea) and depression of the respiratory center in the medulla oblongata. In the event of the first signs of poisoning, it is necessary to immediately wash the stomach.

The use of herbal infusion for internal use is considered less dangerous, although in this case strict control over the dosage is necessary. Infusion in small doses is used for:

Diseases of the liver and gallbladder

Catarrh of the stomach

Tincture of fresh celandine roots is part of the complex preparation of cholelithin, used for cholelithiasis.

In folk medicine, wounds and ulcers are sometimes sprinkled with powder from crushed celandine leaves. The therapeutic effect is explained by the healing effect of the vitamins contained in the leaves, as well as the antimicrobial properties of celandine.

The bactericidal effect of celandine preparations is manifested in relation to a number of microbes, including tubercle bacillus. This explains the therapeutic effect when using juice or ointment from the crushed leaves of the plant (on vaseline or lanolin) for the treatment of skin tuberculosis.

The effectiveness of topical application of celandine juice obtained from fresh grass and roots has been clinically proven in the conservative treatment of rectal polyps, as well as bladder polyps.

Infusion of celandine is prescribed as a laxative and diuretic.

A decoction of celandine is used to rinse the nasal cavity and pharynx with polyps in the nose.

The excitatory effect on the vessels leads to a slight increase in blood pressure. Therefore, celandine is used for sluggish bowel movements, stomach diseases and bile stasis. Whoever wants to be treated for these ailments with natural celandine must undergo a 3-4 week course of treatment.

Celandine tea:

2 teaspoons of herbs pour 250 ml 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.

By the way, not everyone gets warts when using celandine. There is also an old and very original way of reducing warts. On the new moon, when the jamb of a door or window is lit, draw a wart over it.

The action of celandine is often overestimated. Therefore, it is better to use this herb 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.

The composition of tea is as follows: celandine - 10 gr.; peppermint - 10 gr.; cumin - 5 gr.; wormwood bitter - 5 gr. Two teaspoons of the mixture pour 250 ml of boiling water and leave for 10 minutes. After straining, do not drink hot tea in small sips. Take as needed 2 times a day in a cup or take a 2-3 week course at the same doses.

Celandine is a good remedy for treating burns. Lubricate the burnt place with plenty of juice. After 3-5 minutes, when the juice is absorbed, the procedure is repeated 3-4 times. The course of treatment is 2-3 hours. It is not recommended to apply a bandage to a place smeared with juice - a thin film formed on the surface protects against the penetration of microbes with a full guarantee. In the treatment of burns from the Sun, juice is poured into the palm of the hand and the burnt place is lubricated 3-4 times with an interval of several minutes and before going to bed. The pain stops, the tan persists. In the morning take a bath or shower and you can go to the beach again. The temperature during the treatment of burns with celandine juice drops.

In case of frostbite of the hands, feet, face, instead of goose fat, celandine juice should be used. When the juice is absorbed, after 3-5 minutes again lubricate the sore spots. Do 3-4 lubrication at a time. 3-4 such procedures are done per day. In this case, the bandage is applied only if it is necessary to go outside. A frostbitten body actively recovers to a normal state and very often blackening of the skin can be dispensed with.

Treatment of eczema, fungus, lichen, gout, rheumatism: It is necessary to take an infusion and at the same time lubricate the sore spots with juice. When lubricating, you will feel itching. Try not to scratch. As the juice penetrates inside, the itching will decrease. Do lubrication 3-4 times at intervals of 3-5 minutes.

Treatment of mastitis: Plentifully lubricate the cracks of the nipples with celandine juice, giving time for 2-3 minutes to soak the juice inside. Such procedures are done 3-4 times a day. Before feeding the baby, be sure to wash the breast to wash off the juice.

Treatment of the nasopharynx (adenoids, polyps, tonsils), maxillary cavities, any sinuses and gums with celandine juice: Instill the juice (1-2 drops) with a pipette, introducing it as deep as possible into the nostril. After 3-5 minutes, when the slight tingling subsides, another 1-2 drops are instilled and after 2-3 minutes the procedure is repeated. Such treatment is carried out 2-3 times a day. If the nose is stuffed up so that it is difficult to breathe, after the introduction of celandine, breathing opens.

Sick gums are smeared with celandine juice 3-5 times at intervals to absorb the juice. These procedures are carried out 2-3 times a day.

Treatment of acne with celandine juice: With a pimply face or when acne appears after shaving (skin irritation), pour the juice into the palm of your hand and lubricate the entire face with an even layer. After 3-5 minutes (during this time the juice will be absorbed into the skin), the face is smeared with an even layer again and allowed to soak into the skin. So lubricate 2-3 times. After the last lubrication, after 15-20 minutes, the face is washed. The first treatment session may cause an increase in pimples and blackheads. Don't let that bother you. After the second and third sessions, all pimples, blackheads, irritation will disappear.

Treatment of children with celandine: There are cases when a child does not take food, even vomiting begins at the sight of food. In such cases, the child is given to drink an infusion of celandine. A third of the glass is filled with dry grass and poured to the top with boiling water, closed with a lid and set to cool. An infusion of room temperature is given to the baby to drink 1 teaspoon 3 times on the first day 10-15 minutes before meals, and on the second and subsequent days, 1 tbsp. spoon 3 times a day 10-15 minutes before meals. The child has an appetite. Every day, a portion of the herb should be fresh. The color of the tea leaves should be dark, the taste is bitter, but this one is bitter. Disappears quickly.

Celandine juice can treat corns, dry dropsy, breast tumors, scabies, fever on the lips and other external diseases. With frequent and abundant lubrication of the affected areas, the juice penetrates to the border of the sick and healthy places and from there begins to restore diseased tissues.

Celandine intensively treat stomach ulcers, duodenal ulcers, diseases of the liver, kidneys, lungs, heart muscle, atherosclerosis, gout, rheumatism, hypertension, diabetes, asthma, goiter, all kinds of tumors, diseases of the uterus (including cancer), food poisoning of the stomach .

In the treatment of internal organs, including the uterus, they drink an infusion of celandine (dry or fresh).

The juice of young sprouts and roots can be used all the warm season.
The celandine bush is uprooted, cleaned of the earth, dry leaves, the root and stem are washed at home, tightly tied 10 ¸ 15 bushes and hung to dry in a dry, ventilated room in the shade. After drying, they are collected in one bundle, wrapped with paper or cloth, the upper part is left open for air access, the root part is closed and placed or hung dry. So the plant is preserved for a long time (up to 3 years), without losing its qualities.

To prepare a medicine, a bush is uprooted from a fresh celandine, it is cleaned from the ground and washed. The whole plant is cut into pieces from 0.5 to 1 cm and filled with half a half-liter jar (dried grass ¼ jar), poured with boiling water and covered with a loose lid. When the infusion has cooled down, it is drunk in 100 gr. 3 times a day 15 ¸ 20 minutes before meals. This is the adult dose. School-age children should drink ¼ cup 3 times a day 10 ¸ 15 minutes before meals.

The infusion is taken for a week, then a 2-day break is taken and the course is repeated again. So until recovery. To obtain juice, roots, stems, leaves, flowers and pods are passed through a meat grinder and the juice is squeezed out. Pour into a bottle, preferably screwed (can be closed with a nipple). Store in a cool place, but not in the refrigerator. It can be stored for years without losing its medicinal properties. When using, I do not recommend keeping the bottle open. Most of the juice is in the roots, less in the leaves.
The juice poured into the bottle begins to ferment after a few days. It is necessary to slowly release the gas by carefully unscrewing the plug. This must be done several times until fermentation stops. Juice can be used immediately. Juice is applied to a sore spot, an open wound. When the first portion of the juice is absorbed, the procedure is repeated 2 ¸ 3 times at intervals of 2 ¸ 3 minutes until the affected area of ​​the body is completely healed.

It should be remembered that the celandine juice does not remain on the surface of the diseased area, but penetrates inside and begins to restore tissues. The more juice is applied to the surface of the sore spot, the more it gets inside and the faster recovery occurs.
Pharmaceutical raw materials are harvested without roots and, therefore, less valuable.

Infusion: 1 tbsp dry herb celandine for 500 ml of boiling water insist 1 hour, filter. Take 100 ml 4 times a day for edema (acts diuretic), high blood pressure, hemorrhoids, worms, and also to improve digestion.

Ointment: mix fresh celandine juice or dry celandine herb powder with petroleum jelly (1: 4) and add carbolic acid (0.25%) so that the ointment does not become moldy. It is used (like the milky orange-red juice of celandine) to remove warts, calluses, freckles and treat various skin diseases. In some regions of Siberia, celandine juice is harvested for future use and used as a home antiseptic (instead of iodine).

Application of 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. The drug is also prescribed for influenza, bronchitis, pneumonia, somewhat less often for neuralgia and muscular rheumatism. Assign a remedy in dilutions D 1 -D 6, give several times a day, 5-10 (up to 15) drops.

Side effects: Even if no side effects appear during treatment at the indicated doses, it is still better to use raw materials after consultation. And, since celandine contains various alkaloids, there is reason to classify it as a poisonous plant.

How to use:

Two teaspoons of herb per 1 cup of boiling water is the daily dose for oral administration. The infusion can be used for malignant diseases, 1 teaspoon per ½ cup of milk 2 times a day after meals.

Infusion for external use - 2 tablespoons of herbs in 2 glasses of water (for baths).

Fresh milky juice of celandine is used to remove warts and calluses. The course of treatment is 2-3 weeks.

Kvass from celandine. 3 liters of whey, 1 cup of sugar, 1 cup of dry or fresh chopped celandine grass. To prepare kvass, it is better to take whey from goat milk. Pour sugar into a whey jar, put the grass in a gauze bag and, using a weight (for example, a pebble), immerse it in the bottom of the jar. If whey is obtained by boiling sour milk, then lactic bacteria could die. In this case, add a teaspoon of sour cream to the whey jar. Store the jar in a warm, dark place, covered with several layers of gauze. After two weeks, kvass is ready.
During this time, strong lactic acid bacteria are formed, the waste products of which are able to cleanse the body and renew its tissues. The use of celandine enzymes for one to two weeks allows you to completely restore the epithelial surfaces of the stomach and intestines. To cleanse the body, adults can take preventive courses twice a year (in spring and autumn) for one to two weeks. Kvass from celandine is drunk twice a day, 50-100 ml 30 minutes before meals. After drinking from the jar, in the evening add water and sugar to it at the rate of one dessert spoon of sugar per glass of water. The next morning kvass will be ready for use again.

Here is another unique recipe: heals and gets rid of intestinal polyps
- Celandine in malignant diseases. All plants with roots are used.
Grind 12 grams of dry grass, pour into a bottle of vodka, leave for 5 days. Take 1 tablespoon (or dessert) 3 times a day 40 minutes before meals.

For skin cancer, lips: ointment from celandine juice and pork or mutton fat equally.

Celandine root powder is used as a diuretic, laxative, diaphoretic and choleretic agent.

An infusion of the herb is used in the treatment of itching dermatoses (eczema, dermatitis, etc.) in the stage of general inflammatory processes. More commonly used baths with infusion of celandine. For 100 ml of boiling water 10 gr. Herbs. followed by cooling to 37°C. Take daily for 15-20 minutes. On the second - third day of treatment, itching usually noticeably decreases, gyneremia, edema are eliminated, and eroded surfaces heal.

Infusion of herbs 10 gr. Insist on 200 ml of boiling water and rub into the hair roots for psoriasis, seborrhea of ​​the scalp.

From a decoction of the roots of celandine, a bath is prepared, useful for psoriasis, eczema, neurodermatitis, pustular diseases, scuffs. 100 gr. Roots crushed, pour cold water, insist 2 hours. Boil on low heat for 30 minutes. Strain and pour into a bath (36-37°C). The course of treatment is 12 days.

Recipe for polyps in the intestines. I course - 10-20 days to do enemas: for 2 liters of warm boiled water 1 teaspoon of freshly squeezed celandine juice. Rest 15-20 days.
II course - 10-20 days, but for 2 liters 1 tablespoon of juice. Rest 15-20 days.
III course - the same thing, increase the dosage according to your well-being (by a teaspoon, or you can even by a tablespoon).
Such courses can be done no more than 4 in a row. After a series of courses, a break of at least a month, and it is better to carry out treatment in a year.
After a course of enemas, many people have intestinal fixation with celandine - this is natural, since celandine contributes to this. To eliminate the fixing it is necessary: ​​make 2-5 enemas with warm milk and butter melted in it (300 gr. Milk and 30 gr. Butter). Do this after the course. Such an enema is done 1 time per day using an ordinary douche. Having introduced milk, lie on your back, pelvis up and lie down for 35-40 minutes. During this time, the mucosa will return to normal and the fixation will be eliminated.

Alcohol tincture of celandine: half-liter jar, fill up to polo
wines with crushed grass of the May harvest, pour vodka to the top and stand for two weeks. Then 150 ml of this concentrated tincture is diluted with 350 ml of pure vodka, bringing the total volume to 0.5 liters. I take 3 times a day before meals. The method of admission is as follows: from a pipette into a 50 gram glass of water for the first week - 10 drops; the second week - 20 drops; in the third week - 30 drops, and from the fourth week - 50 drops until the entire tincture is used up.
Celandine tincture is used to treat uterine cancer, tumor diseases of the female organs, and any tumor diseases.

In homeopathy, the essence of fresh celandine roots is used to treat mainly inflammatory diseases of the liver and gallbladder.

Preparations

Grass celandine, infusion.

The dry extract of the herb is part of the preparations Cholagogum (capsules) and Holaflux (instant tea), which are used for chronic diseases of the liver, biliary tract and gallbladder.

Package

Whole raw materials are packed in fabric or flax - jute - kenaf bags no more than 15 kg net or in fabric bales no more than 40 kg net; crushed - in fabric bags or flax - jute - kenaf no more than 20 kg net.

Greater celandine is a medicinal plant widespread in Europe and Central Asia. It has several names that characterize its properties. The poetic ancient Greeks called it chelidonium (Chelidonium) - swallow grass, since the growing season of the plant is associated with the arrival and departure of these birds. Medicinal properties and contraindications, recipes for celandine were given not only in medical treatises and herbalists, but also in collections of witchcraft potions. Therefore, another name for celandine is witch grass.

What are the useful properties of celandine?

Witches are herbs that contain substances with hallucinogenic or psychotropic properties. The alkaloid chelidonine has properties similar to morphine and papaverine. It soothes and has an analgesic effect.

The medicinal properties of celandine are mainly due to the activity of alkaloids:

The composition of celandine alkaloids was considered by Czech scientists. By studying the pharmacological action of a complex of plant substances at the beginning of the 20th century, a prominent pharmacologist, Doctor of Medicine Stanislav Iosifovich Chirvinsky. He established the local irritating effect of an aqueous extract of celandine on the skin. With the introduction of the extract under the skin, severe pain occurs, and with an intravenous injection, the pulse slows down, blood pressure decreases, breathing quickens and deepens.

Another study by S.I. Chirvinsky. The scientist acted with a 5% solution of the extract on cancer cells.

Under the microscope, he noticed pronounced changes - the cell membrane thickened, the nucleus decreased in size, “grains” formed in the cytoplasm, after which it became cloudy and the cell died.

The properties of individual alkaloids were also studied. The research results are shown in the table above. Many of them have not been studied, since the composition of the milky juice of such compounds includes about 20 species.

The properties of the sanguirythrin complex have been studied the most.

It was revealed that it exhibits a pronounced anticholinesterase effect - it stimulates the transmission of nerve impulses:

• enhances the contraction of smooth muscles (bronchus, uterus, bile and urinary tract, gastrointestinal tract, eyes);
• increases the secretory function of the sweat and digestive glands;
• stimulates autonomic NS;
• promotes an increase in the tone of the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system;
• activates skeletal muscle contraction.

Sangviritrin has a pronounced bactericidal effect on gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, yeast and yeast-like fungi, Trichomonas.

Saratov scientists in 2008-2009 found that the alkaloids of the celandine extract "embed" in the double helix of the DNA of pathogenic microorganisms, changing its structure. The damaging effect of this plant is especially valuable in relation to the genetic material of microbes resistant to major antibiotics.

Research conducted at the Institute of Neurosurgery. Academician A.P. Romodanova (Ukraine, Kyiv) in 2010 showed the positive effect of Amitozin (an agent based on celandine alkaloids) on tumor cells.

The drugs exhibit a wide range of antitumor effects and immunomodulatory effects in clinical oncology.

Studies have confirmed the antitumor effect of celandine preparations on malignant neoplasms:

• mammary and pancreas;
• lungs;
• lymph nodes;
• skin;
• ovaries;
• brain.

The active substances of this nondescript plant have a cytotoxic effect on tumor cells when:

• sarcoma;
• lymphoblastoma;
• carcinoma;
• glioma and other types of cancer.

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For the first time, celandine extract in the treatment of skin cancer was used in 1896 by Nikolai Nikiforovich Denisenko.

In addition to the substances considered, the plant contains:

• ethers;
• vitamin complexes;
• some flavonoids;
• coumarins;
• acids;
• carotenoids.

Celandine seeds, in addition to a significant amount (40-60%) of fatty oil, contain lipase, an enzyme that helps dissolve, break down and utilize fats. All substances are bioactive and have long attracted the attention of researchers.

Indications for use

Useful properties of celandine are used in official and traditional medicine. Indications for its use are extensive and apply to all organs and systems of the body.

As part of the fees, celandine is indicated for stimulating hematopoiesis, removing toxins, toxins, and stones. The juice solution has found application in cleansing the liver and activating metabolic processes.

Doctor of Medical Sciences, Ukrainian scientist Tomilin S.A. in the middle of the 20th century recommended celandine for angina pectoris, hypertension, with pathologies of the liver, biliary tract, kidneys and joints.

This medicinal plant is widely used in ophthalmology. So, celandine juice:

• cures cataract;
• indicated for retinal detachments and hemorrhages in it;
• helps to increase visual acuity;
• relieves eye fatigue.

Swallow grass is also used in dentistry for:

• periodontitis;
• stomatitis (including herpetic).

Means based on celandine are shown in therapy:

• poliomyelitis;
• cerebral palsy;
• Alzheimer's disease.

Plant oil is used for toothache, stomach pain, hemorrhoids, inflammation of the trigeminal nerve, malignant diseases and other pathologies accompanied by severe pain.

A decoction of celandine grass is used for gargling with sore throat, papillomatosis, whooping cough, diphtheria. Douching with a decoction is recommended for colon polyps, cervical erosion, ovarian cancer.

Externally, celandine juice is used in therapy:

• papillomas;
• herpes simplex;
• warts;
• eczema;
• itchy dermatoses;
• depriving;
• lupus erythematosus.

In some European countries, celandine is prescribed for painful periods and as an anthelmintic, and mixed with extracts of other plants is used for dropsy and fever. Kvass Bolotova on celandine is recommended to drink for pulmonary tuberculosis and diabetes.

What diseases does it treat?

Among the pathologies in which swallow grass is appropriate, there are:

• liver and gallbladder diseases (hepatitis, bile duct dyskinesia, cholecystitis);
• inflammation of hemorrhoids;
• gout;
• papillomatosis of the larynx;
• dermatological problems (warts, psoriasis, scabies, skin tuberculosis, ulcers of various etiologies, mechanical damage to the epidermis, etc.);
• periodontal disease;
• neurodermatitis;
• colpitis;
• myoma;
• cervical erosion;
• endocervicitis.

The list of diseases indicated for therapy with celandine continues to expand.

Celandine tincture on vodka - instructions for use

Vodka tincture is prepared from dry raw materials or fresh, collected during the period of active flowering.

There are 2 preparation methods:

1. The raw material is finely cut into pieces up to 2 cm in size, placed in a dark glass container 2 fingers below the neck and poured with decent vodka to the top. Keep in the dark for at least three weeks. After the expiration date, the tincture is filtered. The raw material is squeezed out, and the resulting amount of tincture is topped up with vodka in a volume of ½ of the finished product.
2. In the second case, leaves and flowers are cut off from a fresh flowering plant, rubbed in a mortar to the state of gruel. The resulting mass is drowned in vodka in a ratio of one to two and infused without access to light for a couple of weeks. The finished product must be filtered.

Take tincture in the treatment of malignant diseases, ulcers, colitis, enteritis and gall pathologies.

Inside, the remedy prepared according to the first recipe is used with caution, because it contains cytotoxic substances and irritates tissues.

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For cancer, the tincture is drunk according to the scheme:

• 1st day - drop by drop into two tablespoons of water three times during the day immediately before meals;
• 2nd day - 2 drops;
• 3rd day - 3 drops.

Continue treatment for two weeks, bringing the number of drops to 14, and water to 100 ml. If there is no discomfort and side effects, the remedy is allowed to take 20 drops. After that, the reception is continued, reducing the amount in the reverse order. Having brought the amount of tincture to 1 drop, it is necessary to withstand a 2-week timeout. If necessary, repeat the course.

There are other options for the use of vodka tincture. For example, you can drip 10 drops of the product into a glass of water and take it before meals (approximately half an hour). Use three times during the day. Use this volume for 7 days, then take a week break and, if there are no side effects, increase the indicated amount of tincture by a drop every day. Thus, a single dose is brought to two dozen drops and taken for 10 days. The therapeutic course is followed by a five-day time-out.

Introduce the tincture carefully, assessing the state of health. Accurately follow the scheme and dosage, so as not to cause allergies or poisoning.

Traditional medicine recipes

Doctor of Medical Sciences, surgeon and professor A. M. Aminev in 66 of the last century, with the help of a folk recipe, successfully treated a variety of forms of colon polyps.

Decoction of polyps

To prepare the broth took:

• 1 part of the leaves of the plant;
• 10 parts water.

The grass was crushed, poured with water, boiled and simmered for a few more minutes. The broth was filtered and used as enemas, after putting a cleansing one. The therapy was continued for 6-10 procedures. Such a set of measures was carried out during the flowering season of the plant, and the entire treatment took up to 3 years. However, it was noted that already after 2 weeks the intestines were cleared of polyps.

Ointment for skin and joint diseases

From warts, eczema, skin tuberculosis, gout, sciatica, osteoporosis and rheumatism, celandine ointment is used.

For its preparation take:

• 100 g of dry herb powder or 100 g of fresh plant juice;
• 400 g of vaseline.

Mix the components thoroughly. Store in a cool place in an opaque glass container. Treat damaged areas three times a day.

Fermentation of plant preparations increases their effectiveness, reduces toxicity and provokes an increase in antioxidant and immunomodulatory properties. German scientists from the homeopathic company WALA Heilmittel GmbH have developed 15 methods for preparing homeopathic matrix tinctures. Including from celandine.

Homeopathic tincture matrix fermented

A tincture is prepared on the basis of an aqueous infusion of celandine. Take:

• 1 st. l. dried grass;
• two cups of boiling water.

Raw materials are brewed and infused in a closed container for 4 hours. Cold infusion is filtered and added to it for every 100 ml:

• 0.75 g of honey;
• 0.75 g lactose;
• two spoons of water.

Second option:

For every 100 ml of funds administered:

• 75 ml of water;
• 50 ml freshly prepared whey.

The components are mixed and kept warm for up to 4 days, shaking the vessel twice a day. After a predetermined time, the liquid is filtered, the raw material is squeezed out and dried in air. Half of the raw materials obtained are burned in a metal container. The components are mixed at the rate of 0.05 g of ash per 100 ml of infusion. Put in a cool (12-15 ° C) place and insist 6 months without access to light. Filtered through natural fabric.

This fermented infusion is rich in bioactive substances. Accepted for 30-60 minutes. before meals, 10-15 drops 5-6 times a day in the treatment of cancer, pulmonary tuberculosis, gastrointestinal pathologies.

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Useful properties of celandine for beauty, in cooking

There are a large number of beauty recipes based on the juice and alcohol tincture of celandine. In the Lviv medical center "Nadezhda-celandine" with the help of Antineoderm S-A phyto-ointment, juvenile warts, basalioma, nevi, myeloma and other skin neoplasms are successfully cured. Chinese healers claim that eating one leaf of a plant every day, you can stay forever young.

Perennial plant with poisonous milky 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 contend 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 it begins to branch, covered with irregularly shaped leaves. 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, weed control is extremely difficult.

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. Small rounded seeds of black or dark brown color are poured out of them. 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, to 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 for healthy skin, as 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 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 the combined use of the extract with morphine and other sedative drugs. 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. Once in the digestive tract, it produces the production of 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 range 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 in the composition of the complex preparation "Cholelitin", used in cholelithiasis. Produces the production of bile, reduces its viscosity.
• Polyps. In traditional medicine, an aqueous infusion is used to treat intestinal polyps, nasal cavities with 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. Despite the fact that this method is recommended by 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. It is not recommended to use the remedy for the treatment of the 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

1. Pass the raw material through a meat grinder with leaves, roots.
2. Squeeze out the juice.
3. Add alcohol or vodka at the rate of 250 ml of 96% alcohol or 500 ml of vodka per liter of juice.
4. Pour into a glass container, close the lid tightly.
5. 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

1. Chop dry grass.
2. Pour a tablespoon of raw materials into a thermos.
3. Pour in 250 ml boiling water.
4. 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

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

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

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

Ointment for external treatments

On sale are ready-made products 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 of the 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

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

Apply to areas of skin affected by atopic dermatitis, psoriasis. The tool can be used to reduce inflammation and reduce pain in skin tuberculosis, oncological diseases of the 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, severe thirst, loss of consciousness. If you experience dangerous symptoms, you should immediately seek medical help.

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.

A huge number of plants found on our planet have medicinal qualities. People have long used them in the treatment of a variety of pathological conditions, including those that pose a serious threat to life. To date, the beneficial qualities of many of these crops have been proven by scientific research, and doctors use them in their practice. One of the well-known medicinal plants is the great celandine, the medicinal properties and use of which in medicine will be discussed in more detail below.

Large celandine - description of the plant

Celandine large has a straight branched stem, its height usually ranges from fifty to one hundred centimeters. At a break, such a culture releases drops of thick milky juice, upon contact with air, it acquires an orange-red color.

Greater celandine has petiolate basal leaves, they are deeply pinnate and have three to five pairs of ovoid or rounded lobes. The upper lobes are larger, usually three-lobed. The leaves are green above and slightly bluish below. The topmost leaves are sessile.

Celandine large flowers have the correct shape and golden yellow color. They gather in simple umbrellas. Each flower has four petals, the length of which is approximately one centimeter. Celandine does not have nectaries, it can attract insects with pollen.

Large celandine produces color from late spring to late summer.

The fruit of this plant looks like a multi-seeded pod-shaped box. It contains medium-sized and shiny black seeds.

Useful properties of large celandine

Greater celandine has a wide range of medicinal properties. This plant is used as an anticonvulsant, anti-inflammatory and analgesic. It also has an excellent bactericidal effect. Large celandine is characterized by soothing, antitumor, diuretic and choleretic qualities. In addition, such a culture can be used to activate tissue regeneration, as a wound healing agent, and to stimulate lactation.

Large celandine - use in medicine

Great celandine in medicine, as a folk remedy, is widely used in the treatment and prevention of oncological lesions (cancer). There is evidence that its use can delay the growth of tumor formations and slow down metastasis.

Most often, large celandine begins to be used with infusions that have a weak concentration, this allows the body to get used to such treatment. Since this plant is poisonous, in parallel it is recommended to consume milk, as well as fermented milk products. Such food improves the activity of the gastrointestinal tract and reduces the toxicity of the plant.

Large celandine in a small dosage helps to lower blood pressure, slow down cardiac activity and calm the nervous system. It is advised to use it for the treatment of neuroses, convulsions, paralysis, epilepsy, as well as ailments of the thyroid gland.

Internal consumption of celandine helps to cope with bronchial asthma, gastritis, pulmonary tuberculosis, cough, whooping cough, allergies, angina pectoris and inflammation of the large intestine. Such a plant can be used to treat ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal tract, polyps in the stomach, intestines, and gallbladder. Great celandine helps to cope with stomach cancer and ulcerative colitis, it is used as a choleretic medicine. Also, this culture contributes to the treatment of skin and gynecological diseases.

Several recipes for the use of large celandine

Patients with cancer are advised to brew a tablespoon of chopped celandine herbs with a glass of boiling water. Infuse the medicine for an hour, then strain. Take the finished infusion in a tablespoon three times a day about half an hour before a meal.

To recover from a stroke, brew a tablespoon of the herb with a glass of boiling water. After a quarter of an hour, strain the finished medicine and drink it in a couple of tablespoons three times a day immediately before a meal. The duration of such therapy is three weeks.

With uterine fibroids, healers advise preparing a tablespoon of chopped grass. Brew it with a glass of ordinary vodka and leave it for two weeks in a rather dark place. Do not forget to shake the prepared medicine from time to time. Strain the finished tincture and take it according to the pyramid scheme: on the first day - one drop, on the second - two drops, etc. Bring the dosage to fifteen drops and continue taking it for one month, then gradually and drop by drop reduce the dosage of the tincture to one drop.

To cope with skin diseases, you need to brew a tablespoon of crushed raw materials with one and a half cups of boiling water. Boil the medicine on a fire of minimum power for five minutes, then leave for six hours to infuse. Use the prepared decoction to wipe the affected areas or to apply compresses.

Remember that celandine is a rather poisonous plant, so do not use it without consulting a doctor and take care not to overdose. Also note that medicines based on it are categorically contraindicated for children, pregnant women, nursing mothers and those who suffer from neurological and heart diseases, as well as from bronchial asthma and epilepsy.

Great celandine sounds in Latin as Chelidonium majus L., it belongs to the poppy family (Papaveraceae). The people have their own names-synonyms: light grass, yellow milkman, chistyak, warthog, swallow grass. The distribution of its medicinal plant celandine received throughout Russia: from the European part to the Far East. A large celandine grows near roads, near houses, in gardens as a weed.

Description

Celandine is a perennial herbaceous plant, its height sometimes reaches one meter, and all parts contain milky juice, the color of this juice is orange. Its stem is covered with hairs that rarely grow; it is ribbed, hollow and upright. The upper leaves are sessile, and the lower ones are located on long petioles, but both are pinnate, alternate, light green on top of the leaf, and gray below. Celandine flowers are located on long pedicels, their flowering begins in May or June, they are collected in umbrellas at the tip of the stem and have a very bright yellow color. In July, the fruits of celandine are already beginning to ripen, which look like a single-celled box, pod-shaped. Seeds are ovoid, dark brown, glossy.

Chemical composition

In all parts of this plant, a high content of alkaloids can be found (in the roots this content is about 4%, and in the grass 2%), for example, berberine, protopine, stylopine, spartein, homochelidonin, chelidonin; in addition, it can be found in the composition of carotene, acids: ascorbic, chelidonic, citric, malic and succinic, saponins, essential oil, flavonoids; in the seeds of celandine there is still fatty oil, coumarins, resinous substances are in the milky juice.

Many trace elements were also found in the grass, including zinc, calcium, potassium, magnesium, aluminum, etc.

Pharmacological properties

Greater celandine can be used as an analgesic, sedative and antispasmodic, it can affect the secretion of bile, the secretion of bile into the intestines, celandine has pronounced antiviral and antibacterial properties.

Celandine is often used to retard the growth of malignant tumors, it has a fungistatic and bacteriostatic effect on tubercle bacillus, improves intestinal motility, promotes salivation, and has a tonic effect on the uterus.

Use in medicine

From rhizomes and roots make a decoction, which is used for dysentery. Also, the roots are a component of drugs that are prescribed for the treatment of gallstone disease, cholecystitis, and hepatitis.

A decoction is also made from the ground part of the roots, which is also used for dysentery, as well as for rheumatism.

The upper part of the celandine: is part of the ointments intended for the treatment of warts. Sometimes such ointments are used in the treatment of skin tuberculosis. The herb is used in homeopathy.

Tincture, gruel, juice are made from celandine - all this is used for cauterization of warts and warts, they are treated with lupus erythematosus, diseases of the gallbladder and ducts, rectal polyps, liver diseases, periodontal disease, papillomatosis of the larynx in children and colon polyposis.

They use celandine in medicine in many countries, make decoctions, juice, baths or powder and treat many skin diseases. The leaves are used to dress wounds that have become infected. In Tibet, the flowers are used as an antipyretic.

The use of large celandine

If there are abnormalities in the functioning of the gallbladder, liver or intestines, then large celandine can be used in treatment. In order to slow down the development of a malignant tumor, a decoction or fresh juice of the plant is used, in addition, the decoction and juice inhibit the growth and reproduction of tuberculosis bacteria; used in the treatment of chronic prostatitis.

An infusion of the plant is often used in the treatment of skin diseases, gout, it is drunk with atherosclerosis. The juice of the plant removes warts, reduces corns and treats acne, scabies, eczema, is used in the treatment of fungal diseases and breast tumors.

With skin diseases, for example, with itchy dermatitis, you can take a bath with a decoction of celandine, including bathing children. Celandine is an excellent remedy for the treatment of burns and frostbite.

The drug, which is made on the basis of celandine, is an infusion of herb greater celandine (lat. Infusum herbae Chelidonii majoris). To use the infusion as a choleretic, analgesic or laxative, it is necessary to make an infusion as follows: take one tablespoon of celandine, pour 250 ml. hot boiled water, then heated in water for about 14-16 minutes and cooled, then filtered, then water is added so that the volume of the infusion again becomes a quarter liter. Drink the infusion should be up to three times a day, ½ cup a quarter of an hour before meals.

With biliary dyskinesia 500 ml. boiled water must be poured two tbsp. spoons of celandine and insist 4 hours, and then filter. Take on an empty stomach in the morning and in the evening, three-quarters of a glass.

With atherosclerosis, the infusion is made from a tablespoon of celandine, dry and crushed, which is brewed with boiling water and insisted for half an hour. Drink three times a day for ½ cup.

In addition, they make tincture of celandine. If you suffer from shortness of breath, then you need to drink celandine tincture of 25 drops. Make a tincture as follows: pour 20 grams of raw materials into 250 ml. vodka, insist for a week and a half, shaking regularly. After the celandine has been infused, it must be filtered, while the raw material must be squeezed out.

Use celandine and sweating feet. To do this, 200 grams of celandine is brewed with two liters of boiling water and infused until cool. Baths are made from this infusion.

Another drug is a decoction of the herb greater celandine (Latin Decoctum herbae Chelidonii majoris). To prepare a decoction, you need to take 250 ml. water and pour 5 grams of herbs, boil for about 10-12 minutes and then insist for 20 minutes. and strain. Use 1-2 tablespoons of decoction, three times.

Contraindications for taking celandine

This medicinal plant contains toxic substances in its composition, so it is not recommended to dry it in a place where people sleep.

Take drugs based on celandine only under the supervision of a physician. Celandine can cause poisoning, convulsions, hallucinations, paralysis of the central nervous system. Pregnant women, patients with epilepsy, bronchial asthma or chronic ischemia of the heart, as well as hypertensive patients, should not be taken celandine. If too much celandine is used externally, then the juice can cause inflammation of the skin, in which blistering occurs.