Celandine

Celandine: Description. Perennial herb with branched stems and yellow-orange juice. Leaves alternate, lower-glaucous and above - green. Flowers are yellow with four petals and many stamens. Fruit - leguminous boxes. Plant height 30-100 cm
Flowering time. June - July.
Habitat. In the gardens, gullies, in the bushes.
The applied part. The entire plant.
Collection time. Grass harvested in June-July, the root - in the fall.
Celandine: Chemical composition. The plant is poisonous. Celandine contains alkaloids, flavonoids, organic acids (helidonovaya, malic, citric, succinic), saponins, volatile oil, volatile, vitamins C and A.
Celandine: Action. Anti-inflammatory, choleretic, analgesic, antitumor, diuretic, laxative light, calming, antispasmodic. Chelidonine alkaloid acts like morphine, causing inhibition in animals first, and then paralysis of the central nervous system. Alkaloid gomohelidonin - convulsive poison. The alkaloid sanguinarine - short-term drug and the subsequent development strihninopodobnyh seizures. The plant stimulates the scarring, increases intestinal peristalsis and secretion of the digestive tract, kills some fungi, retards the growth of certain malignant tumors, causes depression of the central nervous system, slows the heart rhythm.
Celandine: Application. Infusion celandine herbs used in the liver and gall bladder, jaundice, gallstones, spleen disease, cholangitis, gout, rheumatism, rheumatoid arthritis, myopathy, thyrotoxicosis, inflammation of the stomach and intestines, constipation, diarrhea. Outwardly celandine is used in various skin diseases (eczema, rashes, scabies, herpes, acne, scrofula, blisters, sores, festering wounds, venous ulcers, skin cancer, lupus, lupus erythematosus (early disease), with warts, psoriasis, malignant ulcers). With Trichomonas Coln - douching.
Method of application.
1. 2 teaspoons celandine herbs to 1 cup of boiling water, 1 hour. Drink 1 / 4 cup 3 times a day.
2. 4 tablespoons herb to 6 cups boiling water, 3 hours. It is used for bathing, washing with skin diseases.
3. 0.5 teaspoon herb or root in 1 cup boiling water, leave. Drink 1 / 2 cup 3 times a day. Or 0.5 tablespoons of herb per 1 cup boiling water, leave. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day.
Note. The plant is poisonous. High doses or prolonged use causes poisoning of the body, paralysis of respiratory centers and even death. Treatment carried out under the supervision of a physician, start with small doses or in collections with other medicinal plants.