Celandine herb medicinal properties and uses. Medicinal herbs - celandine, medicinal properties and contraindications of tincture for the skin and in gynecology

Perhaps another plant whose name so accurately characterizes it medicinal properties, in our country it is difficult to find. People noticed its amazing ability to cleanse the skin back in ancient times. Thanks to her, the plant got its name.

What is another name for celandine?

Using celandine, you can easily get rid of calluses, including old ones, acne, various skin rashes, fungus and even herpes. But celandine was especially famous for its ability to easily and very quickly remove warts, for which it received another popular name - warthog, and for its bright yellow juice it is called golden grass.

True, not all of the many names of this plant are so flattering. Along with them, celandine is known as witch's grass or devil's milk. And I must say that it was not in vain. Possessing a powerful cleansing effect, the juice of this plant causes severe poisoning due to the toxic components it contains. Therefore, celandine must be used with caution.

But first you need to find out what celandine looks like and where it grows. This is also important because the plant is widespread even in urban areas. Adults and especially children, not knowing what celandine looks like, can be poisoned by it.

Why does the plant have this name?

The generic name of this crop is Chelidónium. It comes from the Greek word celadon, which translates to “swallow.” It would seem, what is the connection between a plant and a cute bird? According to one version, celandine was named so because it blooms when swallows arrive. According to another, which is confirmed by many written sources, ancient Greek healers used the plant to treat eye diseases, since, according to legend, the swallow healed blind chicks with yellow juice.

What does the celandine plant look like?

It is a perennial shrub up to 1.2 m high, although the average height ranges from thirty to one hundred centimeters. The stem of celandine is branched, hollow and ribbed, covered with sparse hairs.

Leaves

They are soft, colored rich on top. green, and bluish below. The upper leaves resemble a lyre in shape, and the lower ones are pinnate. The different shapes of the leaves may depend on the location of the bush. For example, in the western regions of our country they are pointed, and in Siberia they are elongated. It was once thought that this different types one plant, but today the Siberian variety is called greater modified celandine. What does great celandine look like? Photos of this plant are presented in the article.

Greater celandine is a very tenacious crop due to its developed rhizome. It is vertical, short, but gradually going deeper into the ground, it turns into a long branched root. The older the plant, the more roots it has. This grass is very difficult to control.

Flowers

You don't know what the celandine plant looks like? But you have seen him many times, even in the city. The yellow, egg-shaped, four-petaled flowers are very pretty. They have one pistil and several stamens. Two sepals, colored yellow-green, make up the calyx. They gather in slightly loose umbrellas, 3-7 flowers each. Flowering of celandine begins in May and continues until September. The plant dies at the end of the so-called Indian summer.

Fruit

We have figured out what a celandine flower looks like, now it’s time to find out what is remarkable about the fruits. These are pods that, when opening, are divided into two valves. When they do this, you can hear some pretty loud popping noises. You can easily determine the beginning of this period by noticing what the celandine grass looks like. Photos of fruiting bushes are often published in publications for herbalists. At this time, the grass loses its brightness and becomes coarser.

The plant bears fruit several times per season. As soon as the bush sheds its seeds, bright, fresh leaves appear on it.

Roots

Their thickness can be compared to a human finger. This is the most dangerous part plants. Although in some publications you can find recommendations to use them in treatment, do not do this yourself, without consulting a specialist. The roots contain 20 times more alkaloids - toxic substances - than the leaves and stems (about 40%).

Juice

Anyone who has seen what celandine looks like (we posted the photo in this article) knows that the plant secretes a thick, bright yellow juice, darker than the flowers, and this helps not to confuse it with other plants. The juice has a specific smell and a very bitter taste. Dried grass loses this color. This can be explained by the instability of the dye. However, it can be used as a dye for fabrics such as wool.

History of the use of celandine

The ancient Greek Theophrastus, who lived in the 3rd-4th centuries. BC e., left notes on the use of celandine for the treatment of liver tumors, constipation and jaundice. Sorcerers and healers believe that in addition to its healing effect, this plant, which belongs to the element of fire, gets rid of dark forces rising from the ground and helps a person get out of prison or free an innocent person from prison.

Fresh celandine, which a person constantly wears on his body, changing a sprig every three days, according to esotericists, relieves depression. The ancients believed that celandine was able to improve the world, and a person who constantly carries a bag of dried celandine on his body would live in harmony with everyone.

At the end of the 16th century, celandine began to be grown in plots, not only as a medicine, but also as an ornamental plant. Can you imagine what celandine grown “in captivity” looks like? It is usually a more impressive plant than its wild relative and has similar medicinal properties.

Use of celandine in different countries

Pharmacists in many countries make preparations based on celandine, which are intended to treat many serious ailments. But they must be used under the strict supervision of a doctor. IN different countries Where this plant grows, certain views on treatment with celandine have formed.

In Bulgaria, its juice is used as an antispasmodic and analgesic for diseases of the liver, gall bladder, jaundice, colitis and gastritis.

In Poland it is an analgesic, anthelmintic and anti-inflammatory agent. Polish doctors prescribe drugs based on celandine and its juice for gastrointestinal diseases, hepatic colic, and hemorrhoids.

Austrian scientists came to the conclusion that an extract from this plant activates the activity of bile ducts and gallbladder, has powerful sedative and anticonvulsant properties.

In France, celandine is most often used as a laxative and diuretic, and the juice of young plants is used as an aphrodisiac.

In our country, an ointment prepared from celandine herb powder is actively used to treat lupus and skin tuberculosis. You can buy it in pharmacies ready-made products based on the juice of this plant. They have anti-inflammatory and antibacterial effects. For example, “Bee Celandine”, according to customer reviews, helps reduce the severity of rashes, reduce the intensity of inflammation and redness of acne.

Homemade cream is used to treat more severe skin pathologies. It contains more active substances, so it should not be used for cosmetic purposes. Tincture from the roots, with strict adherence to the dosage, helps with dysbacteriosis, cholelithiasis and constipation. Intravenous administration of drugs based on celandine is indicated for hypertensive patients to reduce blood pressure, normalize the pulse, and when applied externally, they quickly heal ulcers and scars on the skin, treat psoriasis and eczema.

Chemical composition

The composition of celandine includes biologically active substances. Among them:

• flavonoids;
• alkaloids;
• saponins;
• tannins;
• resins;
• organic citric acid;
• bitterness;
• organic malic and succinic acids;
• vitamin A;
• essential oils;
• ascorbic acid.

Spreading

You already know what celandine looks like, now we will tell you where you can find it. The plant is widespread throughout Europe. A small number of plants can be found in Central Asia and in the foothill-steppe zones. Celandine prefers soils that contain a large volume of humus. Settles in shaded areas, in broad-leaved, mixed coniferous-small-leaved, spruce and fir forests.

In the steppes, celandine can most often be found along natural bodies of water. Grows in small groups and medium-sized clumps. The easiest way to find celandine is near anthills: insects carry seeds to them. It is so unpretentious that it can be found among swamps and along the road. It grows in abandoned quarries, in fields, along river banks. The only one climate zone where celandine does not grow is the Far North.

Herbalists who are well aware of the benefits of this plant prefer to grow it themselves. To do this, they collect seeds and sow them in a greenhouse in February. With the arrival of stable heat, the sprouts are transferred to open ground on moist soil, in a place slightly shaded by the crown of a tree or shrub. Celandine quickly takes root, but its spread must be controlled, as it can be aggressive towards cultivated plants.

Collection and procurement of raw materials

Usually the healing properties of celandine are associated with its upper herbaceous part, however, it has been proven that the content of active substances in the root is much higher. Therefore, it is possible to harvest both the underground and herbaceous parts of the plant. But we must not forget that we must be very careful with the roots.

Grass

Harvested when the plant is actively blooming, usually in late May or early June. The stem is cut at a height of five centimeters from the soil. Dry the grass in well-ventilated attics or under a canopy. Raw materials thin layer laid out and shaken regularly, quite often. You can also use electric dryers with a temperature setting of about 60°C.

Rhizome

For convenience, they are harvested together with grass. Dig out the part of the root that will be accessible. The root should not be dried; it is used in fresh to obtain juice, which is more than in the stem.

When preparing celandine raw materials, you must be careful. Wear gloves to avoid touching the roots and stems with bare hands. The juice may cause itching and irritation to healthy skin. It is necessary to use a protective mask and goggles: the fumes from the juice cause irritation, and quite often there can be a burn to the larynx.

Great celandine - Chelidonium majus L.

Poppy family - Papaveraceae

Other names:

- Wart grass

- Warthog

- Witch's grass

- Gladushnik

- Glechkopar

- Yellow grass

- Yellowmilk

- Jaundice

- Golden grass

- Swallow grass

- Podynnik

- Seer

- Damn milk

- Chistoplot

- Clean

- Cleaning grass

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 the 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. The leaf segments are rounded, unevenly crenate along the edges. 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, which usually fall off when the flower opens. There are many stamens. Pistil 1, with an upper single-locular ovary. Flowers on long peduncles, collected in groups of 3-8 at the ends of the stems in umbellate inflorescences, on pedicels 0.5-2.5 cm long, lengthening to 5 cm during the fruiting period.

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

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

The entire plant is poisonous, contains an orange milky sap, and is not eaten by livestock.

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

Geographical distribution

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

Habitat

It grows as a weed in gardens, parks, orchards, vacant lots, pastures, and near housing.

Inhabits broad-leaved, coniferous-small-leaved, fir-spruce and deciduous-birch forests.

In steppe regions it is found mainly in river valleys.

It rises into the mountains to the upper border of the forest. It grows on screes, shady rocky slopes and rocks, on pebbles, in river valleys and along the banks of streams, in bushes, along roads, in sparse forests, and often inhabits clearings and burnt areas.

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

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

Preparation.

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

Drying

Without delay, in dryers at a temperature of 50-60°C, in attics under an iron roof or under a well-ventilated shed. The 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 (the grass is succulent), it turns brown and rots. When packaging raw materials, it is necessary to put wet gauze masks on your face, since dust from it causes severe irritation mucous membrane of the nasal cavity.

External signs(According to GF-XI)

Whole raw materials

Whole or partially

chopped leafy stems with flowers and fruits varying degrees development, pieces of stems, leaves, flowers and fruits. The stems are slightly ribbed, sometimes branched, hollow at the internodes, slightly pubescent, up to 50 cm long. The leaves are alternate, petiolate, broadly elliptical in outline, the blades are odd pinnately dissected with 3-4 pairs of crenate-lobed segments. The buds are obovate with two pubescent sepals that fall off when the flower opens. Flowers 4-8 in axillary umbellate inflorescences on peduncles that lengthen during fruiting. Corolla of 4 obovate petals, many stamens. The fruit is an oblong, pod-shaped, bivalve capsule. The seeds are numerous, small, ovoid 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. The taste is not determined.

Crushed raw materials. Pieces of leaves, stems, flowers and fruits various shapes passing through a sieve with holes with a diameter of 7 mm. The color is grayish green with yellow splashes. The smell is peculiar. The taste is not determined.

Microscopy(According to GF-XI) When examining the leaf from the surface, epidermal cells with tortuous walls are visible. Stomata only on the underside of the leaf with 4-7 parastomatal 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 individual 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. Cells of spongy parenchyma with large water stomata. Cells of spongy parenchyma with large intercellular spaces (aerenchyma). The veins are accompanied by milky tubes with dark brown granular contents (after boiling in alkali).

Numerical indicators(According to GF-XI)

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

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

The fruits contain fatty acids and coumarins.

Pharmacological action

Choleretic effect (berberine alkaloid)

Anticholinesterase action (sangviritrin)

Analgesic effect (chelidonine)

Sedative (chelidonine)

The amount of BAS also has:

Antispasmodic effect

Hypotensive effect

Antibacterial action

Fungicidal effect

Antivirus action

Cytostatic effect

Cytotoxic effect

Delay in the growth of malignant tumors

- enhances intestinal motility and salivary secretion

- reduces vegetative reactivity nervous system

- tones the smooth muscles of the uterus.

Application in traditional medicine

Externally for cauterization of warts, treatment of difficult-to-heal wounds and skin tuberculosis, internally for diseases of the liver, gall bladder, and stomach ulcers. Celandine herb has antispasmodic, choleretic and anti-inflammatory (bactericidal) effects; it is used only as prescribed by a doctor.

Application in folk 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 herbal authors and in the herbal books of the Middle Ages, from which the knowledge of traditional medicine was drawn.

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

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

It is prescribed for:

Hepatitis

Cholecystitis

Pancreatitis

Gastric and duodenal ulcers

Polycosis of the stomach, intestines

Ulcerers

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

Neuroses

Neurocircular dystonia of cardiac and hypertensive type

Pilepsy

Sometimes celandine juice is used to cauterize condylomas and papilomas; it is also used orally in 1-2 ml doses as a sedative, analgesic and laxative. However, doing this is very risky, since celandine alkaloids are poisonous and an overdose of the drug can cause poisoning with symptoms acute inflammation gastrointestinal tract(nausea, vomiting, diarrhea) and depression respiratory center V medulla oblongata. If the first signs of poisoning appear, you must immediately rinse your stomach.

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

Liver and gallbladder diseases

Stomach catarrh

Tincture of fresh celandine roots is included in complex drug cholelitin, used for cholelithiasis.

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

The bactericidal effect of celandine preparations is manifested against a number of microbes, including the tuberculosis bacillus. This explains healing effect when using juice or ointment from crushed leaves of the plant (with Vaseline or lanolin) to treat skin tuberculosis.

Clinically proven to be effective local application celandine juice obtained from fresh grass and roots at conservative treatment 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 for nasal polyps.

The stimulating effect on blood vessels leads to slight increase blood pressure. Therefore, celandine is used for sluggish intestinal function, stomach diseases and bile stagnation. Anyone who wants to be treated for these ailments with natural celandine must undergo a 3-4 week course of treatment.

Celandine tea:

Pour 2 teaspoons of herbs into 250 ml of boiling water and leave 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’s warts go away when using celandine. There is also an old and very original way to reduce warts. On the new moon, when the frame of a door or window is illuminated, run a wart over it.

The effect 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 gall bladder. In this sense, the combination with wormwood, peppermint and caraway is quite reliable.

The composition of the tea is as follows: celandine - 10 g; peppermint - 10 gr.; cumin - 5 gr.; wormwood - 5 gr. Pour two teaspoons of the mixture into 250 ml of boiling water and leave for 10 minutes. After straining hot tea drink in small sips. Take as needed 2 times a day in a cup or take a 2-3 week course in the same doses.

Celandine - good remedy for the treatment of burns. Lubricate the burned area generously with 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 the area smeared with juice - the thin film formed on the surface is fully guaranteed to protect against the penetration of microbes. When treating sunburn, pour juice into the palm of your hand and lubricate the burned area 3-4 times at intervals of several minutes before going to bed. The pain stops, the tan remains. In the morning, take a bath or shower and you can go to the beach again. The temperature drops when treating burns with celandine juice.

For frostbite on the hands, feet, face, instead of goose fat you need to use celandine juice. When the juice is absorbed, after 3-5 minutes the sore areas are lubricated again. Do 3-4 lubrication at a time. 3-4 such procedures are done per day. In this case, the bandage is applied only if you need to go outside. The frostbitten body is actively restored to its normal state and very often you can do without blackening of the skin.

Treatment of eczema, fungus, lichen, gout, rheumatism: It is necessary to take the infusion and at the same time lubricate the sore spots with juice. You will feel itching when smeared. Try not to scratch. As the juice penetrates inside, the itching will decrease. Lubrication should be done 3-4 times at intervals of 3-5 minutes.

Treatment of mastitis: Generously lubricate cracked nipples with celandine juice, allowing 2-3 minutes for the juice to be absorbed inside. Such procedures are done 3-4 times a day. Before feeding your baby, be sure to wash your breasts to remove 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, inserting it as deep as possible into the nostril. After 3-5 minutes, when the slight tingling subsides, drop another 1-2 drops and repeat the procedure after 2-3 minutes. This treatment is carried out 2-3 times a day. If the nose is so blocked that it is difficult to breathe, after administering celandine, breathing opens.

Sore gums are lubricated 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: For a pimply face or when pimples appear after shaving (skin irritation), pour the juice into the palm of your hand and apply an even layer over the entire face. After 3-5 minutes (during this time the juice will be absorbed into the skin), apply an even layer to the face again and allow it to be absorbed into the skin. So lubricate 2-3 times. After the last lubrication, wash your face after 15-20 minutes. The first treatment session may cause an increase in pimples and blackheads. Don't let this bother you. After the second and third sessions, all pimples, blackheads, and irritation will disappear.

Treatment of children with celandine: There are cases when a child does not eat food, and even starts vomiting at the sight of food. In such cases, the child is given an infusion of celandine to drink. A third of the glass is filled with dry grass and filled to the top with boiling water, covered with a lid and left to cool. The infusion at 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 develops an appetite. Every day the portion of grass should be fresh. The color of the brew should be dark, the taste should be bitter, but this one is bitter. Disappears quickly.

Celandine juice can treat calluses, dry dropsy, tumors mammary gland, 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 diseased and healthy area and from there begins to restore diseased tissue.

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

When treating internal organs, including the uterus, drink an infusion of celandine (dry or fresh).

The juice of young sprouts and roots can be used throughout the warm season.
The celandine bush is pulled out by the roots, cleared of soil and dry leaves, the root and stem are washed at home, 10 to 15 bushes are tightly tied and hung to dry in a dry, ventilated room in the shade. After drying, they are collected in one bundle, wrapped in paper or cloth, the upper part is left open for air access, the root part is closed and placed or hung dry. This way the plants are preserved for a long time (up to 3 years) without losing their qualities.

To prepare medicine from fresh celandine They pull out the bush by the roots, clear it of soil and wash it. The whole plant is cut into pieces from 0.5 to 1 cm and filled with half a half-liter jar ( dried grass¼ jar) is poured with boiling water and covered with a loose lid. When the infusion has cooled, drink 100 grams of it. 3 times a day 15 ¸ 20 minutes before meals. This is the dose for adults. School-age children should drink ¼ glass 3 times a day 10-15 minutes before meals.

The infusion is taken for a week, then take a 2-day break and repeat the course 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 a screw-on one (you can close it with a nipple). Store in a cool place, but not in the refrigerator. It can be preserved for years without losing its medicinal properties. I do not recommend keeping the bottle open when using it. 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. You need to release the gas slowly, carefully unscrewing the cap. This must be done several times until fermentation stops. The juice can be used immediately. To the sore spot open wound apply juice. When the first portion of 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 celandine juice does not remain on the surface of the sore spot, but penetrates inside and begins to restore tissue. 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 prepared without roots and, therefore, less valuable.

Infusion: 1 tbsp. dry celandine herb in 500 ml of boiling water, infuse for 1 hour, filter. Take 100 ml 4 times a day for edema (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%) to prevent the ointment from molding. Used (like the milky orange-red juice of celandine) to remove warts, calluses, freckles and treat various skin diseases. In some areas of Siberia, celandine juice is prepared for future use and consumed as homemade antiseptic(instead of iodine).

Applications of homeopathy

The homeopathic medicine Chelidonium is prepared from the raw root. The drug is believed to support the functioning of the liver and gallbladder, so it is one of the most commonly recommended remedies. The drug is also prescribed for influenza, bronchitis, pneumonia, and somewhat less frequently for neuralgia and muscular rheumatism. The drug is prescribed in dilutions D 1 - D 6, given several times daily, 5-10 (up to 15) drops.

Side effects: Even if there are no side effects does not appear, 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.

Directions for use:

Two teaspoons of herb per 1 glass of boiling water - daily dose for oral administration. The infusion can be used for malignant diseases 1 teaspoon per ½ glass 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 greater celandine is used to remove warts and calluses. The course of treatment is 2-3 weeks.

Kvass from celandine. 3 liters of whey, 1 glass of sugar, 1 glass of dry or fresh chopped celandine herb. To prepare kvass, it is better to use whey goat milk. Pour sugar into a jar with whey, put the grass in a gauze bag and, using a weight (for example, a pebble), immerse it in the bottom of the jar. If the whey was obtained by boiling sour milk, then the milk bacteria could die. In this case, add a teaspoon of sour cream to the jar of whey. Store the jar in a warm, dark place, covered with several layers of gauze. After two weeks, the 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 (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, the kvass will be ready for use again.

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

For skin cancer, lips: ointment made from the juice of celandine and pork or lamb 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 itchy dermatoses (eczema, dermatitis, etc.) in the stage of general inflammatory processes. More often, baths with celandine infusion are used. For 100 ml of boiling water 10 g. Herbs. With subsequent cooling to 37°C. Take daily for 15-20 minutes. On the second or third day of treatment, itching usually noticeably decreases, gyneremia and swelling are eliminated, and eroded surfaces heal.

Herbal infusion 10 g. Infuse 200 ml of boiling water and rub into hair roots for psoriasis, seborrhea of ​​the scalp.

A bath is prepared from a decoction of celandine roots, useful for psoriasis, eczema, neurodermatitis, pustular diseases, abrasions. 100 gr. The roots are crushed and poured cold water, insist for 2 hours. Boil over 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 - do enemas for 10-20 days: 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 how you feel (by a teaspoon, or maybe by a tablespoon).
You can take no more than 4 such courses in a row. After a series of courses, a break of at least a month, and it is better to carry out treatment after a year.
Many people, after a course of celandine enemas, experience consolidation of the intestines - this is natural, since celandine promotes this. To eliminate the fixation you need to: make 2-5 enemas with warm milk and melted milk in it butter(300 g. Milk and 30 g. Butter). This procedure should be done after the course. This enema is done once a day using an ordinary syringe. After introducing the milk, lie on your back with your pelvis up and lie there for 35-40 minutes. During this time, the mucous membrane will return to normal and the hardening will be eliminated.

Alcohol tincture of celandine: half-liter jar, fill to capacity
wine with crushed grass from the May harvest, pour vodka to the top and leave 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 it 3 times a day before meals. The method of administration is as follows: from a pipette into a 50 gram glass of water for the first week - 10 drops; second week - 20 drops; in the third week - 30 drops, and from the fourth week - 50 drops until the entire tincture is completely used.
Celandine tincture is used to treat uterine cancer, tumor diseases female organs, any tumor diseases.

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

Drugs

Celandine herb, infusion.

The dry extract of the herb is included in the preparations “Holagogum” (capsules) and “Holaflux” (instant tea), which are used for chronic liver diseases, biliary tract and gallbladder.

Package

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

Flower formula

Greater celandine flower formula: *Х2Л4Т∞П(2).

In medicine

Celandine herb is used as a local anti-inflammatory agent for skin diseases accompanied by itching: psoriasis, eczema, dermatitis; also for gout, skin tuberculosis, initial forms of lupus erythematosus.

Celandine juice is used externally to extinguish condylomas, warts, psoriatic plaques, calluses, papules, papillomas. The plant treats purulent otitis and purulent wounds, used for allergic skin diseases.

For children

Outwardly! The alkaloid chelidonine, isolated from celandine, is part of an ointment containing vaseline and lanolin and is used in children's practice.

In cosmetology

In cosmetology, celandine preparations are used to remove age spots and for hyperkeratosis, itchy skin, and calluses.

In homeopathy

In homeopathy, celandine remedies are used for calculous cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, and hepatic colic.

Classification

Botanists include one species in the genus Celandine - Greater Celandine (lat. Chelidonium majus L.) of the poppy family (lat. Papaveraceae).

Botanical description

Greater celandine is a perennial herbaceous plant. Celandine has a short rhizome and a thick, branched tap root, red-brown on the outside and yellow-orange on the inside. The stems of the plant are ribbed, up to 90 - 110 cm high, branched above, erect, bare or branched below, with leaves. The basal and lower stem leaves have short petioles and are sometimes pubescent, while the upper leaves are alternate and sessile. The leaves are spherical-pinnately dissected (deeply pinnately divided) with 3-5 pairs of lobes, green above, bluish below. In the middle of the stems, in the roots, rhizomes and leaves there are lacticifers, from which, when cutting or picking parts of a green plant, a yellow-orange milky juice is released. Flowers are collected in 4-8 pieces in simple umbrellas. The flowers are golden yellow with four petals, regular, 8-16 mm long. Celandine blooms in May-June, flowering can continue even until the beginning of September. The fruits ripen in August-October. The formula of the Great Celandine flower is *CH2L4T∞P(2).

The fruit is a multi-seeded, pod-shaped oblong capsule up to 5 mm long. Seeds, black-brown or black shiny ovoid, small (1-2 mm), with a white appendage.

Great celandine can partially modify its appearance, depending on the place of growth.

Attention! The plant is poisonous!

Spreading

Greater celandine grows in Central, Eastern and Northern Europe, in Eastern Mongolia, in the lowlands of Tibet, in China, in the Caucasus, in Southern Siberia, throughout Ukraine, except for the highlands of the Carpathians. In the Urals and European Russia The northern border of the range reaches the Arctic zone. As a weed, it grows in places of human activity, in gardens, vegetable gardens and near homes.

Grows in small groups or singly. The plant is also found in light and shady broadleaf forests among shrubs, less often in light coniferous forests, in groves and coastal shrubs. Celandine grows mainly in soils enriched with nitrogen. The widespread distribution of celandine is facilitated by ants, which use the seeds for food and transport them over long distances.

Regions of distribution on the map of Russia.

Procurement of raw materials

Celandine herb (Сhelidonii herba), harvested during flowering, is used as a medicinal raw material. During harvesting, the upper part of the plant without coarsened stems is cut off. The cut grass is quickly dried under sheds or in attics with good ventilation or in dryers at a temperature of 50-60 ° C. In this case, the raw materials are constantly mixed.

The herb of the plant is an official medicinal raw material in Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Russia, France and other European countries, Japan and the USA.

Some foreign pharmaceutical enterprises use celandine rhizomes as raw materials, as well as freshly squeezed or fermented celandine grass juice.

In Slovakia, France, Poland, the plant is cultivated and the raw materials are harvested 2-3 times a year.

Chemical composition

Celandine contains alkaloids (about 20 alkaloids), in the grass of the plant there are about 1-2% of them, in the roots - 2-4%. Among the alkaloids, chelidonine, homochelidonine, protopine, methoxychelidonine, sanguinarine, sparteine, chelylutin, chelerythrine, etc. are isolated.

Saponins, flavonoids, organic acids (chelidonic, malic, citric, succinic), vitamin A (carotene), ascorbic acid, and essential oil were found in celandine grass.

The milky juice of celandine contains alkaloids, terpenoids and fatty oil (up to 40%); the seeds also contain fatty oil (up to 40-80%) and the enzyme lipase.

Pharmacological properties

The main property of celandine is local anti-inflammatory (bactericidal). When using celandine, the sensation of itching decreases or disappears, epithelization of eroded surfaces is noted, and skin infiltration in the affected areas decreases.

Celandine alkaloids have various pharmacological properties. Chelidonine has antispasmodic, analgesic, sedative, hypotensive and bradycardic effects, slows the pulse and lowers blood pressure.

Alkaloid sanguinarine pharmacological properties exhibits weak psychotropic activity, similar to strychnine, causing stimulation of the nervous system, and in large doses causes paralysis of the nervous system, increases intestinal motility and salivation, locally causes irritation with subsequent anesthesia.

Homochelidonine and protopine have a morphine-like and anesthetic effect. In addition, homochelidonin is a convulsive poison that gives an exciting-convulsive effect. Protopin reduces the reactivity of the autonomic nervous system and tones the smooth muscles of the uterus. Chelerythrine has a local irritant effect.

Celandine preparations are capable of inhibiting the herpes virus and encephalomyelitis by blocking the synthesis of virus envelope proteins. Plant alkaloids have advantages over some antibiotics. Homochelidonine and chelerethrine act bacteriostatically against Staphylococcus aureus and retard the development of tuberculosis bacillus, sanguinarine affects staphylococcus and some gram-positive species of bacteria, chelidonine affects Staphylococcus aureus and some non-spore forms of anthrax.

Created based on celandine alkaloids combination drug, which has a bacteriostatic effect against gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, yeast fungi and trichomonas, which is used for chronic recurrent aphthous stomatitis, herpetic ulcerative stomatitis, alveolar pyorrhea, long non-healing wounds and ulcers, trichomonas colpitis, cervical erosions, for disorders associated with diseases and traumatic injuries nervous system (poliomyelitis, cerebral palsy).

Chelerethrine and protopine have anti-inflammatory activity and the ability to inhibit hepatic alanine aminotransferase activity. The available experimental data on the antitumor activity of these alkaloids are contradictory. Chelidonine, homochelidonine and methoxychelidonine delay cell division similar to colchicine. This is the basis for the mechanism of inhibition of tumor growth by celandine preparations.

The alkaloid berberine has an analgesic, antimicrobial effect, increases contraction of the uterus, intestines, lowers blood pressure and enhances choleretic effect. It has also been established that berberine has antitumor activity, which is based on the inhibition of respiratory chain enzymes.

The biological activity of celandine is also due to enzymes: lipase, protease and peroxidase. Protease has therapeutic effect celandine for warts. Some researchers associate the tonic effect of celandine preparations with the content of flavonoids and vitamins.

An infusion or decoction of a fresh or dried plant is used externally in the form of lotions, baths, and compresses.

Use in folk medicine

Warthog, warthog - this is how many people call the celandine plant for its ability to remove warts with milky juice.

IN Ancient world Celandine was used for scrofula and eczema. In the Middle Ages, the plant was used to treat ulcers and itching, and the root was used to treat liver diseases. In Russia, a decoction of the plant was used to bathe children. Celandine was used to remove freckles and warts and treat skin tuberculosis. In the 19th century, crushed grass, celandine juice and infusion were used to treat malignant tumors, but the results were not always successful.

In folk medicine, for many centuries, the herb, juice and roots of celandine have been used in the treatment of psoriasis, eczema, scabies, skin tuberculosis, difficult-to-heal wounds, and lupus. Fresh milky juice is a common remedy for removing warts, calluses, dark spots on the skin, benign tumors, occasionally cure skin cancer. Celandine tincture is used for rheumatism, herpes, and skin diseases.

Currently, in medicine in many countries, infusion of celandine herb is used mainly for diseases of the liver, gall bladder, and peptic ulcer. Plant preparations are used to treat periodontitis, hypertrophic gingivitis, and some eye diseases (corneal clouding of various etiologies, conjunctivitis). Celandine infusion is also prescribed as a laxative, diuretic, analgesic and diaphoretic.

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

In addition to many beneficial compounds, it contains about 20 toxic ones, which can have a harmful effect on many pathogens and on the human body. Therefore, when treating celandine, you must always strictly adhere to the recommended dosage in order to avoid side effects and complications.

Celandine description, where it grows and what it looks like

Celandine is a perennial herb that belongs to the Poppy family. Its flowers have 4 yellow petals, after which the fruits ripen - a narrow cylindrical pod with many small seeds.

The stem of the plant is branched, 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 underneath. The tap root is light brown in color.

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

When the stem or other parts of the grass are broken, orange juice is released, which turns red when in 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 in Europe, Asia, and America with temperate climates.

It is very unpretentious to growing conditions and adapts well to poor soils. Even if a plant is torn off at the root, it will grow back in the same place. Favorite places are along roads, fences, in bushes.

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

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

There is another version why celandine was named after migratory bird: It is known that it blooms when swallows begin to arrive 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 Podtynnik for its ability to grow near a fence. Golden grass - for sunny color. Celandine in Rus' had another name - jaundice, because healers used to treat the liver with an infusion of celandine. In Rus', it was customary to treat almost any ailment with leaves and flowers.

It is worth noting that two types of celandine are known - greater celandine and Asian celandine. But modern scientists distinguish only one type of celandine - greater celandine. IN traditional treatment Greater celandine is usually used.

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. Among the main ones are:

• Chelidonine - lowers blood pressure and eliminates spasms, reduces excitability;
• homochelidonin - has a mild analgesic effect;
• protopin - enhances the work of the muscles of internal organs;
• sanviritrin - fights fungi, bacteria, trichomonas, and also improves contraction of the intestinal walls;
• chelerethrine and sanguinarine - increase contraction of the muscles of the bronchi, bile and urinary tract, and gastrointestinal tract.

Alkaloids are nitrogen-containing organic matter, which are characterized by high physiological activity. In high concentrations they can act as plant poisons. In small doses they are used for medicinal purposes.

The roots of celandine contain a higher concentration of these substances than the above-ground 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 and when carrying out treatment 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 are secreted healing juice, which has the following properties:

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

Essential oils, having antimicrobial and antispasmodic effects, help eliminate spasms blood vessels And smooth muscle muscles of internal organs.

Saponins have a calming and diuretic effect. Flavonoids, which are among the most powerful antioxidants, have a pronounced antispasmodic effect and provide good antiallergic, antiviral and anticancer properties.

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

Celandine indications for use

The range of indications for the use of this medicinal plant is very wide. It is used topically to solve various external problems, and inside. Indications for the use of drugs from this plant are:

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

Rheumatism;

Inflammatory diseases of the throat;

Inflammation in the urinary tract;

Skin diseases;

High blood pressure;

Oncological diseases.

In some cases, it is used in the treatment of depressive conditions and neuroses.

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

Celandine is effective against the herpes virus, including the Epstein-Barr virus.

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

Research is being conducted on the possibility of using celandine to treat AIDS.

Rinse your 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 cause harm 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 herb can be bought at any pharmacy. Its price is low - 70-85 rubles per pack of 50 grams. Celandine is necessary in a home medicine cabinet to treat ailments that occur even in healthy person. These are cuts, weakened immunity, increased anxiety.

If for some reason you are not satisfied with pharmaceutical herbal remedies, you can prepare the 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, you need to pay attention to the appearance of the leaves. Only healthy plants with a rich green color are suitable for drying. Diseased leaves have a less bright color. In folk medicine, leaves, roots, and stems of the plant are used. The juice can be collected at any time.

After collecting the plant, it is immediately sent for drying. Celandine should be dried in a room with good ventilation. The grass should be spread in a thin layer on the countertop or hung to dry.

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

Store dried celandine in a dark room, packed in bags made of linen or paper.

You can also prepare the plant along with its roots, which can be stored dried for 5 years. The roots are used for cooking alcohol infusions. When harvesting, the entire bush is pulled out. The roots are washed and dried. The plant is dried by hanging.

Release forms and where to buy

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

Celandine is sold in pharmacies in the following forms:

1. Ground herb for external and internal use. Can be packed in a cardboard box or in filter bags. Herbal remedies from celandine relieve inflammation. The herb is used for treatment various kinds dermatitis.

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

ATTENTION. If taken orally in an overdose, paralysis of the respiratory muscles may occur. Celandine is not used internally for epilepsy and asthma, as well as for angina pectoris. Pregnancy and childhood are also contraindications. If the norm is exceeded, the liver may be damaged.

1. Celandine oil, which is used to get rid of corns and calluses. Softens the skin, removes dryness and flaking. In cosmetology it is used to prolong the youth of the skin, treat acne, and whiten the skin. Oil is applied to the insect bite site.
2. Mountain balm with celandine and Baikal herbs is used to treat calluses and papillomas. When using, you need to be careful not to let the composition get into your eyes.
3. Cream with shark oil and balm is used as an antibiotic to treat frostbite, dermatitis, allergic reactions. Indicated when boils appear. Treats insect bites, trophic ulcers, purulent wounds.
4. Bee celandine - gel against acne With salicylic acid and essential oils.
5. Markers and tubes of liquid for spot application for skin growths. They have exfoliating and antiviral property. 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.
6. Infusion for hair growth with brewer's yeast and celandine.

In addition, celandine is included in wet wipes for skin, cleansers, and bath salts.

Celandine application

Various are prepared from celandine healing drugs: infusions, decoctions, alcohol tincture with vodka or alcohol. Apply fresh plant juice and make ointments.

Celandine juice

Celandine juice is used for cauterization of kandil, papillomas, calluses, and warts. It is often used at the initial stage of treatment of lupus erythematosus.

You need to apply the juice three times a day, exactly to the affected area and avoid getting it on healthy skin. After drying, rinse with warm water.

The juice can be used to treat inflammatory diseases of the 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, and choleretic agent for colic, urolithiasis, cholelithiasis, and jaundice. Drink a decoction for metabolic disorders and to strengthen the immune system.

To prepare the decoction, brew 1 teaspoon of dried herb with a glass of boiling water (200 ml) and leave to brew for one hour. Take 1 teaspoon.

Celandine decoction

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

Celandine tincture

Alcohol or vodka tincture used for neuroses and hypertension. The tincture can be purchased at a pharmacy or made yourself. To prepare it, pour a tablespoon of dried crushed herbs with 200 ml of vodka (or 70 percent 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 a day after meals.

Ointment with celandine

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

You can prepare an ointment based on pork fat, unsalted butter, and medical Vaseline. The ointment has a shelf life of 2 years.

Interactions with drugs

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

Medicines that contain digitalis;

With drugs from the sulfonamide group;

With drugs that lower blood pressure and blood sugar.

When using celandine externally, you cannot use products with similar action and properties.

It should be remembered that celandine is not a cure for all diseases. It must be used wisely. Use plant-based products in complex therapy. That is, for the treatment of diseases, recipes with celandine alone may not be enough. You should strictly adhere to the dosage to avoid poisoning.

About the medicinal and beneficial properties of celandine

Celandine is an unpretentious herbaceous plant that can be found in almost all European countries. The beneficial properties of the plant are widely used in folk medicine, especially in the treatment of various dermatological problems. How to properly harvest celandine - a photo of the plant will help you understand which flowers should be collected.

General description of celandine

Celandine grass is a weed from the poppy family; you can see it almost everywhere. Where does celandine grow? The plant can be found in almost every European country, America, and is widespread in Russia and Ukraine.

What does it look like? The plant has a straight stem and reaches 1 m in length. If the stem is broken, a bright yellow milky sap will appear. The leaves have a bluish tint at the bottom and green on top.

You can recognize celandine by its golden-yellow flowers, which have correct form umbrella The plant blooms from May to August; during this period it must be collected and dried in order to be used for medicinal purposes.

Photo

Medicinal properties and contraindications

Greater celandine is often used to eliminate various skin rashes and neoplasms. But this plant can also help treat other diseases.

Useful properties:

• reduces discomfort from heartburn, effectively eliminates cholecystitis, hepatitis, ulcerative processes and other diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
• celandine has anti-inflammatory and wound healing property- used on early stages tuberculosis, pneumonia, polyps in the large intestine;
• effectively fights colds, respiratory diseases, improves sputum separation;
• the plant has a diuretic effect, helps with gout and kidney pathologies;
• It is recommended to use celandine internally when diabetes mellitus, problems with the thyroid gland.

Important! Celandine has antitumor properties - doctors recommend using it in the initial stages of cancer to prevent the growth of cancer cells. The plant can be used to prevent cancer.

Celandine has many contraindications - it should not be used by pregnant and lactating women, or children under 12 years of age. Angina pectoris, epilepsy, chronic constipation - celandine cannot be used for all these diseases. At bronchial asthma Recommended dosages help improve the condition; in case of an overdose, standing can become much worse.

Use in folk medicine

IN alternative medicine They use celandine juice, prepare decoctions, infusions and tinctures from the plant, make oil and healing ointments.

An infusion of celandine is prepared from 3 g of raw materials and 250 ml of boiling water, strain after 20 minutes. Use 30–40 ml three times a day to normalize the functioning of the liver and gastrointestinal tract.

Alcohol tincture is used to eliminate pain in the liver and stomach, it cleanses well genitourinary system, strengthens protective functions, improves appetite. The tincture is recommended for use in the initial stages of cancer to get rid of polyps.

How to prepare the tincture:

1. Pour 20 g of chopped herbs into a glass container, pour in 200 ml of vodka, leave for 14 days, filter thoroughly. Take 10 drops three times a day, first dilute in 110 ml of water.
2. Mix celandine juice and vodka in equal proportions, pour into a glass container, and put in a cool room for 2 weeks. Dilute 15 drops of medicine in 120 ml of water, take before breakfast.

Celandine ointment helps with eczema, diathesis, oncological diseases skin. In cosmetology, it is used to remove freckles and age spots.

Mix 15 ml of fresh celandine juice or 6 g of dry crushed grass with 60 g of petroleum jelly. Use the prepared ointment 3–5 times a day.

The milky juice of celandine effectively helps against warts and papillomas - just pick the plant and carefully cauterize the formation on the skin.

The juice can be used to burn acne, prepare a solution for gargling and oral cavity, bury nose drops, use for enemas for polyps. Douching with celandine juice helps with prostatitis and female diseases.

Important! Juice should not be taken internally pure form.

Juice treatment is recommended to be carried out according to the royal method - the ladder method. Dilute 1 drop of juice in 75 ml of water and drink. Every day you need to increase the dose by 2 drops, increase the amount to 20 drops, and take a break for 10 days. Then start counting down, reducing the daily dose by 1 drop. Duration of therapy is 3 months. For prevention, 1 course per year is sufficient.

How to use the juice:

• for gargling, when dental problems– dissolve 5 ml of juice in 120 ml, carry out the procedure three times a day;
• for the treatment of sinusitis, influenza, nasal polyps - add 20 drops of juice to 50 ml of water, instill 2 drops of medicine into each nasal passage;
• for douching – 55 ml warm water dissolve 7 drops of juice.

Celandine juice helps with psoriasis - you need to rub it continuously for 25 minutes into the affected areas, take a break for 5 minutes. Repeat the procedure 5 times.

Effectively helps against papillomas balm Mountain celandine, the photo will help you purchase natural, high-quality products, not fakes. In addition to celandine, it contains an extract from string, gentian, crow's feet and rhododendron. To get rid of tumors, you need to apply 1 drop of the product to the papilloma once a day. Duration of therapy is 5–7 days.

Important! The drug Super Celandine does not contain extracts from the plant - it contains only potassium and sodium alkali. The product can quickly get rid of warts, but scars may remain.

Essential and cosmetic oil Celandine helps solve many dermatological, dental and gynecological problems. It can be used by mothers to eliminate rashes and peeling on the skin of young children. It is also used in cosmetology - the oil helps get rid of age spots, acne, small scars, peeling, dandruff and seborrhea.

The oil is used in its pure form, or a few drops are added to products for daily care for the skin.

Important! With regular use of celandine oil, elasticity increases noticeably skin, the process of formation of new wrinkles slows down.

How to make your own butter:

1. Fill a glass jar with 500 g of fresh herbs, squeeze a little until the juice appears.
2. Pour 130–150 ml of sunflower or olive oil.
3. Place in a dark room for 14 days, stir once every 2 days.
4. Filter and pour into a dark glass container.

Oil can be stored longer than juice, it does not cause burns, has less side effects. It should be applied externally to the skin for 10–15 minutes, repeating the procedure 4 times a day.

For fibroids or erosion, you need to soak a tampon in oil, insert it into the vagina for a quarter of an hour, repeat the procedure twice a day.

Essential oil can help eliminate fungal nail diseases, psoriasis, and microbial eczema. It is enough to apply a cotton pad soaked in oil to the problem area three times a day for 2-3 minutes - the skin will stop itching, inflammation will go away, the process of tissue restoration will accelerate.

Precautions

Celandine is not only a medicinal plant, but also a very poisonous plant. During the procurement of raw materials, self-medication, or walking in the forest, it is easy to get burned by celandine. The injury is not very dangerous, but the first one is timely medical care will help avoid the development of various complications.

How to treat a burn from celandine:

1. Rinse the injured area under running water; you can use baking soda or soap on the skin.
2. To reduce inflammatory process and irritation, the skin should be wiped with an ice cube.
3. Severe itching can be eliminated with the help of hormonal creams and ointments - Sinaflan. To dry the wound, you need to make a compress with Zinc ointment.
4. After a burn, the damaged area should be protected from direct sunlight for 3–5 days.

Important! If the juice poisonous plant got into your eyes, you should definitely consult a doctor. The juice can cause severe swelling of the eye, conjunctivitis, and temporary or permanent blindness.

You can wipe the burned area with aloe or pumpkin juice, strong cold black tea, and apply chopped raw potatoes.

Celandine effectively helps get rid of warts and other serious dermatological problems. But you should always remember - this plant is poisonous; it is better to use gloves during collection and treatment. The juice of the plant should not get on the mucous membranes, so you should not chew the leaves or use the juice to wash your eyes or nose in its pure form.