Celandine - what it looks like and where it grows. Celandine: medicinal properties, contraindications, photo Celandine where it grows

Celandine is a herb with medicinal properties.

Super clean - this is a product consisting of a mixture of strong alkalis, which has nothing in common with the herb “celandine”.

Self-use of Supercleaner can lead to a chemical burn to the skin or mucous membranes.

What types of papillomas are found in humans?

What types of warts are there?

And now in more detail about all the “celandines” that are found today in pharmacies, home medicine cabinets and in the public pharmacy.

Super clean

This is also an industrially produced drug.
Not a medicine!
It is a cosmetic product.
Price 35-40 rubles.

Compound

Alkalis – potassium and sodium alkali.

Properties of super cleanser

A mixture of alkalis when treating the skin causes necrosis in it. Cells die from the action of chemicals. Thus, the mechanism of action of the drug on the skin is a chemical burn with alkali.

Available in bottles similar to sample perfumes. Inside, like in perfumes, there is an applicator with which you will apply the drug.

Instructions for use

Attention: Required: before dripping, spread a thick layer of any cream or zinc paste onto the skin around the growth. This will create a film on the skin and will not burn it.

From papillomas: Apply 1 (only one!) drop of super celandine to the papilloma using the applicator. Once a day. Duration of treatment: 1-2-3 days depending on the size of the papilloma. After this, we stop treatment and let the skin heal. If there is blood from the wound and/or it begins to hurt, we stop treatment and let the wound heal.

After 7-10 days we check - if the papillomas remain, we carry out repeated treatment.

For warts: Exactly the same scheme.

From molluscum contagiosum: one time use only ().

For dry calluses: the scheme is approximately the same, only the processing time may be slightly increased to 10 days. Also, the treatment surface may be larger, which will require not one, but two drops of the drug.

Attention: when treating with super celandine, the main principle is that less is more!

Contraindications

Children under 5 years of age, pregnancy. Do not apply on the face, mucous membranes or genital area.

Complications from super celandine

1) chemical burn of the surrounding skin. In this case, you should immediately place your hand under a stream of warm water for 15 minutes. Contact a surgeon.

Attention: do not treat with acids (vinegar, etc.). You will simply waste time, the burn will have time to become deeper, and you will aggravate the chemical effect on the affected skin with acid.

2) scars on the skin (pictured below). This is a consequence of a chemical burn to the skin. There is nothing that can be done here except to perform plastic surgery.
Prevention of complications: strict adherence to the instructions for use of the drug.

Reviews from the use of super cleanser vary - from enthusiastic (everything disappeared quickly) to extremely negative (deep scars remained on the face).

Read the instructions carefully and follow them strictly, and then there will be no complications.

Analogues

Celandine juice contains various alkaloids that have a toxic effect on cell development. Therefore, in large doses when taken orally, this plant is poisonous and can kill a person. And in small doses it is a medicine.

By the way, from the plant raw materials of celandine, the Ukrainian pharmaceutical industry previously produced the cytostatic drug “Ukrain”, which was used in medicine to treat cancer. This drug is not currently in production.

In the case of warts and papillomas, celandine juice also has a toxic effect on the cells of the skin growth, causing their death. However, unlike aggressive chemicals that roughly cause chemical burns to the skin, celandine herb juice acts more gently, without leading to scarring.

But the time it takes to remove warts when treated with celandine juice increases to several weeks.

Instructions for use

Pluck a blade of grass and treat the wart with fresh juice. Repeat the procedure 3 times a day. Duration – at least 2 weeks. Usually during this period the wart should begin to decrease in size.

In the future, treatment can be carried out once a day until the wart is completely eliminated.

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Other names: Wart grass, Warthog, Witch grass, Yellow grass, Yellow spurge, Golden grass, Cow grass, Blood grass, Swallow grass, Devil's milk, Chistopol, Chistukha, Cleaning grass.

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

Time to collect and prepare the plant: May June.

Botanical description of greater celandine

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

Root rod-shaped, branched, with a short multi-headed rhizome. The inside of the root of greater celandine is yellow, the outside is red-brown.

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

Leaves green, bluish below, pinnately divided with almost opposite, distinct pairs of leaflets. Leaves are dissected into crenate-lobed lobes. The leaves are 7-20 long and 2.5-9 cm wide. The upper ones are sessile, the lower ones have long petioles. The leaf segments are ovoid or rounded, with an additional lobe in the form of an eye at the base, irregularly round-toothed, whole or notched on the underside.

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

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

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

Habitats and distribution of greater celandine

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

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

Greater celandine grows on soils that contain a lot of humus, in shaded places. Inhabits broad-leaved, coniferous-small-leaved, fir-spruce and larch-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, often colonizes clearings and burnt areas, settles near housing, in gardens, vegetable gardens, wastelands, pastures and like a weed. It usually grows in small clumps and rarely forms thickets over large areas.

Preparation of greater celandine and quality of raw materials

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

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

The plant is poisonous, so when collecting raw materials you should not touch your face or eyes with your hands; After work, you must wash your hands thoroughly.

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

Dry the grass in dryers at a temperature of 50-60 ° C for 8 hours, in attics or under sheds with good ventilation, laying it out in a thin layer on bedding or paper and turning it over periodically. When drying slowly and in cases where the grass is spread out in a thick layer, it turns brown and rots. The raw material is considered dry if the stems break rather than bend when bent.

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

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

Chemical composition of greater celandine

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

Pharmacological properties of greater celandine

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

Another celandine alkaloid, homochelidonine, on the contrary, gives an exciting-convulsive effect and exhibits local anesthetic activity. The alkaloid protopine, contained in a fairly large amount in the plant, reduces the reactivity of the autonomic nervous system and, unlike chelidonine, increases the tone of smooth muscles. Chelerythrine is characterized by a pronounced local irritant effect.

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

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

The use of greater celandine in medicine

Previously, in practical medicine, celandine was widely used for skin tuberculosis, gout and rheumatism. Externally it was used to treat warts and calluses, lichens, eczema, skin cancer, mainly in the form of fresh juice or ointment prepared from the herb of the plant, by smearing the affected areas three times daily. Children with various skin diseases were bathed in a decoction of the celandine herb.

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

Of interest is the clinical experience with the use of celandine for the treatment of itchy dermatoses. Under stationary conditions, aqueous extracts of fresh or dried plants were used, most often in the form of an infusion or decoction at the rate of 0.25 to 10 g of herb per 100 ml of water. Lotions, compresses and baths were used. Treatment was carried out for patients with certain itchy dermatoses in the stage of acute inflammation and weeping. On days 2-3 of treatment, the feeling of itching in patients decreased or disappeared, epithelization of eroded surfaces was noted, and skin infiltration in the affected areas decreased. Subsequently, treatment with baths of celandine infusion was combined with the use of ointments with regenerating and keratolytic properties.

Based on clinical observations, it has been established that infusion and decoction of celandine herb for some itchy dermatoses have antipruritic, anti-inflammatory and epithelializing properties in the stage of acute inflammation, vesiculation and weeping.

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

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

In folk medicine, the following recipes are used to prevent cancer:

1. Half a tablespoon of crushed celandine herb is placed in an enamel bowl and poured with a glass of boiled water at room temperature. Then infuse in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes, cool for at least 45 minutes, and filter through cheesecloth. Use the infusion 1 tablespoon 3 times a day for 3 days every month.
2. Take 1 tablespoon of the mixture prepared from equal parts of calendula flowers and crushed celandine herb. The technology for preparing the infusion is the same as the first. Take 2 tablespoons 3 times a day for 3 days every month.
3. Two teaspoons of crushed celandine herb are infused in boiled cold water (a glass) at room temperature for 8 hours. Strain. The entire infusion is drunk per day, taken for 3 days monthly.

Side effects and contraindications to the use of greater celandine

It should be remembered: the internal use of celandine preparations is permissible only as prescribed by a doctor and under his supervision!

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

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

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

With the emergence of seedlings, celandine requires careful weeding, watering and loosening of the soil. Subsequently, it grows well, blooms and bears fruit. The grass is removed during the flowering period, taking precautions. The cut grass is quickly dried, spread out in a thin layer, stirring constantly. Packages or sacks of dry raw materials must be labeled and stored with caution.

The herb celandine is a whole pharmacy. And if “onion cures seven ailments,” and “elecampane gives nine strength,” St. John’s wort is a balm for 99 ailments, then celandine is Russian ginseng and cures more than 250 diseases. Great celandine ( Chelidonium majus) translated into Russian, the Latin name of the genus means “swallow grass”: even the ancient Greeks noticed that the plant blooms with the arrival of swallows and withers with their departure.

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Description of celandine

Among the people, celandine is called differently: celandine, Adam's head, warthog, warthog, volosnik, gladushnik, gladishnik, glekopar, yellow spurge, field mustard, celandine, celandine, chistets, chistuha, yellow milkweed, red milkweed, etc.

Judging by all his names, it is possible to create a brief description without looking into smart books. Podtynnik because it grows under a tyn, a fence made of hewn stakes, which was used to enclose vegetable gardens and orchards. Celandine, cleanly, clean, clean- a direct indication of his ability to make the body clean. How? This is evidenced by other popular names for celandine - warthog, nipplewort. Celandine has long been used to get rid of warts, calluses, rashes, ulcers, lichen, and acne.

Other names - yellow milkweed, red milk plant, will help you easily distinguish celandine from other plants. The yellow, four-petalled celandine flowers bloom on tall, softly pubescent stems adorned with beautifully carved leaves. The stem easily breaks at the nodes, the place of the break is covered with abundantly protruding yellow-orange or bright orange juice. The alkaloids contained in the milky juice are the substances that help cope with warts and other skin lesions.

Celandine is a perennial herbaceous plant 80-100 cm in height, with a short rhizome, of the poppy family ( Papaveraceae). Stems are ribbed, leafy, branched. The leaves are spherical, pinnately dissected. The flowers are yellow on rather long stalks, collected in simple umbels and located at the tops of stems and branches. Each flower consists of 4 petals, about 1 cm long. The fruit is a pod-like capsule up to 5 cm long, the seeds are ovoid, 1-2 mm long, black-brown, glossy. Blooms from May to autumn. Fruits from June to September.

It grows naturally in Europe and the Mediterranean, and is also common in America, where it was introduced in 1672 by colonialists as a cure for skin diseases such as warts.

Naturalized throughout the world in temperate climates.

The plant contains alkaloids: in the grass 0.97-1.87%, in the roots 1.9-4.14%. Among them are chelidonine, homochelidonine, chelerythrine, methoxychelidonine, oxyzelidonine, sanguinarine, oxysanguinarine, protopine, allocryptonine, sparteine, coptisine, chelidamine, chelylutin. The herb contains essential oil, ascorbic acid, vitamin A, organic acids - chelidonic, malic, citric, succinic. The milky juice is represented by resinous substances containing up to 40% fatty oil. The seeds contain 40-68% fatty oil, as well as lipase.

Proper collection and drying of celandine

Old folk wisdom says that “healing herbs act in their entirety,” therefore, to dry celandine, you need to pull out the bush by the roots, clean the roots from the soil on the spot, and the stems from dry leaves and foreign grass. At home, wash the roots and stems, tie them loosely into bundles of 10-15 pieces and hang them to dry in the hallway, dry pantry, attic, under the roof, on a balcony in the shade, under a canopy with good ventilation, but so that they are not there was rain and rays of sun. Under no circumstances should it be kept in the basement, and especially in the cellar, as it will disappear (decay).

Can be dried in a dryer at a temperature of 50-60 degrees. With fast drying, a large amount of juice is retained; with slow drying, the grass can turn brown and even rot. When the grass is dry, collect it in a bunch, wrap it in paper or cloth to keep out dust, leaving the top of the bunch slightly open to the air, and close the root system and hang it in a dry place. This way it can be stored for a long time without losing its medicinal properties. You can store dried raw materials for up to 3 years in well-closed boxes in a dry, ventilated area.

When collecting and drying celandine, do not touch your face with your hands, especially your eyes and lips. After finishing work, you must wash your hands with soap.

Dried celandine is sold in pharmacies.

Attention! Celandine is a poisonous plant; its internal use requires caution. With long-term use or large doses, vomiting, diarrhea, and, in some cases, depression of the respiratory center may occur! Consult your doctor before use!

Pharmacological properties of celandine

The prominent Russian pharmacologist S. O. Chirvinsky studied the pharmacological action of the sum of substances in the extract from celandine. When applying an aqueous extract of celandine to the skin, local irritation was noted. There is conflicting information about the antitumor properties of celandine.

Individual alkaloids of celandine were also studied. Chelidonine has a calming effect. Homochelidonin is known as a strong local anesthetic, but it has not found any use in medicine, since it is a convulsive poison. Hellerythrine was studied by V. A. Chelobitko and D. A. Muravyova. Its analgesic properties have been discovered; It was noted that it enhances the analgesic effect of morphine, as well as the hypnotic effect of the narcotic drugs chloral hydrate and thiopental.

Sanguinarine has anticholinesterase properties, enhances intestinal motility and salivary secretion. When applied topically, it causes irritation of the mucous membrane followed by anesthesia. Protopin enhances the tone of the smooth muscles of the uterus.

The use of celandine in medicine

In folk medicine, the grass, roots and fresh juice of celandine were used for skin diseases, difficult-to-heal wounds, lupus, and skin tumors. Fresh milky juice of celandine is a common remedy in folk medicine for removing warts, calluses, and dark spots on the skin. In addition, it was used for scabies. Currently, in medicine in many countries, celandine is used mainly for diseases of the liver and gall bladder. Infusion of celandine is also prescribed as a laxative and diuretic.

Of the celandine alkaloids, chelidonine is used as an analgesic and antispasmodic. Celandine with chamomile is used to rinse the nasal cavity and throat for nasal polyps.

The celandine plant belongs to the poppy family and the dicotyledonous genus. It is a tall perennial herbaceous shrub with a hollow stem and lyre-shaped dark green leaves. Celandine blooms with yellow flowers, and then in their place small pods ripen, which crack in two and throw out seeds. The plant bears fruit 2-3 times during the summer, so it reproduces effectively and is found almost everywhere.

Science knows two types of celandine:

Chelidonium asiaticum – Asian (30-50 cm tall);

Chelidonium majus – large (50-120 cm tall).

Both types of plants are poisonous, but have a number of beneficial properties, so they have long been actively used in both Eastern and European folk medicine. The Russian-language name of this herb speaks for itself - it “cleanses the body” of warts, pimples and non-healing wounds. And the Latin name has a beautiful origin story: in the time of Avicenna it was believed that swallows treated the festering and blind eyes of their chicks with the bitter juice of celandine. Hence the term Chelidonium (literally “swallow”). In ancient Rus', celandine had numerous characteristic nicknames: yellow milkweed, podtynnik, warthog, chistukha, dog soap.

Chemical composition of celandine

The leaves, stems, rhizomes and bitter milk of celandine contain:

Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) and carotene (vitamin A);

Organic acids (malic, citric, succinic);

Essential oils, bitters, resins and saponins;

Natural antibiotics (phytoncides);

Poisonous alkaloids (chelidonine, sanguinarine, protopine, alocryptopine, coptisine).

Chelidonine and its derivatives deserve special attention: oxychelidonine, homochelidonine and methoxychelidonine. This alkaloid is a direct relative of morphine, which is not surprising, since celandine is a relative of poppy. Chelidonine in small doses has an analgesic effect, but in large doses it causes convulsions and paralysis of the nervous system. The highest content of alkaloids is in the rhizomes of celandine (up to 0.5%), however, the leaves of the plant are also poisonous, so livestock on pastures avoid it.

Useful properties of celandine and its use

With proper skill and care, celandine can be used to cure many diseases.

Thanks to its complex and rich biologically active composition, celandine has a multifaceted effect on the human body:

Anesthetic;

Antitumor;

Bactericidal;

Antifungal;

Wound healing;

Antispasmodic;

Bile and diuretic;

Expectorant.

Celandine is used to treat diseases:

ENT organs and respiratory system– runny nose, bronchitis, tracheitis, laryngitis, sore throat, pneumonia, asthma, whooping cough, tuberculosis;

In animals, it initially causes a state of depression, and after it comes complete paralysis of the nervous system. An overdose can lead to very severe cramps, so strictly follow the dosage.

Sanguinarine can have a similar effect. Only it is still able to increase the activity of the intestines and increases the secretion of saliva, and can also have a local analgesic effect. As numerous studies have shown, celandine’s most basic properties are antispasmodic, choleretic and anti-inflammatory.

How to prepare juice, tincture and decoction of celandine?

Celandine tincture

The medicine can be purchased in ready-made form, but since celandine grows almost everywhere, it is not worth spending money. Go for the herb in early summer, when the plant first blooms and the leaves are still fresh and fleshy. Wash them thoroughly, chop them finely and fill a liter jar to the top with raw materials, then fill them with 70% medical alcohol and leave in a dark, dry place for 2 weeks. In addition, if you can infuse celandine tincture for 5-6 months, you will receive an even more concentrated and highly effective medicine.

It is better to treat serious diseases, especially cancer, with the help of alcohol tincture, since in ordinary decoctions and water infusions the concentration of alkaloids is an order of magnitude lower. In addition, alcohol tincture can be stored for a long time and consumed economically. By waiting six months, you will receive high-quality and effective medicine with virtually no investment.

You should start treatment with celandine tincture only when the expected benefit is greater than the possible risk. Remember that this is essentially a potent plant poison that you need to gradually get used to. For the first 3-4 weeks, the tincture is taken 5-10 drops per day, and then every week the dosage is increased by 10 drops, and so on up to 50. The duration of treatment depends on the type of disease: for example, for cancer and tuberculosis, celandine tincture is taken for at least six months.

You can prepare celandine tinctures not only alcohol-based, but also water-based:

• Water infusion. To prepare a water-based decoction of celandine, you need 1 tablespoon of dry celandine herb and 1 glass of boiling water. The herb should be poured with a glass of boiling water, then covered and left to steep for 30–40 minutes. Next, the infusion must be strained and taken chilled, 2/3 cup 15 minutes before meals. This tincture is used to normalize liver function.

Celandine juice

In folk medicine, there are 2 ways to prepare celandine juice:

First way: From fresh, just collected stems of celandine up to 15 cm long, together with flowers, it is quite possible to prepare the juice of this herb for the winter. To prepare juice for the winter from celandine raw materials, the leaves must be passed through a meat grinder and then thoroughly squeezed. The resulting juice should be placed in the refrigerator for three days, and then the juice should be strained through cheesecloth, poured into a clean container and covered with a lid that has small holes so that gas does not accumulate in the jar during the fermentation process of the juice. After three weeks, the fermentation process of the juice in the jar will end and the finished celandine juice will be able to stand in the refrigerator until the next “harvest” of the herb.

Second way Celandine juice can be prepared as follows: you need to carefully cut the grass stems 12–15 cm long along with the flowers, then pass them through a meat grinder and squeeze out the juice, as in the first method. Then you should add alcohol or vodka at the rate of 500 g of vodka or 250 g of alcohol per 1 liter of juice.

Celandine juice, as has already become clear, is very useful: it can cure approximately 250 skin and other diseases, for example, herpes, burns, pimples, acne, lupus, fungus, fistulas, scabies, peeling, condylomas, polyps, etc.

Celandine decoction

To prepare a decoction of celandine, you need fresh or pre-dried raw materials (sold in a pharmacy).

Pour 1 teaspoon of dry raw material with a glass of boiling water, let it brew for 15 minutes, then strain. The decoction is good for diseases of the liver, gall bladder, duodenum, as well as for diseases of the bladder. Take 1/3 cup 3 times a day. The course of treatment is 5-7 days.

Treatment with celandine

Celandine is successfully used to combat initial forms of skin tuberculosis, true adenomatous polyps of the large intestine, cervical erosion, intestinal and laryngeal papillomatosis. Also, eczema, lichen and acne respond very well to treatment with celandine; in addition, celandine promotes the healing of purulent ulcers and wounds.

In homeopathy, celandine is very often used for liver diseases that are difficult to diagnose and recognize, and they have the following symptoms: poor health in damp weather, while in a warm room it suddenly becomes better, the appearance of a sharp feeling of disgust for cold drinks and meat , craving for hot coffee. In rare cases, homeopaths themselves prescribe celandine for diseases such as pneumonia, pleurisy, gout, headaches accompanied by dizziness and general weakness, stomach and liver cancer.

Celandine for skin diseases

Psoriasis

If the lesion is small, it should be lubricated with freshly squeezed celandine milk in the morning and evening for 10-14 days.

If psoriasis has affected large areas of the skin, take baths for the same period: for every 3 liters of boiling water, take 25 grams of chopped herbs, brew and wait until the infusion cools to a comfortable temperature.

BPH. To stop an acute inflammatory process, you need to dilute 2 teaspoons of celandine juice in half a glass of water every day for a week and drink this solution at any convenient time. Treatment of prostate adenoma with celandine will be more effective if you supplement it with herbal enemas with chamomile, sage and 1 tablespoon of celandine juice.

Treatment of celandine diseases of the gastrointestinal tract

Celandine is used for the following gastrointestinal diseases:

Cholecystitis. Alcohol tincture of celandine, prepared independently according to our recipe or purchased at a pharmacy, for cholecystitis and cholelithiasis, take 10 drops per day for two weeks, while following a strict diet prescribed by a doctor.

Cirrhosis of the liver. For 2 parts of dried celandine, take 1 part each of yarrow, adonis and horsetail. Twice a day, prepare an infusion of a glass of boiling water and two teaspoons of this mixture, leave it for 15-20 minutes and drink completely before meals. You can also take fresh celandine juice, a teaspoon three times a day, but there may be side effects, although the effectiveness will be higher.

Hepatitis. Take one part each of dried celandine and calamus rhizomes. An infusion is prepared from two teaspoons of this mixture and a glass of boiling water for 60 minutes, then divided into 6 parts and taken throughout the day. The course of treatment for hepatitis with celandine is 2-3 weeks.

A decoction of the following ingredients also helps:

• Dried celandine – 3 parts;

Treatment of kidney diseases with celandine

Celandine is used for the following kidney diseases:

Pyelonephritis. For acute pyelonephritis, take a teaspoon of dried celandine and cornflower flowers, steam with three glasses of boiling water and leave for about an hour. The finished infusion is filtered, cooled and stored in the refrigerator, and it should be taken a quarter glass before meals for 10-14 days, until the symptoms of pyelonephritis disappear.

Treatment of the nasopharynx, maxillary cavities, frontal sinuses, gums. Celandine juice must be instilled with a pipette into each nostril. During the instillation process, after 1-2 drops of juice, a slight tingling sensation will be felt, 3-5 minutes after the juice of one or two drops is absorbed, the tingling in the nostrils will go away, then the instillation must be repeated. Thus, a total of a full pipette of celandine juice should “go” into each nostril. If at this moment the nose was stuffy, then breathing through the nose will immediately become easier.

Ear diseases. To prepare an ointment from celandine, you need crushed leaves. Mix 50 g of celandine, 25 g of lanolin, 25 g of petroleum jelly. This ointment should be lubricated on the outer skin and the ear canal itself 2-3 times a day.

Celandine can also treat periodontal disease, liver disease, gall bladder, it can be instilled into the eyes, if there is a cataract and trachoma, it can be placed on a sore tooth. If there are polyps in the rectum, you need to do an enema of 50–60 g of water with the addition of 5–7 drops of celandine juice.

Treatment of cancer with celandine

The general recommendation for cancer patients is to either take freshly squeezed celandine juice, starting with half a teaspoon three times a day, gradually increasing the dosage every 10 days to 1 tablespoon, or treat with alcohol tincture according to the method described above. It is imperative to take breaks between short courses of 1-2 weeks to avoid intoxication of the body and the addictive effect of your illness.

There are special recommendations for the following types of cancer:

Breast cancer. 4 tablespoons of crushed celandine rhizome should be poured with one liter of boiling water, cover the jar and wait several hours. Strain the cooled infusion and take half a glass three times a day before meals. The treatment regimen for breast cancer with celandine is as follows: take the medicine for 10 days, then take a 10-day break; 5 days on medication, 5 days off. This way you can be treated for six months, and then take a break for a whole month.

Lungs' cancer. Take the stems of fresh celandine, peel the leaves, cut them to the height of a liter or three-liter jar, compact them tightly in an upright position and fill them to the top with medical alcohol. Keep the tightly closed jar in a dark, dry place for 3-4 weeks, then strain the infusion and take half a teaspoon three times a day according to the following scheme: 2 weeks on treatment, 2 weeks off.

Stomach cancer. Every day you need to prepare a fresh decoction in a water bath for 15 minutes, from a tablespoon of celandine and 1 glass of water, cool it and drink it in three doses before meals.

The treatment regimen for stomach cancer with celandine is as follows: 10 days on, 10 days off; 14 days on, 14 days off; 7 days on, 7 days off. A mixture of 1 part alcohol tincture of celandine, 3 parts alcohol tincture of peppermint and 6 parts rosehip syrup also helps well. This medicine is taken 2 tablespoons three times a day 15 minutes before meals for 2-4 weeks.

In order to prepare an infusion of celandine for the treatment of cancer, you need to take 1 tablespoon of dry crushed celandine raw materials, pour 1 glass of boiling water (in a thermos), let it brew for 1 or 1.5 hours, then you need to strain the product and take 1-2 tablespoons 3 times a day 20–30 minutes before meals. This infusion should be used for cancer of internal organs, skin tumors, and rectal polyps. There will be an even greater effect if you apply celandine juice or infusion topically.

Celandine ointment. Take 20 g of powder made from celandine herb, 10 g of lanolin, 70 g of petroleum jelly. All ingredients must be thoroughly mixed and used to treat skin cancer (it is necessary to lubricate the affected areas 2-3 times a day). This ointment also helps very well to cope with calluses, warts, papillomas, condylomas, and is a good remedy for psoriasis, eczema and skin tuberculosis.

To prevent the growth of metastases, an infusion of celandine mixed with calendula and nettle can be helpful. All herbs must be taken in equal parts, finely chopped and mixed 1 tablespoon of herbal mixture with a glass of boiling water in a thermos. It is recommended to take 0.5 cups of infusion on an empty stomach in the morning, and the second half of a glass in the evening, before dinner.

Instructions for using celandine in folk medicine:

Contraindications to treatment with celandine

Celandine is a poisonous plant! It’s not for nothing that livestock on pastures never chew celandine. Celandine contains chelidonin, which can initially cause a depressed state in animals, after which complete paralysis of the entire nervous system of the animal occurs. This substance is very similar in action to morphine. It is for this reason that when using this plant, you must be extremely careful or use it in small quantities along with other herbs.

Celandine can cause severe irritation and inflammation of the entire digestive tract, and can also lower blood pressure. In case of overdose or poisoning with celandine, the following symptoms are observed: severe thirst, heaviness of the head, stomach, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, possible dizziness, in rare cases even loss of consciousness or hallucinations. This happens for the reason that celandine juice contains a fairly large amount of alkaloids.

Since celandine is poisonous, it should not be taken by small children and pregnant women, even if there is good reason to do so. The underdeveloped protective functions of a child’s body will not allow him to quickly cope with intoxication. And, getting into the blood of the expectant mother, celandine alkaloids can poison the fetus and cause the effect of short-term oxygen starvation.

In case of poisoning. If celandine poisoning does occur, you should immediately stop taking it, rinse your stomach thoroughly, and then you should still consult a doctor.

For epilepsy. People suffering from epilepsy should not take celandine, as it has the ability to cause seizures. People suffering from severe mental disorders, especially those with psychosis, should not use celandine.

For other diseases. Contraindications for the use of celandine include bronchial asthma, angina pectoris, cardiac decompensation of degrees I and II, as well as various neurological diseases. You should not use celandine juice if there is a possibility of it getting into areas of the skin where there is damage, as it will cause a severe inflammatory process.

Intestinal problems. When celandine is used internally, constipation or dysbacteriosis may occur. This can happen because celandine juice can cause disruption of intestinal microflora. To get rid of this, you can use the good old recipe: heat the milk so that it is warm, dissolve a piece of butter in it and do an enema. Calculation of proportions – 300 ml of milk per 30 g of butter. When doing a milk or butter enema, it is best to lie with your head slightly below your pelvis. It is quite enough to do an enema of milk and butter 1-2 times a day for two or maybe even five weeks, it’s easier to say how long it takes to get rid of this problem.

People with hypotension Celandine is contraindicated because it further reduces blood pressure. But for hypertensive patients, such a remedy is just right. Easily excitable people suffering from insomnia, and, even more so, serious diseases of the central nervous system and psyche, celandine is not recommended, because it can cause anxiety, convulsions and even clouding of consciousness in case of an overdose.

Cases of individual intolerance to celandine are rare, but if you are allergic to it, you will notice it at first contact. When using medicinal herbs, you should always listen to your feelings - the body itself will tell you that this plant is not suitable for it. Severe itching, redness and especially swelling upon skin contact with celandine indicate the danger of further use.

In the end, let us return once again to the question of the advisability of treatment with celandine. As we have already said, it is advisable to decide to use a known poisonous plant only when the benefits of its use certainly outweigh the harm. This means that you need to be treated with celandine for serious reasons, and not just for prevention or experiment. Take care of yourself and be healthy!




Consultation with a herbalist Khalisat Suleymanova on the use of hemlock, aconite and celandine

Celandine (Chelidonium) is a weed plant, belongs to the poppy family, and is perennial. Exists only in one form. Central and Northern Asia and Europe are considered the birthplace of celandine. It was also brought to North America. In most cases, ants carry celandine seeds on themselves, so it grows everywhere, near houses, in gardens and parks, in thickets, and in forests. In the photo you can see what celandine grass is. Celandine usually grows up to 100 centimeters in length, in rare cases up to 120 centimeters. The plant has sparse hairs and a ribbed, hollow stem on which there are branches. The leaves of celandine are blue on the underside and green on the upper side.

Celandine in the garden

This plant has soft leaves. On the roots below they are larger and feathery, and at the top of the plant there are leaves similar to a lyre. The environment in which celandine grass grows affects the shape of the leaves. For example, in Siberia a variety with oblong leaves grows, while in the central region the leaves are more pointed. The celandine flower consists of several stamens and one pistil; it has four oval petals, bright yellow. The greenish leaves are the cup for the flower. From May to September, the celandine grass blooms. The flowers of the plant are collected from eight flowers into a small umbrella. By the appearance of the plant you can determine when it bears fruit. At this point, its leaves become dull and rough. New brightly colored leaves appear on celandine immediately after the plant sheds its seeds. The grass can bear fruit several times over the summer.

Homeland: North and Central Asia, Europe.

Growth: grows very quickly.

Light: prefers shaded areas.

Flowering: from May to September.

Reproduction: by seeds and cuttings of rhizomes.

Reproduction of celandine

The size of the plant's short taproots can be compared to the diameter of a human finger. There are many recommendations for treating celandine root, but given that this is its most poisonous part, it is better to refuse such treatment. Up to 40 percent of toxic substances are located in the root. It is not advisable to take parts of this plant separately for treatment. It is safer if you take the roots of the plant with other parts of the herb.

This plant secretes orange thick juice, it is darker than the flowers, this is what distinguishes the celandine plant from others, it is shown in the photo. Celandine juice has an unpleasant smell and taste; it is contained in large quantities in the root. Celandine juice is used to dye fabrics, but it disappears when the grass is dried, since it contains an unstable coloring pigment. During flowering, it is recommended to collect celandine and use its juice while the plant is alive.

Let's consider the area where this plant grows. Mainly on Russian territory. It does not grow only in the Far North; in all other regions, such as Siberia, the European part of Russia, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Belarus, Ukraine, this plant grows. It can be found in any forests, among bushes, near roads, rivers, on rocks and in other places. At high altitudes it grows in the mountains in forested areas, and along rivers it can be seen in the steppes. This plant also grows in gardens and vegetable gardens. His favorite terrain is where there is a lot of moisture and lowlands. Celandine does not form dense thickets, but grows only in the form of small bushes.

Growing celandine at home

This plant helps repel various pests in the garden. Therefore, it is very useful when it grows near fruit-bearing bushes and trees, so insects will not damage them. If there is no celandine in the garden, then you can grow it yourself at home. It can be propagated artificially in two ways: by seeds and cuttings of rhizomes. Seeds can be used either fresh or two years old. If you sow fresh celandine seeds, you need to take them in June or July, when only the first seeds appear. They are planted in any desired place.

Growing celandine

The rows of celandine must be strictly observed at intervals of fifty centimeters. Only after two years will the planted celandine begin to bloom at home. There is no need to sprinkle celandine when sowing if it is planted before winter. A thin layer of soil should be sprinkled over the seeds of the plant if it is planted in the spring or at other times of the year. In places not exposed to the sun and with high humidity, you need to plant celandine in the garden. After some time, the plant can form a fairly dense cover, since it reproduces not only with the help of seeds, but also by renewing buds. Up to three buds appear annually on the roots of celandine.

Once it has ascended, no special care is required for it, especially when it has already gained strength. It can be clogged by other plants only during the germination period, so at this time it is necessary to weed the area, fluff up the soil and water it. A plant that has already grown sufficiently does not require special care.

Various acids and a large number of other substances are found in the herb. The plant contains a substance that is similar in action to morphine, it is called chelidonine, it is a very strong local anesthetic. A critical condition is observed in animals that have eaten this plant; after a short time, paralysis of the nervous system occurs. Severe convulsions can occur from an overdose.

Another substance contained in celandine, its name is sanguinarine, can have the same effect. After its use, the analgesic effect begins, this is only possible with local application. In case of overdose, salivation increases and intestinal activity increases.

Medicinal properties

The herb has an anti-inflammatory effect. It can also have antispasmodic and choleretic effects. External malignant tumors greatly slow down their growth if celandine is used for treatment. For scabies, a fresh plant can be an effective remedy. Its juice is used instead of iodine in some areas of Siberia. Celandine powder helps to quickly heal an ulcer that has tormented a person for a long time.

Celandine flowers

Let's consider the main contraindications and the most common side effects of this plant. Domestic animals in the fields do not eat celandine. This plant contains a lot of poison. Just like morphine, chelidonine is dangerous; its overdose in animals can cause paralysis of the nervous system. If it is used for medicinal purposes, then it must be taken with extreme caution. Irritation of the digestive system, diarrhea, vomiting, dizziness, and decreased blood pressure may occur in case of celandine poisoning. Fainting and delirium can occur from a severe overdose of plant poisons. Alkaloids, which are present in celandine juice, cause these side effects. When poisoning with celandine poisons occurs, you need to rinse your stomach copiously and call an ambulance.

The alkaloids contained in the plant will cause enormous damage to health. Women who are breastfeeding, pregnant women and children are prohibited from using this herb. Patients who suffer from epilepsy are strictly prohibited from using celandine, as it causes convulsions. Severe inflammation can appear on the skin if celandine juice gets on even a small wound. A side effect may be dysbacteriosis and constipation from taking celandine.

Celandine and its history of use

This plant has more than one name. Swallow grass (Chelidonium majus) is the scientific name of celandine, it arose because when the swallows arrive, the grass begins to flower, and the flowering ends when the swallows fly away. This herb received a similar name “lastoven” in Russia. The plant makes a loud sound when the pod opens, which is why it got the name “nutcracker”. “Podtynnik” in Russia is sometimes called celandine; it was nicknamed that way because it grows under the tyne. This plant has a huge number of names due to its medicinal properties.

The dried plant has a pungent and bitter taste. In this form it can be seen in the photo. The dried root looks yellowish at the break, and becomes almost black on top. For three years, the medicinal properties of the herb can be preserved if properly harvested. It can be used in different forms, such as tinctures, decoctions, ointments, oils.

All the healing power is contained in celandine juice, so it is considered an effective remedy. When the plant blooms, it needs to be collected and minced through a meat grinder or chopped with a blender. The celandine minced through a meat grinder is placed in the refrigerator for three days in a glass jar, after this time it produces juice; you need to strain it through a fine sieve or gauze. One and a half liters of celandine juice can be obtained from a bucket of grass. In order for the juice to ferment less from the container, you need to periodically bleed the air. Fermentation ends after three weeks. It can be stored in the refrigerator for several years.

An ointment made from this herb is an excellent remedy against many ailments. Fats, creams or regular Vaseline can be used to prepare an ointment, they will serve as a base. You can make an ointment from the juice of the plant, or you can directly from the dried plant, it is important that it is very finely crushed. You can grind dry celandine in a coffee grinder.

For a burn in nature, you can use celandine. It copes well with burns of any kind, and helps with burns after sunbathing. You need to apply the plant juice to the burn several times and wait until it is absorbed, then apply again and so on several times. An effective treatment will be if a lot of juice gets on the damaged area of ​​​​the skin. In addition to all this, celandine has an analgesic effect, so pain from burns is dulled. For frostbite, celandine juice also has a miraculous effect. It is necessary to apply a bandage soaked in the juice of the plant to the frostbitten area of ​​the skin.

Using the medicinal properties of celandine, you can fight herpes when it just begins to appear. Ointment, tincture or juice from celandine should be applied to the area of ​​skin where signs of herpes are felt. Do the procedure at least three times. Herbal infusion of celandine can help get rid of various diseases, which is why doctors value this herb so highly and quite often use it in various areas. This plant is widely used in medicine.