Celandine - medicinal properties and uses of the plant.

In another way, celandine great is called a warthog, podtinnik, jaundice, tangential grass, swallow grass, night blindness, gore, cleanser, yellow guillemot.

Celandine is a perennial containing poisonous milk juice that is rich in alkaloids. Celandine cures skin diseases, polyps, liver and gall bladder. It is popularly used as a means for conducting preventive measures and treating oncology.

The name in Latin is Chelidonium majus. The English name is Wartwort. Celandine belongs to the Poppy family.

In the medical field, studies of the medicinal qualities and contraindications of this medicinal plant have been carried out to a wide extent. Celandine has been known since ancient times, however, in our time it is used to a limited extent. And all because the sap of the plant is very toxic. The juice contains deadly substances, for this reason it is not used in conventional medicine. But there are a number of diseases in the treatment of which only celandine is effective.

Characteristic features of large celandine.

There are a large number of folk names of the plant. The native name "Chelidonium" comes from the Greek word "celadon", which translates as "swallow". The first story of this name - at the time when the plant began to bloom, the arrival of swallows took place. The second version (it is confirmed in writing) - healers from Ancient Greece treated eye diseases with celandine, because, according to legends, the swallow healed its blind chicks with the juice of this medicinal plant.

The word "celandine" comes from the fact that skin diseases (clean body) are treated thanks to this culture. Another name - "warthog" - is used because celandine is used to cauterize warts. Due to the wide distribution of the plant, its ubiquitous and frequent development in garden plots and under fences (tyny), celandine could be found as a weed, and that is why there is another popular name - "podtynnik".

Descriptive characteristics.

The owners of summer cottages are well aware of the appearance of the plant. Every year, they struggle with obsessive weeds - a herbaceous perennial that has a stem that grows up to 1 m in height, but in frequent cases reaches 50 cm.

The stalk is straight, as a rule, bare at the bottom, but has pubescence with a large number of hairs. Above, the branching of the stem begins, it is covered with leaves of an irregular type. The leaves are large, their edges are patterned, formed by rounded parts. The growth of the leaves begins from the rhizome, they are planted on elongated cuttings, while the leaves at the top are tightly pressed against the stem.

Greater celandine is a very viable plant that survives in all situations, because it has a developed root system. The rhizome is shortened, straight, but when it goes deeper into the soil, it becomes branched and elongated. Over the years, the grass grows more and more roots. For this reason, a difficult, serious struggle takes place with the weed.

The culture blooms from May to July days.The plant begins to bloom earlier where it is warm. In the south, flowering occurs already from the 15th of the second spring month. If during this period the weed is mowed, then flowering will be repeated without fail, around August days. The flowers are saturated, the petals are regular, golden yellow, one-dimensional.

From the first summer month, the flowers turn into seed boxes. They remain on the stem, then they quickly ripen and open. Small seeds of a round shape, black or dark brown in color, pour out of the boxes. Each seed has an appendage comb that ants adore very much. They eat it, actively spread it everywhere and everywhere, carry plants over vast areas.

How do you know that it is celandine in front of you? Break the stem, the juice will emerge at the break, at first it will be bright white in color and looks like thickened, stretching milk. But when exposed to air, the bright white color transforms into an orange-red.

Where celandine grows.

The culture often grows near the anthill, because the ants regularly bring grains there. However, the plant can be found in other places as well. The culture has a high level of unpretentiousness, therefore it grows everywhere. The only territory where this type of plant does not grow is the climatic conditions of the Far North.

You can collect celandine in the forest, where the culture grows on shaded forest edges and glades. You can go to the field or check if celandine is growing on the fences of summer cottages. But, as a rule, the plant can be found much closer, just visit the front garden near the high-rise building, city park or square, or look for celandine on the lawns.

People who know about the usefulness of this medicinal plant breed it themselves. For this purpose, the collection of seeds is carried out, sown in greenhouse conditions on February-March days. When the summer season comes, the sprouts are transplanted under the open sky, the soil should be well moistened, the planting site with slightly shaded crowns of trees or shrubs. The plant adapts well, but its growth should be controlled, because it can impedimentally spread to the rest of the cultivated vegetation.

How to collect and procure great celandine.

Most people believe that the benefits of celandine lie only in the herb, but there is evidence that the rhizome contains much more active elements. Therefore, it is recommended to collect both grass and roots.

Herbaceous part. Grass is harvested during the period of mass flowering of celandine, as a rule, in May-June days. 5-10 cm of the stem is cut off from the soil surface, while the leaves are captured. To dry the plants, they need to be spread out in a thin layer in the attic or sheds so that air can freely penetrate, and often stirred. Electric dryers are also used for drying, the temperature regime is 50-60 degrees.

Root. It is harvested at the same time as the grassy part to make it more convenient. An accessible fragment of the rhizome is dug up, quickly washed in clean water from the ground. The rhizome is not dried, but applied fresh, juice is squeezed out of it, since its root contains much more than the stem. In addition, rhizome juice contains more beneficial elements compared to grass juice.

When harvest celandine, be careful. Do not touch the stem and root with bare hands. The juice is dangerous for the skin, because it can cause irritation and itching. Use goggles and a protective mask, as the evaporating juice can irritate the mucous membrane of the respiratory organs, in frequent cases chemical burns of the larynx and trachea occur.

After you have come into contact with this medicinal plant, wash your hands thoroughly, since the culture is poisonous, causes severe degrees of poisoning, death is possible.

What celandine consists of, its qualities.

Celandine is used to a limited extent, as it is toxic. The plant has a content of more than 20 alkaloids, most of which are found in the rhizome. The qualities and effects of alkaloids were studied by Soviet pharmacologists.

As the Russian scientist Chirvinsky S.O. says, the combination of such alkaloids as chelidonine, hellerithrine and others carries antitumor activity. If you apply celandine extract to the skin, it will cause a local irritation reaction and reduce pain.

The composition of the medicinal plant will help you figure out what celandine can handle.

• Helidonin. Bitter element, alkaloid, pure toxic substance. At the same time, it can have a calming effect.
• Homohelidonin. Alkaloid, has a pronounced local anesthetic effect. Modern medicine does not use it, because this element is the poison of convulsive effects.
• Hellithrin. The effects of this alkaloid were studied by pharmacologists D. Muravyova and V. Chelobitko. The component is interesting as an active anesthetic. Scientists have conducted experiments by combining the substance with morphine and other sedative drugs. In this combination, the sedative and analgesic effect of the main element was enhanced by helicithrin.
• Sanguinarine. An alkaloid that has a local irritant and further analgesic effect. In particular, the element has a high activity on mucous membranes. If it enters the digestive system, it will produce bile and saliva.
• Protopin. Stimulates smooth muscles. It has an effect on the uterine tone, for this reason, the main contraindication for the use of culture is pregnancy.

The grass contains fewer alkaloids, but it has the same elements as the rhizome. Also, the herbaceous part is rich in flavanoids, tannins, and a spectrum of organic acids. The pure juice of the herb plant contains high amounts of vitamin C.

How celandine is used.

What diseases does celandine cure? A large number of answers will be given by various sources. This culture is a remedy for almost all diseases. Celandine is used unlimitedly in folk medicine, although doctors warn "healers-healers" that the culture is highly toxic.

It is always worth remembering that celandine is poisonous. And, if you can choose a safer alternative for treatment, then this choice should be made without fail. But there are diseases that this medicinal plant can better cure, and other crops are not so suitable in these cases.

Diseases of the liver, gallbladder... Celandine is a component of the Cholelitin complex, which is used to treat gallstone disease. Produces bile, reduces the level of its viscosity.

Polyps. In medicine, an aqueous infusion is used to cure polyps of the intestines, nasal cavities, which accompany chronic sinusitis. In gynecology, grass is used against polyps. This is effective in that the composition is burned on the body of the polyp, as a result, dying off and destruction of growths occurs.

Skin diseases. Warts are cauterized with pure juice, long-term non-healing wounds, extensive calluses are treated, and the juice is also used in the initial stages of lupus. Although this method is recommended by traditional medicine, it is not limited by mainstream medicine. If celandine is applied externally, then it is considered a safe method of treatment.

Do not use celandine-based products inside pregnant women with epilepsy and bronchial asthma. Pure juice or grass is not used internally.They are used only as a basis for a drug prescription.

Fresh juice for outdoor use.

The juice is used to treat corns, because it has a pronounced irritating, keratolytic effect. It is very good to remove warts with juice, remove papillomas and condylomas. In folk medicine, boils and eczema are removed with the help of juice.

To prepare the juice, break off the stem and apply a cut with the juice that has emerged to the sore spot, this is if the area for processing is small. For more extensive treatments, fresh grass and rhizomes are ground in a blender, wrapped in cloth, and squeezed out.

Juice to cure cancer.

“Celandine juice is used to cure cancer. In this case, it is not easy to distribute any advice, because, as a rule, celandine is the last hope. But from my own experience, I know that juice is taken not fresh, but canned. It will not give results if you have a hormone-dependent tumor of the breast, ovaries or uterus, ”says the herbalist A. Varennikov.

It is pointless to use this medicinal plant if you want to cure a hormonal-type disease. It is undesirable to use celandine to cure the thyroid gland, uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts.

To store the juice in order to use it in the treatment of oncology, herbalists advise preserving the juice with alcohol.

How to cook.

• Pass the stem, leaves, roots through a meat grinder.
• Squeeze out the juice.
• Add 250 ml of alcohol 96 degrees or 500 ml of vodka per 1 liter of juice.
• Pour into a glass container, close tightly.
• Keep out of reach, because the infusion is poisonous.

Treatment starts with 1-5 drops that dissolve in water or milk. Take in the morning on an empty stomach. Gradually increase the dose to 30 drops, add 1 drop every day. Further reduce the dose, every day you should reduce it by 1 drop.

To treat oncology, it is the infusion of juice with alcohol that is used. Herbalist A. Varennikov claims that alkaloids, which are contained in a plant and destroy cancer cells, can only be extracted with alcohol. A small amount can be extracted if the raw material is brewed with boiling water in the form of salts, therefore, to obtain a full complex of alkaloids, juice preserved with alcohol should be dripped into an infusion of celandine in water.

Infusion for carrying out preventive measures against cancer.

Herbalists advise drinking an infusion of this medicinal plant against oncology. In this case, an aqueous infusion is used.

How to cook.

• Grind the dried herbaceous part of the plant.
• Pour it into a thermos (1 tbsp. L.).
• Pour 250 ml of boiling water over.
• Soak for 15 minutes, closing tightly.

The infusion is taken 1 time / day in the morning on an empty stomach. Dose - 2 tbsp. l. the course of prevention is carried out within 15 days. Repetition of the course is allowed up to 3 times / year.

Decoction for the treatment of external surfaces.

A decoction of celandine is used to treat skin areas that are affected by scrufula, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis (allergies). The drug locally antiseptic affects the affected area, can relieve the inflammatory reaction, reduce tissue swelling and pain.

How to prepare a decoction.

• Chop up dried grass.
• Pour 4 tbsp into a container. l.
• Pour 1.5 liters of water.
• Bring to a boil, keep on low heat for five minutes.
• Wrap up, leave to infuse for 8 hours.

The broth should be added to baths or the affected areas should be washed with it, and lotions should be made. A decoction can be used to treat hemorrhoids, it is used in this case as an anti-inflammatory, local anesthetic. Micro enema with celandine is used. The broth is introduced into the rectum, kept there for several minutes.

Infusion for internal reception.

Is it allowed to take this medicinal plant inside to treat diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, cardiovascular system? Herbalists advise using the infusion very carefully, with caution. But if there are diseases such as: diseases of the liver, gallbladder, intestinal catarrh, diarrhea, then the infusion of celandine in these cases will have a highly effective effect. The infusion has a choleretic, anti-inflammatory effect, can relax muscle spasms, and lower blood pressure.

How to cook.

• Pour 1 tsp. dried herbs 200 ml of boiling water.
• Bring the composition to a boil.
• Infuse the broth for one hour.
• Strain.

Take an infusion of 1 tbsp. l. 3 times / day on an empty stomach.

Ointment for the treatment of external surfaces.

The market provides ready-made medicines based on celandine juice. The funds have an antibacterial, anti-inflammatory effect. For example, "Bee celandine" reduces rashes, reduces the level of redness and inflammation of acne.

Celandine homemade cream is used to treat severe skin and joint diseases. Its composition has a much larger amount of active substances, for this reason, the cream is not suitable as a cosmetic product.

Celandine ointment recipe.

• Grind fresh leaves and stems.
• Add petroleum jelly or lanolin in a 1: 1 ratio, respectively.
• Mix, transfer to a glass container.

Apply to skin areas affected by atopic dermatitis, psoriasis. The ointment is used only to reduce the inflammatory process and reduce soreness in cutaneous tuberculosis, skin oncology. Also, the composition can reduce swelling and inflammation in the joints if you are overcome by rheumatism, polyarthritis, osteochondrosis.

If you use drugs based on celandine, control the patient's well-being. Intoxication symptoms: headache, dizziness, high thirst, loss of consciousness. If signs appear, seek professional help immediately.

Celandine is a widespread and accessible type of vegetation. The juice of the culture contains a large amount of alkaloids - natural toxic substances that can destroy cancer cells. The elements have an anti-inflammatory effect, can reduce swelling, so the remedy is used in the treatment of skin diseases. It is necessary to take infusions inside carefully, since celandine is toxic. It is possible to treat diseases of the gastrointestinal tract with the help of this plant, in which inflammation and spasms occur.