Many people have known this popular plant since childhood, widely used in folk medicine. It is easy to grow in a regular flower pot and grows in lawns, vacant lots and ditches. Celandine loves moist soil and is very unpretentious. Its yellow flowers and bright orange sap make this plant stand out from others. It is widely used in folk medicine; most often it is used to remove acne and warts, calluses, rashes, and diathesis in children.
The plant can also be taken internally: in this article we will tell you how you can brew and drink celandine. It should be mentioned that this process must be approached with caution and attention, since the plant, if used incorrectly, can be poisonous and harm the body.
Description, composition and healing power of the plant
Looking at the modest grass with oval leaves and yellow flowers, you won’t even think about the benefits contained in all its parts. Meanwhile, the plant was used for treatment by ancient healers, including Avicenna and Hippocrates. The culture is popularly called warthog, Russian ginseng, and cleanliness. Also, the name “swallow grass” was firmly attached to it, since ancient healers were sure that cute birds used the juice of the plant to treat the eyes of their chicks.
The inconspicuous perennial has a rich chemical composition, indicating not only the pronounced medicinal effects of the crop, but also that the latter belongs to the category of poisonous herbs. All parts of the plant have approximately the same concentration of active compounds, with the exception of the roots: the amount of useful substances in them is much higher. The main components of celandine:
- alkaloids;
- saponins;
- flavonoids;
- phytoncides;
- vitamins C, A, choline;
- carotenoids;
- organic acids (succinic, chelidonic, citric, malic);
- resin and bitterness;
- essential oils.
Nature has especially endowed the plant with ascorbic acid (171 mg) and beta-carotene (about 14.9 mg).
Medicinal culture is of great importance for human health. It has a wide range of beneficial properties: anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, sedative, anticonvulsant, hypotensive, antispasmodic, regenerating, analgesic, absorbent, rejuvenating, etc. Celandine fights fungal and bacterial infections, heals any skin damage, and has a destructive effect on tumors; demonstrates good choleretic, diuretic, antiallergic antioxidant, expectorant and antiviral effects.
Beneficial features
Celandine juice
Purity juice is often called liquid gold, perhaps this comes from ancient times when alchemists tried to extract gold from it. Perhaps the name comes from the large number of beneficial properties and bright yellow color of the milk. It really has a life-giving power and gets rid of ugly warts and eye diseases such as trachoma and cataract.
Treats the oral cavity, soothes toothache, relieves calluses and ulcers. Treats gallbladder, liver diseases. Treatment of the intestines, rectum, and stomach cannot be done without it. The list of usefulness of flower milk is long; it would take a long time to list them.
Celandine oils
Celandine oil cannot be replaced in the treatment of skin diseases and sore joints; it is also actively used by cosmetologists. Troubles such as acne, pimples, all kinds of skin irritations, problems are solved by using creams, masks, compresses, and celandine oil. It is used in the treatment of bedsores of bedridden patients.
The oil helps fight irritation and deep diaper rash in babies. The flower has many useful substances, so it is worth preparing valuable herbs in the summer. Flower oil is easy to prepare; you can use any vegetable oil as a base; it works better when prepared in olive oil.
Preparation of celandine oil
Wash the celandine, dry it, and knead it thoroughly. Pour 3 tablespoons of gruel with any vegetable oil, 1 liter. Leave for half a month in a dark place, shaking the oil once a week. Filter the liquid and use as directed. It is recommended to make preparations in the summer, from fresh raw materials.
Properties of celandine tincture
Note! The use of smoothie tincture is quite extensive. This flower treats the stomach, liver, intestines, and cancer. Helps in the fight against parasites living in humans. All derivatives of celandine, tincture, panacea for many diseases. So make preparations for future use, they will always come in handy.
The recipe is quite simple. Take a 700 gram container, fill it halfway with washed, finely chopped celandine pulp, pour in medical alcohol or vodka. The container is placed in a dark place and infused for two weeks. Do not forget to shake the container with the tincture sometimes. The liquid should be passed through a filter before use.
Properties of the decoction
A decoction of celandine or herbal tea, valuable as a tincture, treats the same diseases. The range of application of decoctions is much wider. It has a beneficial effect on the skin of the face, whitening, toning and regenerating.
Decoctions are applicable not only to humans, they are used to combat parasites in animals, and to combat garden pests.
Joint diseases. Osteoarthritis of the knees is a very painful disease, especially during an exacerbation. Treatment with celandine oil, or rather massage, significantly alleviates seasonal outbreaks of the disease.
How to prepare a decoction of celandine
The herbal decoction differs from the infusion in its higher concentration of useful substances, since it is prepared using heat treatment, that is, boiling. It will not be difficult to obtain a healing potion based on “swallow grass”. There are several ways to prepare it.
- A classic drug recipe. Fresh or dry crushed vegetable raw materials in the amount of 1 tsp. pour 200 ml of boiling water. The resulting mixture is placed in a water bath and boiled over low heat under a closed lid for 15 minutes. To avoid evaporation of the liquid, add water to the container as needed. The finished broth is cooled, then filtered and stored in the refrigerator for 48 hours.
- A quick recipe for a folk remedy. Freshly harvested medicinal herbs, mainly stems and leaves, are passed through a meat grinder. Pour 0.5 liters of cold water into a saucepan and place on fire. As soon as the liquid boils, add 1 tsp. crushed celandine. Reduce the flame under the pan, simmer the broth for 30-60 seconds and remove from the stove. All that remains is to cool it and filter it.
- A simple decoction recipe. You will need 1 tbsp. l. chopped celandine herb: dried or fresh. It is poured with 250 ml of cold water, heated and boiled for 10 minutes. The broth is infused for half an hour, filtered and used for its intended purpose.
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In addition, for some diseases, healers and herbalists recommend using decoctions prepared according to a special recipe.
Reviews
Lena, 26 years old, suffered with warts for a long time, trying to remove them on her own. At first there were extracts of celandine, but the concentration there was very high, the skin burned, so I switched to its juice - I tore the stems (at the root!), smeared the warts in the morning. They began to decrease after a week, without any unpleasant consequences, and only went away completely by the end of the month.
Alisa, 30 years old, used Mountain Celandine (balm) to treat persistent papillomas on her legs. The drug is very powerful, you need to carefully read the instructions before using it - it’s easy to get burned. I advise you to lubricate everything near the papilloma with a rich cream to protect healthy skin. My treatment period was only 3 days! I recommend liquid celandine for papillomas to everyone.
Polina, 22 years old My grandmother talked a lot about the properties of celandine, so I fought uterine fibroids without medications. I took the alcohol tincture and started drinking, increasing the dose according to the instructions. The first week was difficult, I felt unwell, then it became easier. It is important to dose the tincture very carefully drop by drop to prevent poisoning. I was treated for 3 months.
The healing properties of Celandine have been known since ancient times. This unique plant was widely used by Eastern and European healers back in antiquity. Currently, even convinced supporters of official medicine recognize the undoubted effectiveness of treating a number of diseases with herbal remedies based on Celandine.
The Latin name of the species is Chelidonium (“swallow”), since in ancient times there was an opinion that birds used the juice of the grass to treat the eyes of their chicks. The ancient Greek healer Thiophos called it “herb for a hundred ailments”; this student of Aristotle left behind the first detailed description of Celandine and instructions for its use.
In Rus', the plant has been used for many centuries to treat difficult-to-heal and festering wounds, as well as to reduce warts; it was called gladishnik, chistukha, chistoplot, warthog and dog soap. The nickname “swallow grass” has also stuck with us.
According to the botanical classification, this perennial herbaceous plant belongs to the Poppy family of the Dicotyledonous genus. It has lyre-shaped leaves and bright yellow flowers. The height of the Asian Celandine bush is 30-50 cm, and the Great Celandine bush is up to 1 meter or more. The herbaceous shrub bears fruit up to three times during the summer season; In place of the flowers, small pods with seeds ripen. Its habitat is very wide; The plant is found almost everywhere in our country.
Please note: This plant is poisonous, so great care must be taken when collecting raw materials. When using ready-made preparations of Celandine, you must strictly adhere to the recommended dosages in order to avoid undesirable consequences.
As a rule, the above-ground part of the bush is used as a medicinal raw material, but there are folk recipes that also involve the use of roots. Collection and harvesting is carried out during the flowering period. It is recommended to dry the collected herbs in protected from the sun and well-ventilated areas. The dried substrate for the preparation of medicines can be stored for 3 years.
Celandine decoction use
The number of diseases for which the healing drug has a depressing effect is simply enormous. Among them there are both external ailments and pathologies of internal organs. The first include warts, papillomas, dermatitis, lichen, eczema, psoriasis, acne, stomatitis, furunculosis, mycosis; the second includes diseases of almost all physiological systems: cardiovascular, respiratory, urinary, reproductive, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal. We will share with you effective recipes for the alternative treatment of certain disorders using celandine decoction.
Against scabies. Place 50 g of finely chopped celandine in an enamel pan. Pour this amount of herb into 2.5 cups of boiling water. Keep the mixture in a water bath for half an hour, after covering the pan with a lid. Afterwards, the broth is left for 15 minutes to cool and filtered, thoroughly squeezing the raw material. The drug is added to a bath with warm water. You should take such a therapeutic bath every day for a week, in the evenings.
For dermatitis. In this case, they use the following recipe for celandine decoction: 4 tbsp. l. dried leaves of the plant should be poured with 1 liter of cold water, brought to a boil and simmered over low heat for about 10 minutes. For this purpose, be sure to use an enamel container with a lid. The finished broth is turned into an infusion by removing it from the stove and leaving it untouched for 8 hours. After this period, the healing liquid is filtered. It is stored in a cool place for up to three days. This decoction is used to treat skin affected by dermatitis by rinsing or using lotions.
Treatment of eczema. In addition to celandine, this recipe also involves the use of dandelion herb. Take 10 g of each component (dried), place the mixture on the bottom of a small saucepan, and pour 1 glass of hot boiling water into it. The composition is then placed in a water bath, where it should remain for 30 minutes. The cooled, strained broth is moistened with the problem areas several times a day.
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For removing warts. A collection is prepared for internal use, the components of which, in addition to 3 tbsp. l. celandine herbs are:
- 4 tbsp. l. lemon balm leaves and the same amount of horsetail grass;
- 3 tbsp. l. plantain leaves and dandelion root;
- 5 tbsp. l. stinging nettle leaves.
The crushed ingredients are poured with boiling water, then cooked over medium heat for 5 minutes. Take a decoction of celandine and other medicinal plants 1/3 cup three times a day.
For gingivitis, inflammation and bleeding gums. A liquid potion is prepared from “swallow grass” according to the classic recipe and the oral cavity is irrigated with a warm decoction several times a day.
Against acne and boils. Problem skin is wiped with a cotton pad moistened in a decoction of celandine, for the preparation of which the simple recipe described above is used.
For bronchitis. To defeat this disease, they combine taking a decoction of medicinal herbs orally and inhalation with it. In the first case, brew 1 tbsp. l. vegetable raw materials with a glass of boiling water, in the second, 20 g of collection consisting of celandine, pine buds, licorice root (ingredient ratio 1: 2: 2) and hot water are boiled in a saucepan. To carry out inhalation, you need to inhale the vapors of the decoction for 15 minutes.
Against constipation. In a deep bowl, mix celandine root, buckthorn bark, shepherd's purse grass, chamomile flowers, hoofed grass leaves, centaury grass - 1 tbsp. l. each component, making sure to grind the plant material. Then take 1 tbsp. l. collection, add boiling water (200 ml) to it. After cooling and filtering, the broth is drunk in two doses with an interval of 4 hours.
Treatment of gout with a decoction of celandine. The drug is used in baths to relieve pain and relieve inflammation in the affected joints. 3 tbsp. l. crushed dry roots, stems and leaves of celandine are poured into a deep container, pour 0.5 liters of hot boiling water over them and wait until the decoction reaches a pleasant warm state. When this happens, the liquid is filtered and the hands or feet are immersed in it, depending on the area where the disease is located. The duration of the procedure is 10 minutes. It is better to do it regularly, then the result will not take long to arrive.
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From hepatitis. Help will be provided by a decoction prepared from a herbal mixture, which includes:
- dried celandine;
- anise fruit;
- cumin seeds;
- corn silk;
- dandelion root.
The listed components are taken in the ratio 3:2:2:2:1. Now 1 tbsp. l. The plant mixture is poured into a container and 500 ml of water is added. Place the healing drink over medium heat. Maintain it at a boil for 5 minutes, then cool and filter. Duration of treatment for hepatitis with this decoction: 7-10 days. During this time, the drug is consumed ½ glass before each meal.
Precautions and contraindications
Due to the presence of toxic substances in the plant, decoctions from the celandine herb should be taken, strictly observing the dosage prescribed by one or another recipe. It is recommended to start with small concentrations, gradually increasing the amount of herbal remedy used for treatment. An overdose of celandine decoction is fraught with stool upset, nausea, vomiting, headaches and severe thirst. The same applies to long-term use of herbal preparations. Ideally, you should first consult a doctor.
Celandine decoction is contraindicated for children under 12 years of age and women during pregnancy and lactation; people suffering from mental disorders and epilepsy.
