One of the most popular medicinal plants used in phytotherapy is the famous and widespread celandine , or, as it is also called, the wart. The useful properties of this unpretentious and unpretentious plant with yellow flowers are known for a long time, but today it is based on the manufacture of many medications. Consider what are the healing properties of celandine and from what diseases it is used in folk medicine.
Composition and medicinal properties of celandine
The composition of this plant is quite complex, it contains: vitamins A and C, carotene, organic acids - apple, citric, succinic and chelidonic, essential oil, bitter, flavonoids, saponins, and alkaloids.
The most useful celandine is reached in the flowering period (from mid-May to the end of June). At this time, you can use not only a freshly cut plant, but also harvested for the winter. The healing properties of dried celandine grass persist for three years.
So, the celandine has the following useful properties:
- anti-inflammatory;
- bactericidal;
- wound healing;
- anesthetizing;
- sedative;
- diuretic;
- choleretic;
- expectorant;
- antineoplastic and others.
Applications of celandine
In herbal medicine used as leaves celandine, and the roots, stems and flowers of this plant, as well as freshly squeezed juice. Based on fresh and dried plants make decoctions, infusions, alcohol tinctures, ointments. Use celandine externally and internally for therapeutic and preventive purposes.
Purity is effective when:
- skin diseases - warts, papillomas, acne, eczema, pustular skin lesions, allergic rashes, scabies, psoriasis, fungal lesions;
- diseases of internal organs (liver, stomach, intestines, lungs) - gastritis, stomach and duodenal ulcer, ulcerative colitis, hepatitis, cholelithiasis, pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis;
- diseases of the joints - rheumatism, arthritis, arthrosis, gout;
- nervous diseases - neurosis, migraine;
- inflammatory diseases of the nasopharynx, oral cavity, respiratory tract - bronchial asthma, whooping cough, tonsillitis, runny nose, periodontitis;
- Cancer - slows the growth of tumors and the development of metastases;
- gynecological and venereal diseases - trichomonas colpitis, cervical erosion , whites, cysts, painful menstruation;
- various kinds of pain - dental, head, articular, rheumatic;
- skin lesions - wounds, ulcers, burns, etc.
Use of the bath with celandine
The bath with celandine is very effective and is used, mainly, for the treatment of various skin diseases. In addition, it helps to normalize the metabolism, has a sedative, analgesic and restorative effect.
To prepare it you should prepare a decoction: 100 g of dry celandine pour 4 liters of water, bring to a boil and let it brew for an hour. Next, drain the decoction and add to a bath of 30-35 liters with a water temperature of about 40 ° C. The duration of the bath is no more than 10 minutes.
Harm to the celandine and contraindications to its use
It should be borne in mind that, in addition to useful properties, celandine also has contraindications, and besides the benefits can cause serious harm to the body. As mentioned above, it includes alkaloids. These biologically active substances, which have the most pronounced therapeutic effect, are also poisonous, so an overdose of drugs based on celandine can lead to severe poisoning.
In addition, celandine is contraindicated in children under 3 years of age, with pregnancy and lactation, angina pectoris, epilepsy, hypotension.