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Botanical Name |
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Chelidonium majus L. |
English
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Greater Celandine |
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Papaveraceae |
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General Info
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Perennial herb (weed) growing as high as 1 m, with deeply divided, 30-cm long leaves. The flowers comprise four yellow petals, each about 1 cm long, and are produced from May to July. The seeds are small and black and shining, each with a whitish, deciduous crest. |
| Herb Effects |
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Antispasmodic (to the gastrointestinal tract), stimulates the flow of bile soothes and aids in healing digestive parts, kills microbes in the upper respiratory tract and sedative. Acrid, alterative, anodyne, antispasmodic, caustic, cholagogue, diaphoretic, diuretic, hydrogogue, narcotic, purgative (leaves and sap) |
Chemistry
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Allocryptopine, berberine, chelerythrine, chelidonine, chelirubine, citric acid, coptisine, formic acid, histamine, magnoflorine, malic acid, nicotinic acid, protopine, sanguinarine, succinic acid, tyramine (plant); choline (fruit). |
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Pharmacology
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In diseases of the internal, digestive organs, periodontal disease and for warts; in ancient times, it was used for eye cataracts. To treat warts (latex); in the treatment of bronchitis, whooping cough, asthma, jaundice, gallstones and gallbladder pains (plant) |
| Contraindication |
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Plant is considered toxic and dosages should be monitored carefully. The stem juice is highly irritating and allergenic, it may cause paralysis. Large doses cause sleepiness, skin irritation, respiratory tract irritation, violent coughing and dyspnoea. It also stains the urine bright yellow and may cause ulcers |
| Reference |
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 Grieve MA Modern Herbal. 1931 (www.botanical.com).
Jagiello-Wojtowicz E. Kleinrok Z. Urbanska EM. Ukrain (NSC-631570) in experimental and clinical studies: a review. Drugs Exp Clin Res1998;24(5-6):213-9.
Johnson Timothy. CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference. |
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