Wild celandine grows in Central Asia, the Caucasus and the European part of Russia. As a medicinal plant, celandine leaves are taken to a greater extent. They contain chaleritin, sanguinarine, flavonoids, organic acids and many other elements, including vitamin A, ascorbic acid, essential oils. The benefits for the human body are very great, but the main use is as a choleretic, antispasmodic and anti-inflammatory agent.
Celandine is also used as an analgesic. The tincture, the use of which gives a calming effect, is identical in its effect on the body with poppy alkoids - morphine and papaverine. The old celandine plant also contains a large amount of alkoids, especially in the root. If you need to get a softer effect, then early roots and leaves are taken.
Alkoids reduce blood pressure, inhibit the activity of the nervous system, calm the pulse and give a very powerful analgesic effect. However, the use of tincture in large quantities is dangerous to he alth: paralysis of the nervous system is possible.
Celandine. Tincture: use for jaundice
To prepare a tincture for the treatment of jaundice, take a teaspoon of oregano herb flowers and celandine leaves. Brew a liter of boiling water and close tightly, leave for a couple of hours in a cool and dark place. Strain and take three times a day for a quarter cup. You can use plantain instead of oregano in the same proportions. Brew and infuse for 10 minutes, then strain and drink in small sips for an hour.
Scrofulous peeling
Take a tablespoon of herbs celandine, toadflax, eyebright, black elderberry and cornflower. Chopped herbs are poured with boiling water, infused for half an hour and filtered. Moisten the gauze in the decoction and apply to the desired area of the skin.
Celandine. Tincture: use for scabies
A tincture that has a positive effect on scabies is prepared as follows. Take 5 g of lanolin, a tablespoon of celandine herb, a teaspoon of celandine juice, 5 g of petroleum jelly. Melt vaseline and lanolin in a water bath, add grass and celandine juice, mix. Use as an ointment.
Celandine. Tincture: use for headaches and vasospasms
Preparing a tincture of celandine on alcohol or vodka. Take a tablespoon of marigold color and half a teaspoon of celandine. Pour 0.5 liters of alcohol or vodka and infuse for six weeks in the dark. Then strain into an enamel saucepan and take 10 drops per cup of boiling water twice a day.day. Recommended for frequent headaches.
Treatment of the gallbladder, liver and pancreas
Celandine does an excellent job of cleansing the body, which allows it to be used for liver diseases, skin problems and oncology. For the treatment of inflammation of the pancreas, celandine tincture is well suited, the preparation of which is possible from yarrow, bitter wormwood, sandy immortelle, mint and celandine. All herbs are taken in a tablespoon, brewed, infused for two hours, filtered. Use a third of a glass before meals three times.
