Chelidonium majus, Celandine

Also called Hirundinaria or Swallow-wort
Bai Qu Hai (TCM)

Herbarum Vivae Eicones, Otto Brunfels, 1530

Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800

Kohler's Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887

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Botanical name:
Chelidonium majus

Parts used:
Whole plant in flower; Root

Temperature & Taste:
Cold (classed as Warm), dry. Bitter, pungent

Classifications:
2F. PURIFYING.   2G. CLEANSING.   2K. RESOLVENT
4b. OPTHALMIC

Uses:
1. Clears Liver Heat, Clears Damp-Heat, Opens Obstructions:
-Jaundice, Cholecystitis, Gall Stones, Hepatitis, Liver Swelling

2. Promotes Sweat, Resists Poison:
-Cold, Flu, Infectious diseases (both to prevent and cure)

3. Clears Heat, Stops Cough:
-heat-type Cough, chronic Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough

4. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis:

5. Preserves Health:
-‘The Essence hereof preserves from old age, or makes age look youthful’ (Salmon)
-often credited with preserving youth.

6. Externally:
-juice is applied to Warts and Corns, Ringworm, Itchy Skin, Tinea, Eczema, Herpes, as well as Tumors and Cancers

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Dose:
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Correctives:
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Main Combinations:
1. Infection of Epidemic diseases (including Plague), Celandine  ... available in PRO version
2. To prevent and cure in Epidemic diseases:
i. Celandine with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Celandine with  ... available in PRO version
iii. Celandine with  ... available in PRO version
3. Jaundice:
i. Celandine with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Celandine with  ... available in PRO version
iii. Celandine with  ... available in PRO version
4. Jaundice and Liver obstruction, ... available in PRO version
5. Gall Stones, Cholecystitis:
i. Celandine with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Celandine with  ... available in PRO version
6. For the eyes, combine Celandine with Eyebright and Fennel seed
7. Fractures, Celandine with ... available in PRO version
8. As a bath for Eczema, Celandine with ... available in PRO version
9. Itch, Celandine  ... available in PRO version
10. Distilled water to apply to the Eyes: Celandine with ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:
Tincture of Celandine
Infusion for Jaundice (Riverius)
Decoction for Jaundice
Decoction for the Gall Bladder (2)
Decoction to Cleanse the Sight (Riverius)
Syrup of Betony (Bononiense)
Electuary for the Eyes (Grulingus)
Confection of Eyebright (Confectio Humain) (Mesue)

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Cautions:
1. Avoid during pregnancy
2. Toxic in overdose

Main Preparations used:
Dehydrated Juice, Distilled Water of the herb, Salt of the Ashes