Chelidonium minus, Lesser Celandine or Pilewort
Bulliard, Herbier de la France, 1776-1783
Gourdon & Naudin, Nouvelle iconographie fourragère, Atlas, 1865-1871
Botanical name:
Ranunculus ficaria
Parts used:
Whole plant
Temperature & Taste:
Hot, dry. Pungent, biting
Ranunculus ficaria
Parts used:
Whole plant
Temperature & Taste:
Hot, dry. Pungent, biting
Uses:
1. Clears Damp, Opens Obstructions:
-Good for the Spleen; Spleen obstruction, hardness; Scrofula
-Jaundice
-bleeding Hemorrhoids
2. Externally:
-topically for Hemorrhoids, it is 'incomparable' (Salmon)
-Scrofula, Wens, Sores
-creeping Ulcers, ‘for which it is a kind of Specific’ (Salmon); Creeping Ulcers are usually skin cancers
-applied to rotten Teeth
Main Combinations:
Cautions:
Caution with internal use.
Main Preparations used:
Distilled water
Caution with internal use.
Main Preparations used:
Distilled water