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Chelidonium minus, Lesser Celandine or Pilewort

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Bulliard, Herbier de la France, 1776-1783

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Gourdon & Naudin, Nouvelle iconographie fourragère, Atlas, 1865-1871


Botanical name:
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

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