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

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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