Ranunculus ficaria, Pilewort
Lesser Celandine
Ficaria, Chelidonium minus
Bulliard, Herbier de la France, 1776-1783
Gourdon & Naudin, Nouvelle iconographie fourragère, Atlas, 1865-1871
Botanical name:
Ranunculus ficaria
Salmon (Botanologia) said there were 2 varieties, a Greater and a Lesser.
Parts used:
Whole plant
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Pungent, biting
“Hot and dry in the First Degree”. (Salmon)
Uses:
1. Clears Damp, Resolves Masses, Opens Obstructions:
-Good for the Spleen; Spleen obstruction, hardness
-Hard swellings, Scrofula, Lymphatic swellings
-Jaundice
-Arthritis (Gout), Gravel, Stones (Salmon)
-bleeding Hemorrhoids
2. Externally:
-topically for Hemorrhoids, it is ‘incomparable’ (Salmon)
-Cataplasm applied to contusions
-Scrofula, Wens, Hard Lumps, Sores
-creeping Ulcers, ‘for which it is a kind of Specific’ (Salmon); Creeping Ulcers are usually skin cancers
-crushed herb or cataplasm applied to swelling of the knee
-applied to rotten Teeth
-a little of the juice taken up the nose (mixed with the decoction) purges the head of cold and phlegmatic humors. (Salmon)
Dose:
Decoction: 4–8 oz. of a standard decoction
Of the Juice: 2–3 spoonfuls in wine for Arthritis, Gravel and Stones (Salmon)
The juice or fresh plant is applied hot, 2 or 3 times daily to Scrofula, Piles, and Arthritic pain.
An Oil or Ointment prepared does the same.
Main Combinations:
Cautions:
Caution with internal use.
Main Preparations used:
Distilled water
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