Monday, October 26, 2020

Materia Medica Lesson 5-13: Chelidonium majas, greater celandine

 Use above ground part of the plant. Use fresh. Has yellow/orange sap. I don't recognize this one, but it should grow where I live, given his description - I'll plan to plant some next spring. Good vulnerary - topical application for injury, sore joints, sprains, broken bones, etc... better than arnica or prickly poppy tincture. If it hurts when you move it, put arnica on it. If not, use celandine - god combined with lobelia. Evacuates gallbladder and stimulates liver bile.

CHELIDONIUM (Greater Celandine) WHOLE PLANT. Fresh Plant Tincture, [1:2] 10-25 drops. Alone, for short term use; safe for extended use as a low dose formula constituent. STATUS : W/A

From  SPECIFIC INDICATIONS FOR HERBS IN GENERAL USE Third edition Michael Moore:

Tongue pale, sallow, full, with slightly jaundiced skin; dull leaden coat. Acute bronchial pneumonia, primarily right lung. Cholangitis -light stools,cloudy or dark urine, pain in right hypochondrium to shoulder. Cholelithiasis, recurring without blockage. Cholecystitis - chronic with blockage. Biliary cirrhosis. Jaundice, post-hepatic, cholestatic. Hemorrhoids, subacute, from recent liver or portal congestion

Here is the link to the Southwest School of Botanical Medicine Course

https://www.swsbm.com/school/

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