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| Departments » Herbal Medicine » Materia Medica » Chelidonium majus |
Note - the monographs are provided for informational purposes only, and are not to be used for self-medication.
Chelidonium majus (Greater Celandine)
| Botanic Name | Chelidonium majus |
| Common Name | Greater Celandine, Common Celandine, Garden Calendine |
| Family | Papavaeraceae |
| Parts Used | Herb |
| Habitat | Found by old walls, on waste ground and in hedges, nearly always in the neighbourhood of human habitations. 1 |
| Constituents | Alkaloids (chelidonine,
chelerythrin, protopine, sanguinarine)
Bitter principle Volatile oil Proteolytic enzymes in fresh latex 6 |
| Actions | Cholagogue 3
Bitter 3 Antispasmodic 3 Diuretic 3 Laxative. 3 Purgative 2 |
| Applications | Gallstones
& gall-bladder and billiary diseases
As a constituent of prescriptions designed to clear the liver and bowel 3 Stomach pain 2 Topically – Verrucae, skin tumours, tinea 2 Warts 6 Hepatitis 6 Intestinal putrefecation 6 Eyebath for cataracts 6 Hepatic related headaches 6 |
| Body Systems | Digestive, Nervous (eyes), Integumentory |
| Energetics | Promotes
bowel movement and relieves constipation
Stimulate the liver and gall bladder, break up obstruction and promote bowel movement 4 Bitter, Cool7 |
| Dosage | Dried Herb
2 – 4 gms tds 6
Liquid Extract 1:1 25% 1 – 2 mls tds 6 Tincture 1:10 45% 2 – 4 mls tds 6 Best used fresh or within 6 months of preparation 6 |
| Combinations | Endometriosis and Uterine Fibroids – Thuja occidentalis |
| C/I Cautions | Generally
safe in therapeutic doses best avoided by untrained persons 3
Large doses purgative and poisonous 6 |
| BHP | Gallstones (cholelithiasis) |