Greater Celandine

Botanical Name:
Chelidonium majus

Other Common Names:
Garden celandine, tetterwort, jewelweed, quick-in-hand, snap weed, balsam weed, slipper weed, touch-me-not.

Greater Celandine:
Greater celandine grows primarily in Europe and Asia, although it has been introduced in North America. The leaves and small yellow flowers of greater celandine are used as medicine. Although the roots and rhizomes of the plant have also been used medicinally, most clinical trials have used the above-ground parts of the plant collected at the time of flowering.

Greater celandine has been used in connection with the following conditions (refer to the individual health concern for complete information)

A Treatment For:

Indigestion
Biliary dyskinesia
Cholecystitis
Warts

Historical or traditional use
(may or may not be supported by scientific studies) European herbal traditions regard greater celandine as a valuable remedy for the topical treatment of warts. It was also a folk remedy for cancer, gout, jaundice, and a variety of skin diseases. The famous French herbalist Maurice Messegue used greater celandine extensively in hand and foot baths and teas for many conditions, particularly those affecting the liver. In eastern Asia it was also valued as a treatment for peptic ulcer.

Active constituents
Greater celandine, like other members of the Papaveraceae (poppy) family, contains alkaloids as its major constituents. These include chelidoxanthine, chelidonine, and coptisine. Greater celandine extracts have been shown to stimulate production of bile and pancreatic digestive enzymes in human studies.

Preliminary reports from Russia and China have reported that a tincture of greater celandine applied topically was useful for warts. However, these results have not yet been confirmed by double-blind clinical trials.


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