Scientific Name celidonia chelidonium majus GRASS OF WARTS
Other Names:
Grass of Warts
It is used the whole plant and látex. By its content mainly in alkaloids it has antispasmodic properties, coleréticas, sedative of and antitusivo central, hipnótica, analgesic the system nervous of central action. Antiasmática, anti-viral and anti-mito'tica. It is used in internal use in diquinesias of biliary routes, bronchitis, asthma, irritativa cough, etc. Its juice is caustic and it is used in external use for warts and calluses. In infusion, average sopera spoonful of plant by cup, two cups to the day and only if the doctor advises it concretely. The dose is not due to increase since in great amount she is poisonous.
Precautions: to great doses, the ingestion of the fresh plant and látex, causes somnolencia and paralysis of the sensitive nervous completions. To take mixed it with other plants by its toxicity and not to administer it to dose elevated during long time.