Celandine,Swallowwort:Celandine is named after the Greek word for the swallow, because it starts flowering when the birds arrive and stops when they leave.

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• Basic Botanical Info:Celandine,Swallowwort.
• Chelidonium majus Botanical Description.
• Historical or traditional use:Chelidonium majus.
• Chelidonium majus Phytochemicals and Constituents.
• Medicinal Action and Uses:Chelidonium majus.
• Chelidonium majus Therapeutics and Pharmacology.
• Dosage and Administrations:Chelidonium majus.
• Research Update:Chelidonium majus.

Basic Botanical Info:Celandine,Swallowwort.:

Botanical name: Chelidonium majus L. Chelidonium majus (Linn)
 Scientific Name: Chelidonium majus L. [Fam. Papaveraceae]
 Family: Papaveraceae (Poppy family)
 Synonyms:Common Celandine. Garden Celandine. Tetterwort, Devil's Milk, Garden Celandine, Common Celandine, Swallow Herb, Swallow Wort,Bai Qu Cai.

 Common Name:Greater Celandine,Celandine,Swallowwort,Tetterwort, Celandine,Celandine, Greater, Celidonia, Common Celandine, Garden Celandine, Greater Celandine, Kelta Ruoho, Kirlangicotu, Kusanowo, Otompui Kina, Schelkraut, Stinkende Gouwe, Svalert,Chelidonium majus,Chelidonium, garden celandine, greater celandine, tetterwort, killwart, wart flower, wartweed, wartwort, felonwort, cockfoot, devil's-milk, Jacob's-ladder, swallowwort, wretweed.
 English: Greater Celandine
 French: Eclaire, herbe de Sainte Claire, herbe de hirondelle, felouque

 Other Names: Chelidonium, garden celandine, great celandine, tetterwort, jewel weed, quick-in-hand, slippers, snap weed, pale touch-me-not, slipper weed, balsam weed, weathercock, devil's milk, wart flower, touch-me-not.
 Flowering time: All summer long.
 Astrology: A herb of the Sun and under the celestial lion.

 Parts Used:aerial parts, roots.Herb. The entire plant, The whole herb,collected when it is in flower.The whole herb, collected in the wild state, from May to July, when in flower, and dried. Likewise, the fresh juice. The aerial parts are collected during the flowering period and the roots in late summer or autumn.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.

 Collection: The aerial parts are collected during the flowering period from May to June, the roots in late summer or autumn.

 Habitat and range:Native to Europe and the temperate and coldest parts of Asia. Introduced to the Atlantic parts of North America.Celandine is found in rich damp soil along fences and roadsides near towns from Maine to Ontario and southward. It is common from southern Maine to Pennsylvania.Found by old walls, on waste ground and in hedges, nearly always in the neighbourhood of human habitations.

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♣ last edit date:25th,Oct.2010.