| Common Names | Lesser Celandine |
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| Description | |
| Locations | Vikos-Aoos Ioannina Pindos Peristeri Smolikas |
| Clinical Summary | |
| Contraindications | No side effects are reported. |
| Active Substance | Anemonin tannin vitamin C and Protoanemonini (a toxic substance which converts into a non-toxic Anemonini after plant's drying) |
| Active Substance Plant Part | leaves |
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| Features Description | Ficaria grandiflora is a small, biennial plant with green, heart-shaped leaves, yellow, narrow flowers and glossy petals. It blossoms during January and the harvesting takes place from May to June. |
| Method Administration | The plant is administered in the form of ointment for external use. It is also used in the form of herbal tea (1-2 spoons of dried herb in a cup of boiled water, up to 3 times a day) and tincture (1: 5 parts of herb and ethyl alcohol 70%, 2-4ml, 3 times a day)Warning: The use of herb preparations is not recommended without seeking advice from your physician or pharmacist. The substances they contain may interact with the subscribed drugs that the patient already takes, thus eliminating their therapeutic efficacy or inducing toxicity. They may also burden further weakened vital functions of the body thus exposing the patient to increased morbidity and life threatened conditions. |
| Pharmacological Info | The whole plant has antispasmodic and analgesic properties and it is administered in the form of ointment or herbal tea for the treatment of hemorrhoids. |
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| References | http://www.reference.com/browse/oswald,+saint http://www.archive.bsbi.org.uk/Wats20p41.pdf http://www.tsusinvasives.org/dotAsset/83bbd4cd-2cdf-4458-ba71-b2c29c8e33e8.pdf http://www.gbif.org/species/110520921 http://eol.org/pages/473789/details http://votana-hepokrates.blogspot.gr/2012/08/ficaria-ranunculoides.html |
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