Celedonio MINOR
ranunculus ficaria
Celedonio MINOR
ranunculus ficaria
Spanish:
Minor
Celedonio
.
English
: Lesser
Celandine
.
French:
Petite Chélidoine.
From the
family
of Papaveráceas.
Antiscorbutic. Antihaemorrhoidals.
Description:
The lesser
celandine
is
a
perennial herb, with numerous fleshy roots and thick, in the form of small batons. The leaves are radical sustained for long
corner
, with
a
large membranous sheath at boot. The flowers are born lonely at the tip of the pins and shorts are of an intense
yellow
. Small fruits, round, are grouped in
a
head.
Vegeta
with great ease on the lawns of the wetter areas of the peninsula to the brink of ditches and streams, in hedges, etc.
Bloom:
It blooms in
winter
and early
spring
. There are approximately 250 species of the genus "ranunculus", of which about 70 are found in our peninsula,
almost
all with the same active ingredients and similar virtues. The root is the part that is used for medicinal purposes and to be harvested this
spring
and dried in the open air and shade.
Administration:
Infusion. put into operation in 1 l. 100 g of boiling water. of the plant and then expose the diseased part to steam. This operation will be repeated at least twice
a
day. Tincture. is prepared from the fresh plant, freshly caught, with equal parts
alcohol
at 90 degrees. The flowering tops should be cut previously in small pieces. Once mixed
alcohol
and product, is left soaking for nine days, then filters the tincture. The dose is 40 drops three times daily.
Common
uses:
Antihaemorrhoidals hemostatic
source
of
vitamin
C
.
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