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Chelidonium Majus

Chelidonium majus
CHEL · 18 entries across 18 books
PreparationTincture of entire fresh plant, at time of flowering. Clarke
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Tincture and lower attenuationsDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Acts powerfully upon the hepatic system, giving rise to congestion, inflammation, jaundice, and a train of general symptoms indicative of serious hepatic disturbance.

It also acts prominently upon the lungs, producing congestion, inflammation, and symptoms of hepatization.

The most important characteristic of Chelidonium is a constant pain under the lower inner angle of the right shoulder blade.

Characteristic symptoms.

▲ Worse

In the morning; afternoons. Ailments renewed on change of weather. Better evenings

The full Cowperthwaite text, by section

Mind

(Chelidonium majus)

Great anxiety.

Head

(Chelidonium majus)

Vertigo, with bilious derangements. (Podo.)

Heaviness in the head, extending into the right side of the neck.

Pressure in the forehead extending to the orbits, which pain as if sore, on moving the eyes. ( Bry .)

Pressive pain in right side of head.

Tensive pain in forehead, as from a band above the eyes. (Ant. tart., Gels., Merc., Nitr. ac ., Sulph.)

Heaviness in the occiput. (Lach.)

Pressive, drawing pains in left side of occiput.

Eyes

(Chelidonium majus)

Neuralgic, tearing pains in and above the eyes.

Whites of eyes dirty yellow. (Canth., Crot., Iodi., Plumb.)

Aching in the eyeballs ; worse on moving the eyes. ( Bry ., Cimic.)

Dimness of vision.

Blinding spot before the eyes, lachrymation when looking at it.

Ears

(Chelidonium majus)

Sensation of wind rushing out of the ears.

Ears feel stopped. (Carb. v.)

Neuralgic pains in and around the ears. (Bell., Merc .)

Loud, distant roaring in the ears.

Face

(Chelidonium majus)

Yellow color of the face (Ascl. t., Hep. s., Myrica, Natr. mur., Sep.), especially of the forehead, nose, cheeks, and whites of eyes.

Cheeks dark, reddish -yellow, (Bapt., Gels.)

Pain in right cheek bone ; feels as if swollen.

Violent tearing in maxillary antrum.

Mouth

(Chelidonium majus)

Tearing pains from right ear to right teeth, in afternoon.

Tongue dry ; thickly coated yellow (Cinch., Iodi., Phos., Rumex) ; white ; slimy.

Bitter water collects in the mouth.

Bitter taste when not eating or drinking. (Bry., Nux v., Puls., Sul ph.)

Throat

(Chelidonium majus)

Choking, as from swallowing too large a morsel.

Stomach

(Chelidonium majus)

Eructations ; vomiting.

Sharp painful stitches from pit of stomach through to back.

Abdomen

(Chelidonium majus)

Pains from region of liver, shooting toward the back.

Stitches in region of liver. (Ars., Bry., Cinch., Kali carb., Merc., Nux v., Sep.)

Pain in hepatic region.

Hepatic region sensitive to pressure.

Pain across the umbilicus, as if the abdomen were constricted by a string. (Plumb ., Podo., Tabac.)

Abdomen hard and distended.

Griping, cutting pains in the bowels. (Bry., Coloc .)

Spasmodic drawing pains in both inguinal regions.

Stool And Anus

(Chelidonium majus)

In rectum: burning and cutting ; crawling and itching.

Contraction of anus ; itching. (Sulph.)

Stool ; thin, pasty, bright-yellow (Aeth., Borax) ; light gray ; slimy ; mucous ; constipated, like sheep's dung.

Urinary Organs

(Chelidonium majus)

Spasmodic pain in right kidney and liver.

Dragging pain in bladder, with spasmodic trembling pains in inguinal region.

Violent pains in the direction of the ureters, preceding the passing of turbid urine.

Urine dark yellow ; turbid on passing, dark brownish-red (Ant. tart.) ; stains diaper dark yellow.

Female Organs.- (Chelidonium majus)

Menses too late, too profuse, and of too long duration . (Ferr.)

Burning in vagina, recurring each day at precisely same hour.

Respiratory Organs.- (Chelidonium majus)

Hoarseness. ( Acon., Carb. v., Caust .)

Cough : after waking, on rising, with sensation of dust under sternum ; racking, as in consumption, with much expectoration ; violent, somewhat spasmodic ; in paroxysms. ( Dros .)

Short and oppressed breathing, with sensation of constriction in chest.

Pains in chest and back.

Oppression of the chest ; clothing seems too tight.

Spasmodic pressure behind middle of sternum, extending into the bronchi with constriction.

Stitches in chest ( Bry., Kali carb.), worse right side.

Stitches beneath right ribs.

Back and Neck.- (Chelidonium majus)

Stiffness of the neck . (Rhus tox., Lyc.)

Pain in right cervical muscles, and in region of right clavicle.

Stiffness in back and between the shoulders.

Drawing from nape of neck down the back.

Pain in or beneath the right shoulder blade (Abies can., Podo.) ; stitches.

Pain in right shoulder.

Constant pain under inferior angle of right scapula (Aesc. hip.) ; may extend into chest or stomach.

Limbs

(Chelidonium majus)

Feel heavy, stiff, lame ; feel paralyzed ; cold.

Rheumatism, the least touch anywhere is exceedingly painful ; sweat without relief.

Rheumatism worse in the lower limbs, especially in the right tarso-tibial articulation ; worse from walking.

Sleep

(Chelidonium majus)

Frequent yawning ; drowsy and sleepy during the day. ( Nux m.)

Generalities

(Chelidonium majus)

Great debility and lassitude after eating and after waking in the morning.

Paralytic drawing and lameness in single parts.

Fever

(Chelidonium majus)

Chill and coldness of whole body, most in hands and feet.

Intense heat in evening, after lying down.

Sweat in the morning or toward morning. (Calc. c.)

Aggravation

Therapeutic Range.- (Chelidonium majus)

Hepatitis, jaundice, gallstones, bilious conditions in general, diarrhoea, neuralgia, pneumonia, whooping cough.

Compare

(Chelidonium majus)

Bry ., Cimic., Cinch ., Gels., Merc., Nux v., Podo., Phos ., Sulph.

Antidotes

(Chelidonium majus)

Acon., Camph., acids, wine or coffee.

Chelidonium Antidote.-

Bry.

Copyright © Robert Séror 2003

Index

Complete text of the Chelidonium Majus entry in Cowperthwaite - A Text-Book of Materia Medica; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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Research (10)

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  1. Milky Sap of Greater Celandine (Chelidonium majus L.) and Anti-Viral PropertiesNawrot J, Wilk-Jędrusik M, Nawrot S et al. · International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020 · Case Reports · doi
  2. Antiplasmodial potential of homeopathic drugs Chelidonium and nosode against Plasmodium berghei infectionBagai U, Walter NS · Journal of complementary & integrative medicine · 2014 · doi
  3. Antimalarial potential of China 30 and Chelidonium 30 in combination therapy against lethal rodent malaria parasite: Plasmodium bergheiRajan A, Bagai U · Journal of complementary & integrative medicine · 2013 · doi
  4. Successful Treatment of Chronic Viral Hepatitis With High-dilution MedicineSarter B, Banerji P, Banerji P · Global advances in health and medicine · 2012 · Case Reports · doi
  5. Chelidonium majus 30C and 200C in induced hepato-toxicity in ratsBanerjee A, Pathak S, Biswas SJ et al. · Homeopathy : the journal of the Faculty of Homeopathy · 2010 · doi
  6. Efficacy of the potentized homeopathic drug, Carcinosin 200, fed alone and in combination with another drug, Chelidonium 200, in amelioration of p-dimethylaminoazobenzene-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in miceBiswas SJ, Pathak S, Bhattacharjee N et al. · Journal of alternative and complementary medicine (New York, N.Y.) · 2005 · doi
  7. Evaluation of protective potentials of a potentized homeopathic drug, Chelidonium majus, during azo dye induced hepatocarcinogenesis in miceBiswas SJ, Khuda-Bukhsh AR · Indian journal of experimental biology · 2004
  8. Antioxidative, antiproliferative and biochemical effects in HepG2 cells of a homeopathic remedy and its constituent plant tinctures tested separately or in combinationGebhardt R · Arzneimittel-Forschung · 2003 · doi
  9. Effect of a homeopathic drug, Chelidonium, in amelioration of p-DAB induced hepatocarcinogenesis in miceBiswas SJ, Khuda-Bukhsh AR · BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2002 · doi
  10. [Celandine (Chelidonium majus)]EICK H · Hippokrates · 1951

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