Cough bleach in the bronchi

Purity is a popular plant in Ukraine, which can be found almost under every house or estate, in parks, squares and even on the roadside. This unpretentious plant is known to many as a doctor of broken knees, because it has a strong antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and wound-healing effect due to phytoncides, which are called natural antibiotics.

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Pharmacodynamics

Few know that the compounds on the basis of celandine can be taken orally, justly considering the plant to be poisonous. Yes, the celandine really contains 5 dangerous in excessive dosages of alkaloids, but largely due to them the plant has an anesthetic and antitumor (inhibits the growth of the tumor and prevents the appearance of metastasis) by the action.

And the celandine has an expectorant effect, of which units are certainly known, although such cough and bronchitis treatment can be considered more than affordable. It is also used in pneumonia, but always remember to strictly adhere to the dosage and limit the course of treatment to avoid intoxication of the body.

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Dosing and administration

Since the celandine is highly toxic, it should be used only in severe cases of bronchitis or pneumonia. To cure a strong cough, a decoction or celandine infusion is suitable. It is prepared from 1 cup boiling water and 1 tbsp. Without a hill of crushed dry grass. Boil the composition for 5-7 minutes (the infusion is kept in the heat for about an hour), filters and drinks in small amounts for 3-4 doses, enhancing the effect of inhalation procedures.

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Contraindications

Because of its high toxicity, the celandine has many limitations in its application. It is clear that such a medicine is not suitable for the treatment of children and pregnant women. It is forbidden to take it and during breastfeeding, in order to avoid toxic effects on the baby's fragile body.

Purity is contraindicated in the following health conditions:

• epilepsy (great risk of a convulsive attack),
• mental disorders, emotional lability, insomnia (celandine causes anxiety, convulsions, confusion),
• Serious cardiovascular pathologies: stenocardia, severe heart failure, hypotension (can affect heart rate by suppressing the central nervous system, reduces blood pressure),
• neurological disorders (depresses the activity of the central nervous system, reduces conduction of nerve impulses),
• disruption of the intestine (due to the likelihood of developing dysbiosis and constipation, as in the treatment of synthetic antibiotics),
• inflammatory and ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal tract in the stage of exacerbation (has an irritating effect on the mucosa of the digestive system).

There are doubts about the benefits of celandine in bronchial asthma, if the plant is capable of causing spasmodic seizures (convulsions).

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Side effects Celandine

Purity can be considered relatively safe for short-term treatment with low doses of drugs based on it. But even in this case there is a possibility of irritation and inflammation of the inner shell of the stomach and intestines, fluctuations in blood pressure (more often a decrease in the indices), a decrease in heart rate, the appearance of nausea, seizures, drowsiness, depressive conditions. Quite a rare phenomenon is considered to be allergic reactions after taking a decoction or infusion of celandine or during inhalations.

The situation is even worse if taking chelate-based formulations in high doses or treating the herb for a long time. This is fraught with the appearance of symptoms of  an overdose : nausea and vomiting, severe thirst, diarrhea, a feeling of heaviness in the head and stomach, dizziness. When these symptoms occur, you must rinse the stomach and stop taking celandine in any form. But people who have hallucinations, confusion or loss of consciousness may need even medical help.

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Interactions with other drugs

Purity is the individual peasant. The use of this herb provides for the refusal to take any medicines and herbs.

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Storage conditions

This plant is also harvested during the flowering period, which lasts from May to August. The most useful are those bushes that hid in shady places, and not in the sun. It is not recommended to tear the plant from the root, it is better to put on gloves and cut off twigs at a distance of 8-10 cm above the ground. It is not recommended to strongly bend over the plant to avoid irritation of the nasal mucosa.

Dry the stems of celandine can be on the prepared surface in a shady place or under a canopy, avoiding sunlight. Thus it is necessary as often as possible to stir up drying up raw materials, that drying passed more effectively. If you dry the celandon for a long time, it will lose some useful properties.

The best way to dry the plant is to suspend it with small beams in a ventilated area. Also, in a suspended state, it is stored by wrapping it with a loose cloth or paper and leaving an open place for air access from above. Shelf life of raw materials is 3 years.