Treatment of corns with celandine

The appearance of corns is a ubiquitous phenomenon that causes pronounced discomfort in many people, both physical and aesthetic. Alternative medicine suggests using herbal preparations to get rid of this problem - for example, celandine from  corns  is quite capable of coping even with old and deep growths. Although, it is worth noting that such treatment is easier at an early stage of corn development, and in the presence of rod and hard old formations, the use of celandine can be longer.

Indications Celandine

According to the international system of classification of medicines, celandine refers to drugs that affect the general and local metabolism, as well as the functioning of the digestive system. This allows the plant to be actively used in gastroenterological practice (especially in pathologies of the liver and biliary tract) and dermatology, for the treatment of dermatitis, impetigo, the elimination of calluses, foci of psoriasis and eczema. 

The most valuable part of the celandine plant in the treatment plan is its juice, which can be used to eliminate core, dry, and water corns at the stage of their subsidence. The juice also works well for fungal skin lesions. The use of a natural remedy can cause a short-term burning sensation, which is considered the norm. However, in most cases, uncomfortable sensations do not occur, only a change in the color of the corn towards yellowish-brown is observed.

Medieval healers everywhere used celandine for calluses, hyperpigmentation, to lighten freckles, to get rid of eczema, scabies, warts,  [1] sores on the body, jaundice, gout, cancerous tumors. The use of the plant in patients with hypertrichosis, hirsutism is described.

To date, the range of application of celandine has expanded significantly. Preparations based on this herb help with stomach ulcers, tuberculosis, pulmonary emphysema, bronchial asthma, whooping cough, viral infections, cirrhosis of the liver, enterocolitis, gastritis with low acidity. External use involves the setting of compresses and lotions, taking baths for the treatment of psoriasis and eczema, acne, scabies, dermatosis, boils, urticaria, as well as hemorrhoids and trophic ulcers. Herbal infusion is advised to wash the hair to strengthen them and get rid of dandruff.

The use of celandine from corns and other growths and neoplasms has long been known. Currently, the antitumor effect of the drug is under study. The antiproliferative, proapoptotic effect of the plant in relation to cancer cells in vitro has already been proven. It is assumed that the active action of alkaloids causes inhibition of the cell cycle, followed by the death of the malignant structure.

Infusions and decoctions based on celandine are prescribed for internal use for the treatment of inflammation of the liver and gallbladder, dyskinesia of the bile ducts (hypertonic type), cholelithiasis. Individual components have a pronounced relaxing effect on the smooth muscle structures of the gastrointestinal tract, which allows the use of a remedy for relieving spasms and pain.

Baths with infusions are used for childhood jaundice, skin diseases. The antimicrobial property of vegetable extract and juice in relation to gram-positive microbes has been proven. And the cytoprotective effect is due to the antioxidant ability of celandine.

Chinese medicine successfully uses celandine-containing preparations for the correction of visual disorders, the treatment of cholelithiasis, migraine headaches, fungal infections, and whooping cough. Due to keratolytic and anti-inflammatory properties, the herb is actively used for edema of different localization, inflammatory processes of the organs of vision, as well as for ulcerative dermatitis and warts.

Celandine from dry corns

Dry corn is an area of skin that has become rough from constant mechanical irritation or squeezing. Often such growths occur in people who are engaged in heavy physical activity, in professional athletes (especially gymnasts and rowers). Calluses appear for a reason: their appearance is a protective reaction of the body, which allows you to protect the skin from the appearance of wounds in the area of systematic exposure.

Most often, dry calluses form on the soles of the feet. Such localization, in addition to aesthetic discomfort, causes pain and has a high probability of infection. That is why most people strive to get rid of the problem as soon as possible.

Celandine from corns of this kind, of course, helps. However, so that the build-up does not reappear, other recommendations of experts should be followed:

• take care of the skin, especially in problem areas;
• observe body hygiene;
• choose only comfortable, high-quality shoes and clothes of a suitable size;
• monitor body weight, prevent the development of obesity;
• avoid prolonged standing.

Dry callus is a kind of compacted and thickened area of the skin, a coarsened area, which is most often found on the feet and palmar surfaces. Such growths have a grayish-yellowish tint, “washed out” outlines (unlike corns).

Getting rid of dry corns should begin with the elimination of the cause of their appearance. For example, sometimes just changing the approach to choosing shoes is enough. Further, you can connect other means, including celandine:

• it is necessary to alternately use means to soften the corn growth (soda, glycerin, baths with laundry soap) and celandine (juice, strong infusion, etc.);
• regularly, using special tools, clean off dead skin layers, observing all precautions, avoiding damage to adjacent healthy skin.

In some cases, when the corn is very old and deep, infusions and decoctions with celandine may be useless, and the removal must be carried out surgically. This procedure is practically painless and uncomplicated, well tolerated by patients of all age categories.

Celandine from callus

The formation of a core callus most often occurs in the area of \u200b\u200bthe toes. We are talking about a small-looking seal, which has a root (rod) deepening into the skin in the center. Sometimes the growth is formed on the palms and fingers of the upper limbs. If such a corn is not removed, then it begins to cause a person severe discomfort, due primarily to the deep penetration of the corn core. However, the use of the usual external means to eliminate the build-up may be ineffective, due to the same deep root.

Celandine from corns with a rod can help in the initial stages of neoplasm development, when there is still no severe discomfort, and the root is not too deep. If the old core growth hurts even with careful palpation, and the compaction is accompanied by edema and frequent inflammatory processes, then in such a situation it is recommended to consult a doctor. As a rule, the problem is solved in one of three ways:

Hardware drilling of the corn root, followed by the placement of special preparations with anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antifungal effects into the formed recess.

Laser therapy, which involves the use of laser radiation, which has a burning and antibacterial effect.

The method of cryodestruction, which involves the removal of pathologically altered tissues with the help of liquid nitrogen. The procedure is performed using local anesthesia: the growth is frozen, the root dies off and exfoliates from healthy tissue.

How can celandine help with corns? Thanks to the herbal remedy, the neoplasm becomes more pliable, and with its small size, after a while, detachment of necrotic tissues occurs: the growth separates and comes out along with the rod. Such treatment can be quite lengthy, so it will take a lot of patience and willpower.

Release form

On the basis of celandine, infusions, decoctions, tinctures are prepared, milky juice is collected. However, there are also ready-made preparations containing this plant.

• Grass celandine. It can be produced in cardboard boxes of 50 or 100 g, as well as in the form of filter bags for brewing. For the preparation of a remedy 1 tbsp. L. Raw material or 1 filter bag is placed in a saucepan, poured with 200 ml of boiling water, covered with a lid and kept in a water bath for 15 minutes. Next, the broth is removed from the heat, kept under the lid until cool, filtered. The prepared product can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 48 hours.
• Celandine extract. The product is intended for both indoor and outdoor use. You can use celandine extract for calluses, allergic rashes, warts, foci of eczema or psoriasis, as well as for gastritis, diseases of the liver and biliary tract, menstrual cycle disorders in women, helminthiases, edema of various etiologies. In order to make a compress or lotion, the extract is added to boiled water at room temperature (about 25 drops per 150 ml of water). Before use, the product should be shaken. The average duration of treatment with the extract can be several weeks, or up to 2-3 months.
• Iberogast is a herbal complex preparation for internal use, which has an anti-inflammatory and antispasmodic effect on smooth muscle structures. The agent is actively used for functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, irritable bowel syndrome - three times a day, 20 drops with food, for one month. The use of Iberogast with callus celandine has not been studied.
• Celandine tablets is a food bioactive supplement, which is indicated for patients with dermatological, allergic, digestive, hepatobiliary problems. The drug is taken 2 tablets 2-3 times a day for half an hour before meals. The duration of treatment is up to one month. Tablets can be taken to prevent the appearance of new corns, to cleanse the skin and improve its protective properties.
• Celandine oil is a preparation containing essential and fatty oils, alkaloids and other active ingredients that provide anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antifungal, healing, analgesic and antiallergic effects. Celandine oil is used for dry calluses, cracks and itching, trophic and poorly healing ulcers. Among other indications for external use of oil: psoriasis, versicolor, fungal skin lesions, polyps.

Remedy for corns and calluses with celandine

In order to prepare a universal remedy that helps get rid of corns and corn growths, you can use both fresh celandine juice and a dried plant. If you intend to collect fresh grass for harvesting, then it is best to do this from May to mid-August. Properly dried grass can retain its beneficial properties for up to 2-3 years. A well-prepared celandine juice can be stored for up to six months.

To prepare an infusion from a dried plant, the raw material is poured with boiling water in a ratio of 1:5, kept under a lid for half an hour. After that, the callus celandine is ready for use.

To prepare a remedy from fresh leaves and stems, the plant is first washed with running water, randomly cut. Pour boiling water in a ratio of 1:10, cover with a lid, leave to cool, then put in the refrigerator and keep for another five days. Next, the product is filtered and used for its intended purpose.

Another proven recipe for celandine from corns:

• they dig a strong and large enough plant together with the rhizome, wash it, clearing it of earth and rotten parts;
• the leaves and stem are dried, passed through a meat grinder or blender, the resulting mass is squeezed through gauze folded in 3-4 layers;
• the resulting juice is poured into a container, covered with a lid and placed in the refrigerator for 10 days (stir lightly once every 2 days);
• after ten days, the remedy can be used for treatment.

The cake obtained after separation of the juice should not be thrown away. It is successfully used for setting compresses on dry calluses. To enhance the effectiveness of the cake, you can add grated laundry soap, baking soda, glycerin. And to get the right consistency, add a little water. A similar composition perfectly copes with dry, rod growths, papillomas, corns. An inevitable condition for successful treatment is the regularity of procedures.

It is important to understand that calluses often develop as a result of a fungal or other infectious disease. Therefore, it is necessary to diagnose and treat such diseases in a timely manner, to strengthen the immune system.

Pharmacodynamics

Celandine belongs to perennial herbaceous plants from the poppy family. Otherwise, the plant is called chistukha, glechkopar, dog soap, podtynnik, swallow grass, warthog, yellow milkweed or yellow milkweed, and its juice is considered a poisonous substance. Such grass can be found throughout Europe, in the west and in the central regions of Asia, in northern Africa. The foliage of the plant is located on a branched stem alternately: its color changes from bottom to top - from a grayish-bluish to a rich green hue. Leaves closer to the roots are long-petiolate, have up to seven rounded lobes. Apex with short-petiolate, three-element leaves. Flowering is observed from mid-April to late October: inflorescences consist of 2-6 bright yellow flowers with early falling sepals. After abscission, the fruit develops in the form of an elongated pod-like multi-seeded element. Intra-box seeds are glossy, brownish-black, ovoid. The underground rod is a short rhizome with multiple long outgoing branches.

The plant prefers shady areas, banks of water bodies, lowlands, deciduous plantings, squares, road shoulders, house adjoining territories. The most favorable conditions for growth: moist soil, with a sufficient content of nitrogen and organic components. When the stem, foliage or rhizome is broken, a yellowish-orange milky juice is released, which has a characteristic bitter-burning, irritating taste and narcotic smell.

The multicomponent nature of the herbal preparation determines its diverse effectiveness. Celandine from corns helps, thanks to its keratolytic abilities. In addition, the following are considered useful properties of the plant:

• choleretic, antispasmodic;
• soothing;
• diuretic, laxative;
• antitumor;
• expectorant, antitussive;
• healing, antimicrobial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory; [2]
• anti-osteoporotic and radioprotective. [3]

The plant is able to increase the level of hemoglobin, normalize the processes of leukogenesis and erythropoiesis.

The composition of the herb is represented by 5 alkaloid groups: derivatives of phenanthridine, aprofin, protopine, protoberberine, quinolizidine. In general, more than four dozen alkaloids have been identified.

The main activity is shown by isoquinoline alkaloids, as well as chelerythrine and chelidonine, coptisine, stylopine, berberine, coridine, sanguinarine. 

Among the constituent components, there are also flavonoids, saponins, organic acids, vitamin substances, carotenoids, β-ethylamine, individual derivatives of hydroxycinnamic acid, including malic-caffeolic, chelidonic, citric and malic acids. Milk juice contains a number of proteolytic enzymes, α-spinasterol is found in the rhizome, and 1-hexacosanol is found in the leaves. Recently, helidocystatin and cysteine proteinase have been isolated from celandine grass.

Pharmacokinetics

External use of celandine from corns has a number of positive aspects:

• the pharmacological effect is noted quickly enough;
• there is no need to accurately calculate the dosage of the active substance;
• the drug practically does not enter the systemic circulation, but only directly into the pathological focus.

The agent only partially penetrates the skin, however, for the qualitative elimination of corns, fairly frequent application and prolonged use of the selected drug may be required.

Many herbal remedies do not have their own pharmacokinetic characteristics, this also applies to the celandine plant: the intake, absorption, distribution, biotransformation and excretion of the therapeutic component from the body when applied externally is practically not studied. First of all, this is due to the multicomponent composition of the herbal preparation. It is extremely difficult and costly to trace and justify the path and action of each of the components. However, the use of celandine has become more actively studied over the past two decades. Pharmacology and oncology are actively interested in the physicochemical, biochemical properties of this herb, and scientists are trying to trace the patterns of interaction between the drug and tissue targets.

One of the indicators that determines the success of the use of celandine from corns is the concentration of the agent in the tissues. It is almost impossible to determine such a concentration in the human body, so this issue has also not been fully studied.

Dosing and administration

After applying celandine to the corn, the juice begins to have a destructive effect on the keratinized part of the tissues. Their softening occurs, after which they exfoliate from healthy skin.

If it is supposed to get rid of deep old growths, including an ingrown type of callus, then experts advise first to steam the skin in the area of corn formation. This will allow the celandine to quickly penetrate deep into the tissues and effectively fulfill its purpose.

Celandine from corns shows its healing effect in relation to almost any type of corn growths:

• To get rid of the core neoplasm, the affected area is first steamed out to soften the upper most dense layer. Next, the keratinized part is removed with a pumice stone and a cotton pad moistened with plant juice is applied. Fix with a bandage. The procedure is repeated daily. The effect is noted for about 6-7 days.
• To eliminate dry growth, the affected area is steamed out, the upper dermal layer is removed with nail scissors. A few drops of juice are dripped into the resulting skin section and this area is covered with a bactericidal adhesive plaster. The procedure is repeated daily until the skin is completely smoothed (depending on the characteristics of the formation, it may take from several days to several weeks).
• For the treatment of corn neoplasms affected by a fungal infection, celandine is also used. The affected area is treated with plant juice. After the liquid has been absorbed, the juice is applied again. Daily treatment is repeated 4-5 times. The entire treatment course usually lasts 7-14 days.
• From calloused corns, lemon-celandine ointment helps well. For its preparation, the juice of the plant and a few drops of lemon juice are mixed, after which medical vaseline is added. The mass is applied to the corns, fixed with a bandage. Withstand for 10-12 hours (it is recommended to perform the procedure at night). The duration of the treatment course is on average 10 days, subject to regular daily use.
• Fresh and inflamed water corns are cured with celandine leaves, passed through a meat grinder. They are washed well and dried first. The resulting mass is applied to the affected area, covered with a bandage and fixed. Withstand on the body from 12 to 24 hours. Repeat until complete healing of the skin.
• Painful corn growths are cured with the help of this mixture: the washed and dried parts of the plant are passed through a meat grinder, one tablespoon of the resulting slurry is mixed with 1 tbsp. L. Baking soda and applied to the affected area in the form of a compress at night. The next morning, the bandage is removed, the formation is steamed in hot water with laundry soap diluted in it, after which the keratinized skin is cleaned with a brush or pumice stone. Next, the skin is dried, treated with any moisturizer. The procedure is repeated daily until complete recovery.

Application for children

As a medicine, celandine can be equated with ginseng in terms of healing activity. However, its antitumor ability is much greater, and this is already a scientifically proven fact. The plant copes not only with corns. It inhibits the growth of even malignant tumor processes, successfully copes with tuberculosis mycobacteria, has diuretic, anti-inflammatory, choleretic, analgesic properties, eliminates muscle spasms and convulsive twitches, inhibits the viability of pathogenic bacteria, and has a slight laxative effect. However, the use of this agent for the treatment of children requires special care, due to the high activity and toxicity of individual plant components.

External use of the celandine plant from corns, apparently, is not accompanied by a systemic effect of its components. However, given that the pharmacokinetic properties of the herb have not yet been fully studied, it is impossible to guarantee the absence of a negative effect of the drug on the children's body.

Some experts do not advise the use of celandine from corns and other skin growths in children before they reach the age of 12. But in some cases, the plant is still used to heal small wounds, eliminate small warts and single psoriatic foci in children over 2 years old. An important condition: only single foci of small sizes can be processed. In case of multiple lesions, the use of the product is prohibited. When corns appear, the affected areas are lubricated with a concentrated infusion of grass, or its juice. You can make baths by adding a decoction to warm water. This procedure helps to accelerate the healing of small corns, acne, herpetic eruptions, boils, helps get rid of fungal infections, dandruff, seborrhea, and alopecia areata.

Use Celandine during pregnancy

Internal intake of drugs containing an extract of a medicinal plant is prohibited at any stage of the gestational period. Regarding the external application of such funds, there is no consensus among experts yet. Some doctors allow the use of decoctions and milky juice of celandine for the treatment of corns, but most still believe that there are still risks of toxic substances entering the bloodstream, so you should temporarily stop using alternative remedies during pregnancy.

There is no reliable scientific information about the external use of celandine from corns and the absence of adverse effects on the fetus.

One can definitely draw the following conclusion. If skin and corn growths do not cause pronounced discomfort, but are only an aesthetic inconvenience, then it is recommended to postpone the use of celandine herbal remedies until the baby is born. If the discomfort is pronounced, and the woman cannot wait until the child appears, then the laser removal procedure should be preferred to the celandine.

Even proven alternative topical herbal remedies should not be used during pregnancy. In particular, the celandine plant contains several dozen alkaloids, and many of them are extremely toxic. Getting into the body of the future baby through the systemic circulation, these components can cause a state of oxygen starvation, malformations and severe intoxication. Medicinal, and at the same time, toxic substances, if used improperly, can become dangerous even for a healthy adult: whether it's a small, vulnerable children's organism that is at the stage of development and formation.

Plant toxins lead to a disruption in the supply of nutrients and oxygen to the unborn child. It is possible to develop paralysis of motor receptors and myocardium in a baby, spastic contraction of the muscles of the uterine organ in a woman, which, in turn, can cause spontaneous abortion or premature birth.

Contraindications

Despite the obvious benefits of the plant, there are certain contraindications to its use. True, they mainly relate to the internal administration of drugs based on celandine. So, due to the high content of toxic components, it is not recommended to use the funds inside:

• small children;
• women during pregnancy and breastfeeding;
• persons suffering from epilepsy, psychosis, various mental disorders.

Preparations based on this herb help lower blood pressure, which must be taken into account for people prone to hypotension. Cardiovascular pathologies are also a relative contraindication to taking such drugs.

If celandine is used for corns, then care should be taken to ensure that the juice or plant-based preparation does not get on healthy skin, which can lead to severe dryness of the skin and even burns (depending on the product used).

An unconditional contraindication to any use of a herbal preparation is individual intolerance and an allergic disposition of the body to celandine components.

Experts warn: the use of herbal preparations, herbs and plant juice should be limited in time: after about 1-4 weeks, you should take a break. Long-term use of the herb for one course of treatment (more than one month) is not recommended. In view of the potential toxicity to the liver, it is recommended to study the function of liver enzymes during a long treatment course.

Side effects Celandine

The use of decoctions and infusions of celandine inside can provoke nausea and other adverse digestive symptoms. In some cases, there were violations of the liver function and increased enzymatic activity of the organ, an increase in the level of bilirubin in the blood serum. All these signs were eliminated independently after the termination of the internal intake of such funds. It was also noted the development of acute hepatitis, with the intensity of symptoms from moderate to severe. Some patients had cholestasis without signs of liver failure. A subsequent liver biopsy indicated the presence of tissue damage caused by celandine preparations. After the completion of the treatment, there was a rather rapid recovery of the organ with normalization of the levels of liver enzymes activity within 3-4 months.

As for the external use of celandine from corns, there are descriptions of cases of the development of contact dermatitis, an allergic inflammatory process after topical application of the prepared herb and plant juice.

It is recommended to use celandine from corns under regular medical supervision. Particular attention should be paid to cases when the patient simultaneously uses other hepatotoxic drugs.

If side effects and suspicious symptoms appear, you should not continue treatment without consulting a specialist.

Overdose

In tests conducted on rodents, scientists found the average lethal dose of decoction when administered intraperitoneally: it was 9.5 g / kg of body weight. Alkaloids such as sanguinarine and chelerythrine, which are present in the plant product, have shown signs of hepatotoxicity.

It is noted that with an internal overdose, the function of the central nervous system is inhibited, blood pressure decreases, bradycardia develops, glandular secretion increases (in particular, this applies to the salivary glands), the tone of the uterus and smooth muscles of the digestive system increase. And a large intake of the alkaloid chelidonine into the body causes paralysis of the nervous system. To prevent this, you should be very carefully treated with preparations and preparations containing celandine, store them in places that are hard to reach for children, separately from food.

If you violate the dosage, or accidentally use the remedy not externally from corns, but inside, then this can lead to serious irritation and damage to the mucous membrane of the gastrointestinal tract, a sharp decrease in blood pressure, and disorders of the nervous system.

Patients suffering from epilepsy, psychosis and other nervous disorders, as well as angina pectoris, bronchial asthma, decompensated states of cardiovascular function, should not be treated with such herbal remedies.

The main symptoms of an overdose:

• severe dry mouth, thirst;
• feeling of heaviness in the head and stomach;
• nausea accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea.

In severe poisoning, fainting and hallucinations may occur.

The children's organism is especially sensitive to overdose. For this reason, it is not recommended to take drugs orally for pregnant women and young children, as well as apply preparations with celandine from corns in large quantities, or on open wounds, where absorption of the active components into the systemic circulation can occur.

Interactions with other drugs

To date, there is not much information that some drugs change their effectiveness and safety when used together with various synthetic drugs, as they directly affect their pharmacological properties. Although the problems of interaction between herbal and synthetic drugs are of considerable practical importance. According to statistics, such a combined use in about 16% of cases leads to the development of side effects.

Practitioners often encounter cases of using several drugs and herbal preparations at the same time. For example, this is noted if a person has several pathologies that require treatment at once, or if the use of any one remedy is not effective enough to cure. Currently, such interactions have been described for only five dozen medicinal plants. Regarding the use of celandine from corns, such information, unfortunately, is not available.

However, doctors do not recommend the simultaneous use of celandine-based products with other external preparations on the same area of the body. The following are considered to be special risk factors for the development of undesirable consequences after the joint use of medicines:

• age of the patient (children and elderly);
• associated pathologies of the skin;
• large or multiple calluses.

If the use of two or more drugs at the same time is unavoidable, then the possibility of such a combination should be discussed with the attending physician.

Storage conditions

In order for the prepared raw materials of celandine to be stored for a long time and not lose their useful properties, it should be dried in a suspended state (it can be done both indoors and outdoors, but under a canopy), avoiding direct sunlight.

Drying of a plant in drying cases at a temperature of +60 °C is allowed.

To make sure that the dry grass has dried sufficiently, it is necessary to break the stem in half: if it breaks well, then it is not necessary to dry it anymore, and if it simply bends, then drying should be continued.

Dried raw materials are stored in paper bags or canvas bags, hanging them in a dark and dry room. It is permissible to use wooden boxes, cardboard boxes and cotton bags for storage. You should not tightly fill the container with dry herbs: the grass should be located freely, with air access. It is necessary to protect raw materials from ultraviolet radiation.

In order to prepare celandine juice for future use and preserve its beneficial properties, it must be closed with an airtight lid in a sterile container. At the same time, it is impossible to thermally process the juice, otherwise it will become impossible to use celandine from corns. Store hermetically sealed liquid in the refrigerator.

Cosmetic liquids with celandine, which are sold in pharmacies, should also be stored in the refrigerator. However, it is important to understand that already opened remedies (especially those that are packaged in ampoules) lose their healing abilities much faster.

Ointments with celandine, as well as all kinds of plant-based lotions, are best stored in a cool place with a temperature of +5 to +15 ° C. Similar conditions are suitable for almost all types of preparations, except for dried herbs. Important: jars and bottles with preparations containing celandine from corns must be hermetically sealed.

Do not allow heating and freezing of drugs. Direct sunlight and high humidity are also contraindicated.

Shelf life

With proper preparation and storage of dry raw materials, it does not lose its healing abilities for up to about 3 years. If the plant was harvested with a rhizome, then its shelf life increases to 5 years. To increase this period, each root should be wrapped with paper or cloth, and then hang the plant in a dark and dry place.

In general, the shelf life of celandine from corns is as follows:

• Dry grass - about 3 years.
• Dry grass with rhizome - up to 4-5 years.
• Celandine solution - 2 years.
• Ampoules with a solution - 2-3 years, depending on the manufacturer.
• Celandine extract - up to 2 years.
• Celandine juice - up to 3 years.

The usual decoction of celandine is stored in a refrigerator at a temperature of +8 to +15 ° C for no more than two days.

Analogues

We suggest that you familiarize yourself with pharmacy analogues and substitutes for celandine from corns. This is, for example, a clear solution of Solcoderm, which has an external necrotic property. Solcoderm is prescribed to patients who want to independently get rid of benign growths on the skin, such as common or flat warts, dry corns. Among the contraindications to the use of the solution: it can not be used in relation to freckles, and also used in case of hypersensitivity to the active ingredients of the drug. Do not apply the product to inflamed growths, or to formations that appear in close proximity to the mucous membranes.

Other similar means:

• Kolomak is a keratolytic agent, the composition of which is represented by salicylic acid (it has a softening and antimicrobial property), lactic acid (it promotes chemical destruction) and polidocanol (it has an analgesic and sclerosing effect). It is allowed to use from 2 years of age.
• Duofilm - another drug based on salicylic and lactic acid, can be used to get rid of both warts and corns. Among the contraindications: pigmented nevi, growths covered with hair, as well as those located in the face or genitals.
• Verrukacid - a remedy for the elimination of ordinary, plantar neoplasms, papillomas, dry corn growths, keratomas. Not suitable for infants and preschoolers, as well as for people who are allergic to the components of the product.
• Ferezol is a liquid based on phenol and tricresol, has a cauterizing and bactericidal effect. In contact with body tissues, it causes a chemical burn. It is not used to remove nevi, but successfully copes with warts and dry calluses.

Celandine from corns is not the only remedy that can cope with the problem. But it must be remembered that the use of any medicines is recommended to be agreed with the attending physician.