expressed juice of the green herb taken in tablespoonful amounts three times a day will encourage suppressed menstruation.
Due to its transient action, Catnip is more serviceable in tea form. Always steep the herb in a closed container, never boil. Dose: 1 oz. Catnip to 1 pint of boiling water. Adults: 2 – 3 tablespoonfuls, children 2 – 3 teaspoonfuls, frequently, for the above mentioned. When taken in very large doses when warm, it frequently causes emesis. Externally: Culpeper states the green herb bruised and applied to the part for 2 – 3 hr. eases the pain arising from piles. The juice made into an ointment is effective for the same purpose. There is an old saying that if the root be chewed it will make the most quiet person fierce and quarrelsome.
CELANDINE
Chelidonium majus, L.( N. O.: Papaveraceae)
Common Names: Garden Celandine, Greater Celandine, Tetterwort, Chelidonium. Features: Celandine is a pale green, evergreen perennial, with stems from 1 – 2 ft. in height, leaves round and smooth from 1½ – 2½ in. long; the flowers are bright yellow, umbellate on long, often hairy, stocks. Indigenous to Europe and naturalized in the United States. It grows wild along fences, roadsides and in waste places, etc., flowering from May to October. When the plant is cut or wounded a noticeable, unpleasant yellow sap flows out, and is of offensive odour, nauseous, bitter tasting with a biting sensation when put to the mouth. The fresh reddish-brown root is the part most used; drying diminishes its activity. Celandine is often considered the same as Lesser celandine, which is Pile wort; they are different medicinally and botanically.
CELANDINE Chelidonium majus, L.( Bello-Russ. Academy of Science, Minsk, 1969)
Solvents: Alcohol, water. Parts Used: Herb and root. Bodily Influence: Cathartic, Diuretic, Diaphoretic, Expectorant, Purgative, Vulnerary, Alterative. Uses: It is used internally in decoctions or tinctures for hepatic affections or liver complaints, and has a special influence on the spleen. It is often used in dropsy and skin complaints.
Culpeper knew of its virtues long ago and we quote:“ The herb or root boiled in white wine and drunk, a few aniseeds being boiled therewith, openeth obstructions of the liver and gall, helpeth the yellow jaundice.”
Celandine has had much recognition. The herbalist of ancient times cleansed the eyes of film and