Celandine - a medicinal plant that is used in traditional medicine. About its medicinal properties in the XIII century. wrote in his treatise "The Canon of Curative Science" Avicenna. In the XI century. Odo from Mena devoted a string to the celandine in his poem "On the Properties of Herbs." Veterinary celandine is not used so widely. It is used only as an external agent. On the basis of celandine, the research and production company Ecoprom has created a line of veterinary drugs for ectoparasites and skin diseases in domestic animals.
Content
- Свойства и состав экстракта чистотела 1. Properties and composition of the extract of celandine
- Антипаразитарные и антимикотические свойства 2. Antiparasitic and antimycotic properties
- Гепатопротекторные свойства 3. Hepatoprotective properties
- Противоязвенные свойства 4. Anti-ulcer properties
- Антибластомные свойства 5. Antiblastoma properties
Properties and composition of the extract of celandine
Celandine is a poisonous plant, so it should be used very carefully to treat animals. If the juice of celandine gets into the dog's stomach, it can cause intoxication, muscle cramps, and mucosal burn. The composition of the juice includes more than 20 alkaloids. Danger to dogs is the alkaloid chelidonine. Its properties are similar to the action of morphine and papaverine. In high concentrations, it causes convulsions and damage to the nervous system. No wonder the English celandine called Devil milk - devil milk. In therapeutic dose, drugs on the basis of celandine have a number of therapeutic effects.
Antiparasitic and antimycotic properties
In low concentration, powder from dry grass of celandine and decoction from it is used in veterinary medicine as a natural insecticide. From the broth celandine make compresses in the treatment of dermatosis. Alcohol tincture of celandine is used in the treatment of scabies, weeping eczema. Ointment from the juice of celandine, wax, lard and decoction of Hypericum with calendula applied to the affected area with atopic dermatosis, skin cancer, boils and pyoderma. The alkaloids extracted from celandine extract have:
- homohelidonin and cheleretrin - a bacteriostatic effect on Staphylococcus aureus, which causes pyoderma in dogs, purulent posts and vaginitis.
- sanguinarine - antibacterial effect on Klebsiella pneumonia, Candida fungi, epidermatophytes, dermatomycetes, causing dermatophytosis, herpes virus.
The effect of celandine against fungi can be compared with the action of Nitrofungin and Mycodecidin. If we compare the antimicrobial properties of celandine, then they are not as effective as Levomycetinum.
Hepatoprotective properties
In dogs, there are liver pathologies caused by mycoses, parasitic invasions (leptospirosis, opisthorchiasis), viruses (infectious hepatitis). When using tincture of celandine, the cell membranes of the liver stabilize, the functions of the body normalize, the risk of hepatocyte pathology is reduced. 
Carotenoids, alkaloids and flavonoids of the juice of the celandine have hepatoprotector properties due to the antioxidant effect on hepatocytes. Celandine has choleretic properties. For the treatment of liver diseases and disorders of the flow of bile, you can use herbal medicines produced by various German pharmaceutical companies:
- Ardeycholan N - dragee with celandine;
- Aristochol - drops of celandine, hay, dandelion roots and wormwood;
- Bilisan C3 - tablets, which include celandine, milk Thistle, turmeric;
- Bomagall forte S - drops from a mixture of liquid extracts of celandine, shepherd's bag, milk thistle, echinacea and a mixture of 5 homeopathic remedies;
- Cefachol N - drops of celandine, dandelion, milk thistle;
- Choledoron - drops containing extract of celandine and aloe juice, etc.
Anti-ulcer properties
Therapy of dogs with gastritis, gastric and duodenal ulcers with drugs from celandine is caused by an antioxidant effect, a regenerating effect on the mucous membrane of the digestive system. For the treatment of used decoction, tincture or ready galenovye drugs:
- Сholosom SL - drops of alcohol tinctures of celandine, turmeric, dandelion;
- Esberigal N - Bean with powder from dry vegetable raw materials - celandine, milk thistle, chamomile, Benedictine bob;
- Gallopas tabl - / - tropfen - celandine-based tablets and drops;
- Hevert Magen-Galle-Leber-Tee is a medicinal tea based on celandine and 9 more medicinal plants (calendula, fruits of fennel, wormwood, centaury, chicory, yarrow, thyme, calamus), etc.
The complex composition of drugs is due to the fact that the plants in the drug work as synergists - they reinforce each other's actions and reduce the toxic effects of celandine.
Antiblastoma properties
Conducted clinical studies of the action of alcohol tincture of celandine and extract of fresh celandine grass for the treatment of cancer in dogs. Celandine, due to the presence of alkaloids in it, blocks the division of cells of malignant tumors. Drug forms of celandine inhibit the growth of cancerous tumors and have a local analgesic effect.
The introduction of tincture of dogs and tincture of celandine at a dosage of 50 or 200 μg of drug per 1 kg of body weight completely stops the growth of a malignant lung tumor. Extracted from celandine sanguinarine has an effect on animals similar to morphine. On its basis, Sangviritrin is produced, which is used to treat infectious and fungal diseases.
For the treatment of cancer, the drug Amitosin has been created - the active ingredient of which is the celandine alkaloids. Its titled Ukraine is produced by an Austrian company. The drug Ukraine is used in the treatment of osteoporosis, in hormone replacement therapy, skin cancer.
In veterinary medicine, the celandine is not very actively used, since only separate studies are being conducted to establish the dosage and effectiveness of the treatment of pathologies in dogs. Homemade infusions, decoctions, ointments on the basis of celandine can be used to treat dogs only externally, since it is difficult to observe the dosage and regulate the content of alkaloids in the preparation.