The (Chelidonium majus) is a plant type from the family of the poppy plants. It is the only kind of the kind Chelidonium.

Characteristics

It grows in close proximity to human dwellings, approximately at debris places, at edges of way and even in wall columns, in the mountains. , The persistent plant with root stick, high up to 70 cm, possesses green-grey, buchtig nicked sheets bereifte water-repellent by a thin film of wax, which are brighter at the lower surface and exhibit an easy Behaarung. The plant flowers to about 2 cm with yellow, large blooms with sloping from May to Octobers. It forms long, thin Schoten with egg-shaped, black seeds for approximately 5 cm and by insects is dusted. The seeds are spread by ants. In bad weather the blooms are closed and the bloom handles lower themselves.

When breaking the off or tearing the sheets a gel boron meadow milk steps to the appearance, which was used in former times in the people medicine with skin diseases such as warts. For this also ointment was manufactured (Glaucina). The juice as well as the ointment work strongly attractive. The juice has a sharp, bitter and very unpleasant taste.

Toxicology

is poisonous. It contains altogether 10 alkaloids. The most important are Chelerythrin, Chelidonin, Spartein, Chelidoxanthin and Sanguinarin. Swallowing the plant leads to heavy provoking of the gastro-intestinal tract. Accordingly the symptoms in burning, pain, vomiting, bloody and cycle disturbances express themselves. In heavy cases of poisoning it can come to death in the collapse.

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