kandira :

General Use:

The celery-leafed buttercup is one of the most virulent of our native plants. The whole plant is acrid, anodyne, antispasmodic, diaphoretic and emmenagogue and rubefacient When bruised and applied to the skin it raises a blister and creates a sore that is by no means easy to heal. If chewed it inflames the tongue and produces violent effects. The herb should be used fresh since it loses its effects when dried The leaves and the root are used externally as an antirheumatic. The seed is tonic and is used in the treatment of colds, general debility, rheumatism and spermatorrhoea

Therapeutic Uses:

The whole plant has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, sedative and expectorant properties and it is recommended against skin diseases such as eczema, herpes, pruritus, burns and swellings. Also, it is administered for the treatment of rheumatic diseases, arthritis, ulcers and rhinitis.

Systemic Use:

When made into a tincture, given in small diluted doses, it proves curative of stitch in the side and neuralgic pains between the ribs.

Administration:

The plant is administered as anti-rheumatic and analgesic in the form of herbal tea (50g of dried herb in one litre of boiled water, 3 times a day). It is externally applied as sedative and anti-inflammatory in the form of tincture (1: 5 parts of herbal extract and ethyl alcohol 70%, 30 drops, 3 times a day for adults, 15 drops, 3 times a day for children) and ointment.