- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Papaveraceae
- English Names
- Greater Celandine
- Swallowwort
- Natural Habitat
- North and Central Europe
- Mediterranean countries
- temperate parts of Asia
- Southern Asia
- North America
- Part(s) Used
- Herba Chelidonii
- Radix Chelidonii
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- Constituent(s)
- chelidonin (stylophorin)
- homochelidonin
- sanguinarin
- allocryptopine
- protopin (fumarin = maclevin)
- berberin (jamaicin)
- chelerythrin
- acids
- enzymes
- Action
- herb: laxative
- diuretic
- anodyne
- sedative
- narcotic
- alterative
- antispasmodic
- cholagogue
- depurative
- vermifuge
- toxic; root; diuretic
- sedative
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