Milky Sap of Greater Celandine ( Chelidonium majus L.) and Anti-Viral Properties

Joanna Nawrot, Małgorzata Wilk-Jędrusik, Sylwia Nawrot, Krzysztof Nawrot, Barbara Wilk, Renata Dawid-Pać, Maria Urbańska, Iwona Micek, Gerard Nowak and Justyna Gornowicz-Porowska
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Joanna Nawrot: Department of Medicinal and Cosmetic Natural Products Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznań, Poland
Małgorzata Wilk-Jędrusik: Department of Medicinal and Cosmetic Natural Products Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznań, Poland
Sylwia Nawrot: Department of Medicinal and Cosmetic Natural Products Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznań, Poland
Krzysztof Nawrot: Institute of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Farming and Bioengineering, Poznan University of Life Sciences, WojskaPolskiego 28, 60-624 Poznań, Poland
Barbara Wilk: Department of Water and Wastewater Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, 11/12 Narutowicza St., 80-233 Gdansk, Poland
Renata Dawid-Pać: Department of Medicinal and Cosmetic Natural Products Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznań, Poland
Maria Urbańska: Department of Medicinal and Cosmetic Natural Products Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznań, Poland
Iwona Micek: Department of Medicinal and Cosmetic Natural Products Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznań, Poland
Gerard Nowak: Department of Medicinal and Cosmetic Natural Products Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznań, Poland
Justyna Gornowicz-Porowska: Department of Medicinal and Cosmetic Natural Products Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Fredry 10, 61-701 Poznań, Poland

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 5, 1-8

Abstract: The milky juice of the greater celandine herb has been used in folk medicine and in homeopathy for treatment of viral warts for years. However, classical medicine fails to use properties of celandine herbs in treatment of diseases induced by papilloma viruses. Nevertheless, dermatological outpatient clinics are regularly visited by patients reporting efficacy of milky sap isolated from celandine herb in treatment of their own viral warts. Authors of this report decided to analyze the respective world literature in order to critically evaluate the potential for treatment of viral dermal warts using the milky sap of celandine. Moreover, the case of a 4-year old boy was presented, the parents of whom applied the milky sap of celandine on viral warts on hands. Thus, Ch. majus may be a potential therapeutic modality for skin warts, especially in a young patients, where conventional therapy may be difficult to apply.

Keywords: Chelidonium majus; viral warts; alkaloids; anti-viral properties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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