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any side effects from the 2–4 capsules or tablets I take a day, every day, without fail, for the
prevention of the gout crisis. Celery herb, seed, and root unapproved for therapeutic application,
as far as Germany’s Commission E is concerned.
Extracts (Celery) — Extracts antiedemic, antiinflammatory, hypoglycemic, and hypotensive. LD50
>5000 mg/kg orl rat (CAN). Juice choleretic. Chamomile is a better source of the COX-2 inhibitor
apigenin (to 0.8% ZMB), but celery stalks may contain to 0.2%, making it the best food farmacy
source (COX). Celery seed oil bacteriostatic against Bacillus pumilus, Bacillus subtilis, Coryne-
bacterium diptheriae, Pseudomonas solanacearum, Salmonella typhi, Shigella dysenteriae, Staphy-
lococcus albus, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus faecalis, Streptococcus pyogenes, and Vibrio
cholerae. The seed oil shows a chemotactic effect and cercaricidal activity of the cercaria of
Schistosoma mansoni (SPI).CELERY-LEAVED BUTTERCUP (Ranunculus sceleratus L.) +Activities (Celery-Leaved Buttercup) — Allergenic (1; FNF); Analgesic (f; WOI); Antibacterial
(1; WOI); Anticancer (f; DAA); Antiseptic (1; WOI); Antispasmodic (f; WOI); Antiviral (1; WOI);
Diuretic (f; WOI); Emmenagogue (f; EFS; SKJ); Irritant (1; FNF); Lacrimatory (1; WOI); Lactifuge
(1; WOI); Lactagogue (f; EFS; SKJ); Poison (1; DEP; WOI); Rubefacient (1; WOI); Sialagogue
(1; PH2); Stomachic (f; WOI); Tonic (f; KAB; WOI); Vasoconstrictor (1; WOI); Vermifuge (1;
WOI); Vesicant (1; WOI).Indications (Celery-Leaved Buttercup) — Arthrosis (f; HHB; PH2); Asthma (f; WOI); Bacteria
(1; WOI); Cancer (f; DAA; JLH); Cancer, spleen (f; JLH); Candida (1; WOI); Cold (f; DAA);
Cramp (f; WOI); Debility (f; DAA); Dermatosis (f; PH2; WOI); Diphtheria (1; WOI); Dropsy (f;
MAD); Dysuria (f; WOI); Escherichia (1; WOI); Gout (f; MAD); Grippe (f; WOI); Halitosis (f;
KAB; WOI); Headache (f; MAD); Hemiplegia (f; MAD); Hepatosis (f; MAD); Induration (f; JLH);
Infection (1; WOI); Leukoderma (f; HHB; PH2); Mange (f; MAD); Myosis (f; HHB; PH2);
Nephrosis (f; KAB; MAD; WOI); Pain (f; WOI); Pancreatosis (f; MAD); Pleurisy (f; KAB);
Pneumonia (f; WOI); Rheumatism (f; WOI); Scabies (f; HHB; PH2); Side Ache (f; KAB); Sniffles
(f; MAD); Sore (f; KAB); Spermatorrhea (f; DAA); Staphylococcus (1; WOI); Stomatosis (f;
MAD); Streptococcus (1; DAA); Swelling (f; JLH; PH2); Virus (1; WOI); Wart (f; JLH); Water
Retention (f; WOI); Worm (1; WOI); Yeast (1; WOI).Dosages (Celery-Leaved Buttercup) — Boiled herb is dangerous if consumed as food (DEP;
WOI).Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Celery-Leaved Buttercup) — Not cov-
ered (AHP). “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2) (but
PH2 designates no specific quantified dosage! JAD). Like most buttercups, it is acrid, causing
burning of mouth and mucous membranes; blistering skin. Fatal if eaten in large quantities
(WOI).Extracts (Celery-Leaved Buttercup) — Protoanemonin antibacterial (against Gram-positive and
Gram-negative, Candida, diphtheria toxin, Escherichia, and Staphylococcus) antiviral, cytopatho-
genic, vesicant, vermicide (WOI). Plant contains the vasoconstrictor serotonin, with six other
tryptamine derivatives and “two unidentified anti-5-hydroxytryptamine derivatives.”CENTAURY, EUROPEAN CENTAURY
(Centaurium erythraea Rafn) ++Synonyms — Centaurium minus auct., Centaurium umbellatum Gilib., Erythraea centaurium auct.