ADONIS VERNALIS (adonis vernalis)

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	ADONIS VERNALIS
	*adonis vernalis*

Name
ADONIS VERNALIS

Scientific Name
adonis vernalis

ADONIS VERNALIS

Adonis is beautiful a herbaceous plant vivaz of and harmonious aspect, that recalls to the mythical and beautiful Adonis boy. It presents/displays a heavy basal zone with numerous black roots; it has a raised stem, densely covered with leaves and ended in the apex by a single flower of yellow color. It is a species very rare to see in the Iberian Peninsula; one only is in some dry prairies of the river basin of the Ebro.

Its origin it seems to be Asian and of southern, Eastern and central Europe.

It is a plant easy to recognize once it has been seen, although is very compatible species that can be confused with the original one. The plant blooms in spring, in the first weeks, and the flower is only opened completely in clear and sunny days. All the plant, from the root to the last flower, is very poisonous.

For medicinal use the aerial parts take shelter, leaving the parts inferior. The drying agrees to do it by hot air flow, without exceeding 60ºC; once they are totally free of humidity, they are due to keep in hermetic jars and they are possible to be conserved by a maximum of 2 years. The plant in himself is extremely poisonous, reason why totally its particular use is advised against.

The pharmaceutical industry yes takes advantage of its virtues a rational and controlled way; as medicine can be said that it is a good diurético and cardiac tonic, of effects similar to the digitalis and escila. Between the active principles that contain it is possible to emphasize called glucósidos adonidósido and adonivernósido; to first of them the cardiac tonic properties are attributed to him, although also he is the one that more indirect effect it has; the second is the one that has diurético effect, when expanding the blood vessels. They have a both clear advantage on the digitalis and is that no is accumulated in the organism. When also having a sedative effect on the nervous system is indicated - always under medical prescription in rebellious coughs, attacks of asthma and even in epilépticas crises. A factor to consider is that the glucósidos ones of this grass happen to the milk of the farm animals, reason why the poisoning by ingestion of the plant can occur by direct consumption or milk ingestion of cow or goat that has eaten adonis.

The homemade use of this plant is recommended, neither in form of decocción nor like infusion. Its prescription and metering must be left into the hands of authorized personnel, that is to say, doctors and phamacists. In some cases, when a patient must be during long time in treatment with digitálicos compounds, and in order of avoiding the problems of digitalis accumulation in the organism, it seems to be allowed the substitution of adonis by digitalis.

Toxic. Diurético. Cardiotónico

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