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Adonis - herbaceous plant from the genus of buttercups. The plant is of value for medicine due to the glycosides in it. In spring adonis, 25 cardiac glycosides were found that can slow down the heart rate, lengthen diastole, increase stroke volume, increase systole, and inhibit conduction inside the heart.

Medicinal raw materials are harvested mainly from spring adonis, which is also called adonis, starodubka and yellow flowers.

Chemical composition

In addition to cardiac glycosides, adonis contains vitamin C, alkaloids, tannins, phytosterols, flavonoids.

Beneficial features

Due to the beneficial properties of adonis, its reception has the following effect:

• Vasodilator;
• Sedative;
• Pain reliever;
• Moderate diuretic;
• Laxative.

Indications for use

The pharmaceutical industry produces on the basis of adonis tincture and tablets of Adonizid, which are prescribed for cardiac neurosis, vegetative-vascular dystonia, infections accompanied by a weakening of cardiac function, renal diseases complicated by heart failure.

Tincture of Adonizid is prescribed to take 15-20 drops three times a day. Adonizid tablets are taken two or three times a day, 1 piece.

Adonis bromine is available in tablet form. This drug belongs to the group of cardiovascular drugs. It has the ability to influence diastole, produces a mild diuretic effect, has a relaxing effect on the vagus nerve. Therefore, it is recommended as a sedative and to improve blood flow. It is prescribed for vegetative-vascular dystonia in order to alleviate the condition, as well as in the case of neuroses and other similar diseases.

Spring adonis is included in Traskov's medicine (anti-asthmatic agent) and Bekhterev's medicine (in combination with codeine and sodium bromide). Take them three times a day for a tablespoon.

Due to the medicinal properties of adonis, its use for typhoid, scarlet fever and influenza also gives good results.

Contraindications

The use of adonis vernalis is excluded when:

• Hypertension
• Bradycardia;
• Increased blood clotting;
• Atrioventricular heart block;
• Gastrointestinal ulcers.

It is contraindicated in children under three years of age.

Considering poisonous properties adonis, its use without a doctor's prescription is highly discouraged.

Home remedies from adonis

Leaves, stems, unripe fruits and flowers of adonis are used as medicinal raw materials. They are collected from April to May. The cut grass together with the flowers are dried for a start in a ventilated area or simply in the air. Drying temperature - 50-60 ° C, it is believed that it is with this thermal regime contained in the plant useful material will be better preserved. During the drying process, the grass must be mixed periodically.

During harvesting and storage, it should be borne in mind that both the stems and flowers of adonis are poisonous, therefore, the accepted safety rules should be observed. They must be stored separately from other harvested herbs, marking with the appropriate mark.

Homemade medicines from adonis are made according to the following recipes:

• Water infusion. 6-10 g of dry raw materials are poured into 200 ml of boiling water, and defended. Use to activate the cardiovascular system, three times a day, 1 tablespoon. With long-term treatment, the volume of raw materials must be reduced to 3-4 g per 200 ml of boiling water. Drink the entire infusion within a day. In some cases, it is also prescribed for children, but one teaspoon three times a day;
• Broth. One tablespoon of chopped herb is steeped in 400 ml of purified water for 5 minutes. It is used to relieve increased intraocular pressure, overexcitation, epileptic seizures and to regulate sleep. The scheme of therapy is one tablespoon of the decoction once an hour during waking hours. When making a drink, it is recommended to add nettle and valerian.

Adonis vernalis

Spring adonis – perennial 15-60 cm high from the buttercup family. Grows in the steppes, on the steppe slopes in the forest-steppe and steppe. The people also have the following names: adonis (for bright yellow flowers), hare grass, hare poppy, starodubka, mohnatik, black grass, Montenegrin, yellow flowers.

The international Latin name of the genus comes from the name of the mythical youth Adonis, who was distinguished by extraordinary beauty. The specific name in translation from Latin means "spring".

Biological description of adonis vernalis

Perennial herb. The rhizome is short, brownish-black with a large number of cord-like roots. Several rounded, smooth, almost glabrous, erect or deflected stems grow from the rhizome. At the beginning, the stems are low - 5-25 cm in height, then grow to 50-60 cm.

Stem leaves are broadly ovate in outline, palmate-divided. Basal and lower stem leaves in the form of brownish scales, the rest are sessile, their lobes are narrowly linear, entire, 1-2 cm long and 0.5-1 mm wide. Leaf blade lower leaves 6-8 cm wide.

Single flowers are located at the tops of stems and branches, rather large, 40-60 (up to 80) mm in diameter, golden yellow. Sepals five to eight, broadly ovate, obtuse in the upper part, greenish, short and thin pubescent, 12-20 mm in length. The flower has 10-20 petals, oblong, obovate, finely serrated, 25-34 mm long. Pistils and stamens are numerous, located spirally on a cone-shaped receptacle. Blooms with the appearance of leaves in April - May; in the northern regions, flowering continues until mid-June.

Flower formula: * K 5 C 10-20 A ∞ G ∞ (* K 5 C ∞ A ∞ G ∞ )

The fruits of spring adonis are spherical-obovate wrinkled many-roots, about 20 mm long, consisting of 30-40 nuts. The nuts themselves are obovate, 4-5 mm long, pubescent, wrinkled, their columns are bent down, hooked. Weight 1000 "seeds" (more correctly nuts) 7-12 g. Fruits ripen in June - July.

All parts of the spring adonis are poisonous!

Where grows (distribution and ecology) of spring adonis

It grows in forb steppes, along the edges of sparse birch forests and steppe oak forests, on dry open steppe slopes, near bushes, gullies, especially on chernozem soils.

In Russia, it is widespread in the steppe and forest-steppe zones - Orenburg, Samara, Saratov, Ulyanovsk and Volgograd - and in Western Siberia. It is also found in Bryansk, Belgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, Oryol, Ryazan, Tula, Voronezh regions, in Mordovia, Chuvashia, Bashkiria, Tataria and the Chelyabinsk region.

It grows slowly, from the moment of germination of seeds (nuts) to the first flowering, 15-20 (!) Years pass, and powerful bushes are obtained only after 50 years or more. Refers to rare and specially protected plants.

What is included in the spring adonis

Spring adonis herb contains 0.07-0.15% of cardiac glycosides (cymarine, adonitoxin), adonivernit, phytosterol. In addition, saponins and adonite alcohol are isolated from the herb.

Seeds and roots contain cardiac glycosides; coumarin vernadine was found in the roots.

Pharmacological properties of spring adonis

The active principles are cardiotonic glycosides from the cardenolide group: derivatives of strophantidine, adonitoxol, adonitoxigenin and strophadogenin. The main ones are cymarin, K-strophanthin-r, adonitoxin, K-strophanthoside. Received from raw materials cardiotonic drugs: infusion, dry extract, adoniside (in ampoules), adonis-bromine (dragee) and others, in addition, adonis is included in some complex heart remedies.

Use the spring adonis as a remedy for the regulation of cardiac activity as well as how general sedative and diuretic... The main indications for use spring adonis preparations are chronic heart failure and heart neurosis. In addition, together with bromine, they are prescribed for increased nervous excitability, insomnia and epilepsy. Preparations of adonis strengthen and reduce heart contractions, increase the stroke and minute volume of the heart and eliminate the phenomena of stagnation in patients; to a greater extent than other glycosides, they calm the central nervous system.

There are indications of beneficial effects in experimental arthritis. The cumulative properties of drugs based on adonis are poorly expressed, due to which they are widely used in medical practice. In terms of strength and duration of action on the heart, they are inferior to strophanthus and foxglove.

Under the influence of adonis drugs, patients experience changes in the electrocardiogram typical for cardiac drugs, the most characteristic of which are: depression of the ST line, a decrease in the T wave and its transition from positive to negative, shortening of the QRST interval. The appearance of these changes depends on the dosage and duration of the use of spring adonis.

The adonis is effective in cocaine-induced convulsions of addicts. The preliminary introduction of a tincture or infusion of adonis prevents deaths. These drugs also prevent the development of camphor seizures and seizures caused by picrotoxin.

Spring adonis- decorative and medicinal plant- but it's poisonous!

When to collect and how to store Adonis vernalis

Blooms from early spring to mid-May. The roots and flowers of adonis are harvested in the spring, dried in the shade (since it loses many of its properties when dried in the sun), and then finely ground.

The aboveground part of the wild-growing spring adonis is cut off above the brown scales at a height of 5-10 cm from the soil surface during the period from the end of flowering to fruit shedding and dried at a temperature of 50-60 ° C or in the shade in the air. Dry only in the shade, as Sun rays destroy almost everything medicinal properties adonis.

It is advisable to store the adonis herb in wooden boxes lined with paper inside (of course, in the shade).

What diseases are used for spring adonis

The plant is very popular among the people and highly regarded. The whole plant is poisonous - it must be remembered that adonis spring potent remedy and uncontrolled use of it can only worsen the function of the heart. Apply for heart disease with symptoms of decompensation, with shortness of breath, swelling of the legs and neuroses of the cardiovascular system; with dropsy of renal origin, acute inflammation of the kidneys, with infectious diseases (spotted typhus, flu, scarlet fever, etc.), with emphysema (suffocation).

The adonis increases the strength of the heart contractions and slows down the rhythm (the action of the glycosides of cymarin, adonizide, adonivernoside, triterpene saponins, flavonoids). In a mixture with motherwort, valerian, lemon balm, they are used for nervous excitability,

In the Crimea, in the east of Western Siberia, in the Caucasus, in Europe and in Central Asia, spring adonis grows on quiet edges. This perennial plant of the buttercup family is popularly called the adonis because it blooms with bright yellow flowers, as if it were on fire.

Spring adonis. Description

It is a perennial plant that grows up to half a meter in height. Root system developed, the stem is erect, almost glabrous, has basal and lower stem leaves in the form of scales, and the rest of the leaves are sessile, finger-dissected.

Spring Adonis, whose photo shows its bright yellow beautiful flowers, is one of the first to bloom in April. Flowers are single at the top of the stem, large, up to 80 mm in diameter. They, like little suns, shine among the gray spring. The plant bears fruit only in June, in some areas - in July.

Spring adonis is found less and less in nature. The Red Book contains an entry about this flower as an endangered species.

Using the adonis to heal

Other medicines are also made from the flower.

Contraindications

Due to the fact that spring adonis has some tonic properties, its use is contraindicated in hypertension ( high blood pressure). Also, adonis-based drugs should not be taken in following cases:
... pregnancy and lactation;
... increased blood clotting;
... stomach or intestinal ulcer, gastritis, enterocolitis;
... atrioventricular heart block;
... age up to a year.

Since adonis vernalis belongs to poisonous plants, the dosage must be carefully observed. The use of a medicine or tincture in a larger quantity than it should be threatens to entail Negative consequences... The most common symptoms of an overdose are disruption of the stomach and intestines, increased or, conversely, slow heartbeat, weakness, fatigue and convulsions. If such situations arise, it is necessary to take special drugs used to remove toxic substances from the body. These are usually emetics and laxatives. And of course, you should definitely see a doctor.

The reasons for the disappearance

V Russian Federation this flower is widespread and found in many regions. These include: Siberia, Altai, Bashkortostan, Middle Volga, Stavropol and some other regions.

For the manufacture of various preparations, the aerial part of the spring adonis is used. It must be cut off with a knife or other sharp objects, but in no case should it be pulled out by the roots. When collecting, it is also necessary to leave one or two plants per 1 square meter. The fact is that adonis reproduces by rhizomes, and if the form of collection is incorrect, the plant is destroyed. Partly for this reason, the natural habitats of adonis are greatly reduced. In this regard, the spring adonis was listed in the Red Book. In order to give this plant, important for medicine, to grow in some places, harvesting is prohibited for several years.

Difficulties of cultural breeding

The cultivation of a plant is very difficult. This is due to the fact that the seeds of adonis germinate very poorly, some can break through only in the second year, many do not germinate at all. At the same time, the problem is that the planting of seeds should be done immediately after they are harvested. The sprouts are also very moody - they love the sun, but disappear from sunburn, love moisture, but the roots rot from its excess.

Further, the plant will gain strength within 4-5 years. Only after that it will be possible to cut off the adonis for harvesting. Not to mention that the plant is gaining full strength after several decades. In this regard, on this moment spring adonis is planted mainly with rhizomes.

Using adonis as an ornamental plant

Often, gardeners bred this flower not only as a medicinal plant. Spring adonis, the cultivation of which is not an easy process, many gardeners and just amateurs beautiful flower beds at home, is often used as a discoverer of the flowering season. It is also perfect for the decoration of fashionable and often used now in landscape design alpine slides... Since adonis is a perennial plant, if you manage to grow it, it will delight you with its beauty from year to year.

Spring Adonis (The Red Book contains an entry about this endangered species) - very beautiful flower with medicinal properties. Its breeding, in addition to medical and decorative and cultural needs, will help preserve a rare endangered species.

How to grow an adonis in a garden plot

Spring adonis loves the lungs fertile soil... For better flower growth, the soil must be enriched with a small amount of lime. It is important to maintain a moderate soil moisture. The flower loves light, from the lack of which it can even die. As mentioned above, the seeds of the adonis have a low germination rate. Reproduction by dividing the rhizome is also not effective enough, since in this case the plant takes root with difficulty. Therefore, flower seeds are still used more often.

The seeds are sown in a large number, since their germination rate is only 30%. It persists for no more than a year, completely disappears in the second year. Sow the seeds correctly immediately after harvesting in June-July, embedding them in the soil no deeper than 1.5 cm. After about a month, the first shoots will appear, sometimes they can only break through the next spring. If there is no rain, then watering is done daily, but in moderation. Excess moisture causes fungal diseases... Watering is required in the first 2 years of plant life, later the taproot will develop enough to extract moisture from the soil for the plant.

During the first year of life, 1-2 leaves develop in adonis, in the second there will already be 3 leaves on the stem.

Transplant

In a few years, when adonis matures and gets stronger, it can be transplanted to permanent place... Plants are planted as a whole; it is not recommended to divide the rhizome. Adonis is transplanted with a large moistened lump of soil at a distance of 50-60 cm from each other. At the bottom of the pit, an old gardening book advises to lay a layer of clay shards, which must be covered with leafy soil, and only then can the plant be planted. This is done only 1 time, otherwise the plant will hurt and most likely die.

But if after the transplant the adonis has taken root, then it will delight the owners for a very long time, at least a century. Every year in April, wonderful bright yellow flowers will open up that will delight the eye for 3 weeks. The leaves will remain green until late summer.

The beautiful legend of the adonis

The beautiful goddess of love Aphrodite fell in love with the handsome young man Adonis. She warned him that he was destined to die in the hunt. To protect her beloved from danger, Aphrodite spent all the time with him, hunting small game - hares, timid chamois and deer, and avoiding lions, wild boars and bears. When the goddess left Adonis, she with tears asked him to remember the prediction and take care of himself.

One day the young man went out to hunt himself. His hunting dogs attacked the trail of a wild boar and drove the animal with a loud bark. Adonis rushed after the prey, wanting to pierce the boar with his spear, but the beast mortally wounded Adonis with its huge fangs. The young man died.

Upon learning of the death of her beloved, Aphrodite wept bitterly. She went to the forest to look for the body of Adonis. Seeing the dead young man, the goddess told to grow up at the place of his death delicate flower to perpetuate the memory of your beloved.

Summing up, we can say that spring adonis is a wonderful beautiful plant with a wide range of medicinal properties.

Flowers of Adonis - poisonous plant of the buttercup family, the height of which can reach 60 centimeters. The rhizome of the spring adonis is short, dark brown in color, multi-headed with brown-black cord-like roots. Stems are round, erect, with stem-shaped leaves. Flowers of adonis are solitary, large, golden yellow in color. The plant blooms from April to May.

In this article, you will learn about useful properties adonis, about how to make an infusion from it, as well as about contraindications and side effects of this plant.

Beneficial features

For medicinal purposes, the herb of adonis is used. It contains more than 20 cardiac glycosides (for example, adonitoxin, cymarine, adonitoxigen), saponins, coumarins, and the flavonoid adonivertin. Ankylosing spondylitis (sedative) and Cardiovalene (used for neuroses and cardiovascular diseases) are the most famous drugs that are based on the adonis herb. In medicine, the infusion of this herb is used to treat chronic heart failure, mild forms of chronic circulatory failure, heart neuroses, and also as a sedative for VSD, neuroses and other diseases, especially in parallel with sedatives (galenic forms of motherwort, valerian, bromine preparations). Preparations based on adonis are used for atherosclerosis, vegetative neurosis, arrhythmias, epilepsy, insomnia, fever, headache, convulsions, edema, shortness of breath and other ailments. They also have sedative, diuretic and cardiotonic effects.

How to prepare an infusion of adonis

In order to prepare an infusion of adonis herb, you will need:

• 1 tbsp dry chopped herbs;
• 1 tbsp. boiling water.

Pour boiling water over the grass, leave for 30 minutes, and then strain. Take the infusion chilled 1 tsp. 3 times a day.

You can buy ready-made infusion of adonis in pharmacies in your city. The name of the drug is Adonizid. Before use, be sure to read the annotation, as an overdose of this agent is dangerous!

You can also purchase dry extract tablets: ankylosing spondylitis, adonis bromine and others.

For the treatment of urethritis, cystitis, prostatitis, adonis is used in collections, which also include oregano herb, ivy budra, common heather, flowers and leaves of marshmallow.

For the treatment of neurosis, asthenic syndrome, ischemic disease hearts, neurasthenia, as well as VSD prepare fees, which, in addition to adonis, include cyanosis rhizome, chicory, peppermint leaves, valerian root, lemon balm and heather herb.

Contraindications

The use of adonis vernalis is prohibited when:

• bradycardia;
• a marked increase in blood pressure;
• neuroses of the heart;
• gastritis;
• pregnancy;
• peptic ulcer of the duodenum and stomach.

Also, preparations based on the adonis flower are contraindicated in children under one year old.

Side effects

An overdose of a drug based on spring adonis can cause:

• disorders of the gastrointestinal tract;
• rapid heartbeat or, conversely, a slowdown in the pulse;
• dilated pupils;
• drowsiness;
• convulsions.

Treatment after an overdose with these drugs is carried out with the help of laxatives and emetics, which are taken to remove the poison from the patient's body. It is also recommended to drink strong wine or black strong coffee.

Recipes, application and medicinal properties of spring adonis.

Healing plant adonis vernalis (other names are western grass, marigold, spruce, hare poppy, spring adonis, golden flowers, black grass, spring yellow flowers, Montenegrin, yellow thousanders, hairy worms, hairwort, bush, starodubka)- perennial medicinal herb. Family: buttercup. Average height is about thirty - forty centimeters.

Adonis (Latin Adonis vernalis). Video

ADONIS (VOLOGUE). Have adonis (adonis) thick rhizome, many-headed, cord-like roots, they do not die off for the winter. Various stems: ribbed, erect, branched or simple, and most Bottom part stem with scales covered with brown color. In the plant, the leaves are pinnately dissected, alternate and resemble linear lobes of a narrow and oval, as well as - Dill.

ACTIVE SUBSTANCES. USED ​​PARTS OF ADONIS

Flowers are located on upper parts shoots, and they are large enough, and they reach a diameter of up to seven centimeters, single. There are about twelve to twenty petals on one flower. Flowers attract attention with their yellow - bright color. Adonis' fruit- a large number of single-seeded nuts, attached neatly to the elongated receptacle. In the shape of the nuts, it is inversely ovoid. They are three mm wide and about five mm long. Wrinkled in appearance.

PREPARATION OF ADONIS (HAIRLIFE). Ripen fruit from March to May, and ripening is complete in May - June occurs. For medicinal preparations, it is considered the best collection adonis fruit during flowering his. During this period accumulates Adonis maximum amount active substances - cymarine and adonitoxin.

Adonis is an adonis. Video

THE DISTRIBUTION OF ADONIS (VOLAGUE). spring in forest-steppe and steppe regions, it is distributed, on the edges of forests, in areas of mountain bushes, open slopes, in glades, in spruce woodlands. You can find it in Samara, Saratov, Voronezh, Oryol, Ryazan, Volgograd, Tula, Mordovia regions and on the territory of Tatarstan and Bashkiria. In Ukraine, in the Crimea, it grows along the Black Sea and Azov Sea coasts (northern part). It is also found in Donetsk and Nikolaev regions. This herb is now considered rare and needs protection.

ADONIS (VOLOGUE). Benefit and harm. Video

Spring adonis (spring adonis), medicinal properties. Spring adonis first introduced into medicine (scientific) in 1880. It happened in the hospital. And from that time on, the usefulness adonis pharmacists of different countries began to recognize herbs.
The most famous drugs that are created on the properties of useful adonis,- it Ankylosing spondylitis (as a sedative), "Adonizid" (used for circulatory failure), recommended "Cardiovalen" for cardiovascular diseases and neurosis.

APPLICATION OF ADONIS (HAIRLIFE). Preparations and infusions which include spring adonis possess cardiotonic, and action. Effective Adonis for chronic circulatory failure treatment in the form easily leaking, for treatment, at neuroses, heart failure of chronic I and II stages.

INTERNAL APPLICATION OF ADONIS (HAIRLIFE).
HEALING PROPERTIES OF ADONIS (HOCKS). Usage , how therapeutic it became possible due to the found in its composition active substances: quinones, cardiac glycosides, saponins, cymarin, coumarins, flavone glycoside adonivernit, cardenolides adonitoxin and adonite, adonyl acid.

FOLK METHODS AND RECIPES FOR TREATMENT WITH ADONIS

The folk have long been prepared from adonis spring infusions and decoctions special treatment scarlet fever, dropsy, febrile conditions, infectious diseases, typhoid. was also used as a means sedative (CNS) central system.

PRECAUTIONS FOR APPLICATION OF ADONIS (SPRING HORIT). Spring adonis- the plant is poisonous, therefore, it is necessary to strictly observe the dosage! It is categorically contraindicated when pregnancy, its application can become miscarriage reason. , hypertension and angina are also contraindications to the use of medicinal products, in which Adonis included.

With convulsions. REAL herbs freshly dried adonis. A spoonful of st. fresh dried adonis herb pour 1.5 tbsp. boiling water, cover with a lid and insist in a dark place for two hours. Then strain. Prepare the infusion every day, it quickly loses its strength and turns sour. Take 1 spoonful of tbsp. three times a day.

. REAL ADONIS. Adonis spring grass dry. Take seven grams. herbs dry adonis spring Art. Pour boiling water and leave for 60 minutes.
Apply: spoonful of st. drink three times a day for pain in muscles . Helps well with myositis... Take a break for each month of treatment for ten days.

. COLLECTION WITH ADONIS (hawthorn, adonis, field horsetail, common birch, dried hen).
and the color- two parts, spring adonis- one part, dryweed grass- two parts, birch- one part, motherwort grass- two parts, horsetail- one part. Two tablespoons of art. mixture crushed into half a liter of boiling water. Having wrapped it up, insist for five to six hours, then drain. Drink half a tablespoon. three times a day, before meals, warm.