Spring Adonis - Recipes, Useful Properties, Contraindications

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Spring adonis

Content:

• Useful properties of adonis
• Indications for the use of adonis
• Poisoning with adonis
• Recipes with adonis
• Contraindications to the use of adonis
• The drug from adonis "Adonis brom"

Spring adonis is the Latin name for a plant whose habitat is forest-steppe zones. During flowering, flowers appear on the plant that have a rich yellow color.

If we consider the composition of the herb, then more than 20 varieties of glycosides can be found in it, which make up up to 0.15% of all the components of which the plant consists. Glycosides belong to the drugs of the cardiac group, they are the most effective active substances of the herb. In addition, it contains phytosterol and saponins.

The greens of the plant, which were harvested after flowering, but before the formation of the fruit, have therapeutic effects. To dry grass, a temperature of no higher than 60 ° C is required, which is maintained in special cabinets.

Also, dry extract and various infusions are made on the basis of spring adonis. You can find this plant in the composition of drugs such as Adonizid, Adonis-bromine, etc.

Useful properties of adonis

Preparations based on spring adonis have the following therapeutic effects:

• Vasodilator effect;
• Diuretic effect;
• Calming effect;
• Bringing the heart rate back to normal.

Even in ancient times, adonis was used as a medicine for the treatment of heart and kidney diseases. In addition, the plant can help the heart work with its neuroses and chronic insufficiency. In combination with bromine, adonis is used as a drug for the treatment of epilepsy, as a sedative and sleep-normalizing agent.

The medicinal components that make up the herb have the ability to dilate blood vessels, which improves blood flow to various organs. Therapy with adonis is effective against the background of heart disease, with emphysema of the lungs, with pathologies of the myocardium, with edema, shortness of breath associated with violations of cardiac activity. Adonis allows you to eliminate excess fluid that accumulates in the tissues when the kidneys are dysfunctional.

In case of drug overdose, adonis can reduce seizures. If the remedy is taken on time, it can save a person's life.

In addition, drugs based on adonis have an anticonvulsant effect if they occur while taking picrotoxin and camphor.

Indications for the use of adonis

• Diseases of the heart in the stage of decompensation.
• Shortness of breath due to abnormal heart rhythms.
• Neuroses of various origins.
• As a sedative for overexcitation.
• Swelling of the legs.
• Kidney disease with dropsy.
• Kidney inflammation.
• Various infections.
• Sleep disturbances.
• Glaucoma.
• Epilepsy.

At the pharmacy, you can buy ready-made medicines based on adonis. In addition, an aqueous extract of the herb can be used for therapeutic purposes.

Poisoning with adonis

Spring adonis is an unsafe plant, it belongs to the poisonous potent herbs. It must be applied correctly, otherwise serious poisoning may develop.

If there is an overdose, then the following measures must be taken to help the patient:

• Rinse the stomach with carbolene;
• Take a magnesium-based laxative to loosen stools;
• Stick to bed rest;
• Apply an oxygen bag.

Drugs that stimulate vomiting should not be used.

Recipes with adonis

• Infusion. Take a tablespoon of the herb, pour a glass of boiling water over and let stand for 3-4 hours. Take a tablespoon three times a day.
• If long-term therapy is required, then you can take 2 tablespoons of adonis per 0.2 liters of boiling water. After the brewed herb is infused, the resulting product must be drunk per day, in small portions.
• For the treatment of neuroses, the following recipe is effective: 1 part of adonis, 3 parts of nettle, two parts of valerian, mix 4 parts of lemon balm, take a tablespoon of a mixture of herbs and pour 0.2 liters of boiling water. The exposure time is 10 minutes, the method of administration is 2 times a day in an amount of 50 ml at a time.

• For the treatment of dropsy: adonis + birch buds + bearberry + horsetail. All components are taken in the size of a tablespoon, mixed and poured with boiling water. After that, the tea leaves are placed in the oven at low temperature and kept there for 120 minutes, then for 5 minutes the product is boiled over low heat. You need to consume a tablespoon every hour. Recommendations for the duration of therapy: refusal to consume salt, good rest, taking a bath every 2 days. Thanks to the use of this tool, it will be possible to reduce swelling, improve well-being, and increase the volume of fluid being separated.
• To get rid of stones in the urinary tract, the following recipe is suitable: two parts of parsley, one part of adonis and shepherd's purse, one and a half parts of juniper berries, dandelion, omentum (roots), and bearberry (leaves). Mix all the components, 200 ml of boiling water will be required for one tablespoon of the mixture, with which it is poured and placed in a steam bath for 30 minutes. Method of application - 2-3 times a day in a volume of 100 ml.
• To get rid of sore throat: pour a handful of adonis seeds with 0.2 liters of boiling water and boil for 15 minutes. After cooling down, add a glass of lime honey, bring to a boil and cool, then add another 25 ml of brandy. Method of application - once every half hour in the amount of one tablespoon.
• For intestinal pains: Prepare a mixture of one part fennel (seeds) and adonis (herb), add two parts mint and three parts chamomile with three parts buckthorn bark. Method of application - inside, three times a day after meals.
• To relieve constipation: 5 parts buckthorn bark, 1 part adonis (seeds) and 2 parts fennel (fruit) with 2 parts elderberry (flowers). Brew 1 tablespoon of 0.2 liters of boiling water and consume 0.2 liters after meals.

• To relieve bronchospasm in a child: string, chamomile, thyme, violet and adonis seeds in a ratio of 5: 2: 2: 1: 1. Mix the components, take a tablespoon of the collection and pour 0.2 liters of boiling water. The infusion time is 20 minutes. Then strain the infusion, add sugar to it and take it before bedtime, as well as in between meals. The infusion cannot be stored.

  In addition, the dosage for the child must be strictly observed, since severe poisoning can be provoked, below are the daily doses of adonis:

  1. Children under 6 months - 0.03 g;
  2. Six months to a year: 0.05 g;
  3. Children after two years - 0.1 g;
  4. 3-4 years - 0.15 g;
  5. 5-6 years old - 0.2 g;
  6. 7-9 years old - 0.3 g;
  7. 10-14 years old - 0.3-0.5 g.
• In the treatment of bronchial asthma, the following recipe is used: in equal proportions, you need to take adonis grass, violet, elecampane (root), thyme (grass), coltsfoot. Place the mixture in a thermos (2 tablespoons), pour boiling water in a volume of 500 ml, stand for an hour. You need to take 100 ml 3 times a day on an empty stomach. The infusion should be preheated.
• For the treatment of myositis, adonis herb in the amount of a tablespoon is poured with boiling water (0.2 l) and insisted for an hour. If you are concerned about muscle and joint pain, then the infusion should be taken in a tablespoon three times a day.
• The following recipe is suitable for stones in the gallbladder: in equal proportions, you need to take the leaves of acacia and adonis herb, add agrimony and soap dish to them in two parts. The components are mixed, after which a tablespoon of the mixture is brewed with 500 ml of boiling water and kept on low heat for 30 minutes. Take before meals 70 ml 3 times a day.
• With an exhausting cough, a teaspoon of adonis is brewed with 0.1 ml of boiling water and the infusion is kept for 90 minutes. Then it is filtered and taken in a tablespoon 3 times a day.
• If a person has convulsions, then a tablespoon of grass should be poured with 0.3 liters of boiling water and insisted for at least 2 hours. After straining, you can take a tablespoon 3 times a day. The infusion is not subject to storage.
• With insomnia, you need to grind the herbs of the herbs, pour vodka 1 to 10 and remove in a dark place for 14 days. Take 20 drops three times a day.

Contraindications to the use of adonis

• The period of bearing the fetus (threat of miscarriage);
• Low blood pressure (adonis lowers blood pressure);
• Tendency to thrombosis;
• AVB of the heart;
• Increased heartbeat.

The drug from adonis "Adonis brom"

The drug is available in tablets and is prescribed for nervous tension, to enhance blood flow. The main active ingredient is spring adonis in the form of an extract, as well as potassium bromide. Thanks to the intake of the drug Adonis bromine, it is possible to achieve a slight diuretic effect, normalize the work of the heart, and affect the functioning of the vagus nerve.

Indications:

• Heart failure of a chronic course;
• Dystonia;
• Neuroses of various origins.

The drug should be taken 1 tablet three times a day.

Side effects:

• Nausea;
• Diarrhea, lack of appetite, migraines, sleep disturbances, depressive disorders (in case of overdose);
• Cardiac arrest, violation of its rhythms (when taking large doses);

With symptoms indicating body poisoning, you should stop taking the drug and introduce potassium preparations and drugs to normalize the heart. It is worth remembering that the active ingredients of the drug are capable of accumulating in the body.

Contraindications for admission:

• Shock state;
• Angina pectoris;
• Bradycardia;
• Myocardial infarction;
• Adams-Stokes-Morgagni syndrome.

The author of the article: Sokolova Nina Vladimirovna | Phytotherapist

Education: Diploma in "General Medicine" and "Therapy" received at the Pirogov University (2005 and 2006). Advanced training at the Department of Phytotherapy at the Peoples' Friendship University of Moscow (2008).