Adonis
Clarke, A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, 1900, Vol. I, p. 30
Adonis vernalis. N. O. Ranunculaceae. Infusion or tincture of fresh plant ; an extract, Adonidin.
Clinical
Albuminuria. Dropsy. Heart, affections of.
Characteristics
Like Convallaria, Adonis is a popular heart remedy in Russia. It has not been proved, but the indications for its use have been defined by experience as follows : Rapid and feeble action of the heart ; dropsy ; scanty urine with albumen and casts. Valvular disease and cardiac asthma. There is no record of its use in the potencies. Cash gave great relief to " a water-logged patient of seventy-four" with mitral regurgitation, with one-grain doses of Adonidin at eight-hour intervals, after failure of Arsenicum and Digitalis, Urinary secretion rose from half a pint to 2 pints in twenty-four hours. Breathing was relieved ; sleep returned.
Relations
Compare : Digit., Conval., Stroph. aesculus GLABRA 31