Stem plant
Ranunculaceae, Adonis.
Medicinal drug
Adonidis herba, Adonis herb: The dried herb of L. collected at flowering time (PH 5) – no longer officinal.
Ingredients
Cardiac glycosides of the cardenolide type.
Effects
Positive inotropic
Indications
- Heart failure, is not used phytotherapeutically in many countries
- In alternative medicine
Contraindications
Therapy with cardiac glycosides, hypokalemia.
Adverse effects
In case of overdose, nausea, vomiting, arrhythmias
Interactions
Quinidine, calcium, saluretics, laxatives, glucocorticoids.