Adonis

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.