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Hellebore, False | | Name : | Hellebore, False | | Botanical : | Adonis autumnalis, Adonis vernalis | | Synonyms : | Red Chamomile. Pheasant's Eye. Adonis. Red Morocco. Rose-a-rubie. Red Mathes. Sweet Vernal. | | Family : | Ranunculaceae | | Parts Used : | Herb. | | Description : | The Pheasant's Eye (Adonis autumnalis), a plant very nearly allied to the Anemone, is sometimes found wild in England, mostly in cornfields in Kent, but is often regarded as a mere garden escape. Though generally only a cultivated species in this country, it is common enough on the Continent.
It is a graceful plant, growing about a foot high, with finely cut leaves and terminal flowers like small scarlet buttercups. | | Constituents : | A. vernalis contains a glucoside Adonidin and has an action almost exactly like that of digitalin, but is much stronger and is said not to be cumulative. It appears to be about ten times as powerful as digitoxin. It has been prescribed instead of digitalis, and sometimes succeeds where digitalis fails, especially where there is kidney disease. It is, however, less certainly beneficial in valvular disease than digitalis, and should be used only where digitalis fails. It produces vomiting and diarrhoea more readily than digitalis. It is given in the form of an infusion. | | Dosage : | Fluid extract, 1 to 2 drops. Glucoside adonidin, 1/4 to 1/2 grain.
The infusion is made with 1/4 oz. of the herb to a pint of boiling water and given in tablespoonful doses every three hours. |
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