Adonis Vernalis

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 1/2 pints in twenty-four hours. Breathing was relieved; sleep returned.

• ▸Feels light; aches across front, from occiput around temples to eyes.
• ▸Vertigo on rising, turning head quickly or lying down.
• ▸Tinnitus.
• ▸Scalp feels tight.
• ▸Eyes dilated.

Slimy. Tongue dirty yellow, sore, feels scalded.

• ▸Heavy weight.
• ▸Gnawing hunger.
• ▸Faint feeling in epigastrium.
• ▸Better out of doors.

Oily pellicle on urine. Scanty, albuminous.

Frequent desire to take a long breath. Feeling of weight on chest.

• ▸Mitral and aortic regurgitation.
• ▸Chronic aortitis, Fatty heart pericarditis.
• ▸Rheumatic Endocarditis (Kalmia).
• ▸Preaecordial pain, palpitation, and dyspnoea.
• ▸Marked venous engorgement.
• ▸Cardiac asthma (Quebracho).
• ▸Fatty heart.
• ▸Myocarditis, irregular cardiac action, constriction and vertigo.
• ▸Pulse rapid, irregular.

Aching in nape. Spine stiff and aching. OEdema.

Restlessness, with horrible dreams.

Adonidin is a cardiac tonic and diuretic. Quarter grain daily, or two to five grains of first decimal trit increases arterial pressure and prolongs the diastole, favoring emptying engorged veins. Is an excellent substitute for Digitalis and is not cumulative in action.

Compare: Digit; Cratoeg; Conval; Strophanthus.

Five to ten drops of the tincture.