Suppression
Spring Adonis
Category: Medicines - plant based
Type
Voluntary
Introduction and description
Adonis vernalis, known variously as pheasant's eye, spring pheasant's eye, yellow pheasant's eye and false hellebore, is a perennial flowering plant found in dry meadows and steppes in Eurasia.
Isolated populations are found from Spain in the west across Central Europe with fine examples in Valais, Switzerland, and southern Europe, reaching southern Sweden in the north, with its main area of distribution being the Pannonian Basin and the West Siberian Plain.
In contrast to most other European Adonis species, the flowers appear in springtime, and are up to 80 mm in diameter, with up to 20 bright yellow petals.
Medicinal uses
The plant is classified by Wikipedia as ‘poisonous’ [with justification]. It is an abortifacient [an abortifacient is defined as"that which will cause a miscarriage" from Latin: abortus "miscarriage" and faciens "making], and according to Dr Duke's analysis contains chemicals which are 'allergenic'.
But we now need to step back from this more general analysis and look at the list of observations below. As a medicine this plant is capable of tackling some very serious sexually transmitted diseases. As such although it may, as a whole, be classified as poisonous, its constituent parts need to be studied with some seriousness.
One key chemical through which much of this activity appears to stem is Berberine. Berberine is found in a number of plants, we have an entry for it on the site, but this plant provides an alternative key source.
Dr Duke's full analysis is provided as an observation.
Related observations
Healing observations
- Dr Duke's list of Plants containing BERBERINE 018336
- Dr Duke's list of Plants with Antibacillus activity 018351
- Dr Duke's list of Plants with Antibiotic activity 018353
- Dr Duke's list of Plants with Anticalculic activity 018361
- Dr Duke's list of Plants with Antichlamydial Activity 018322
- Dr Duke's list of Plants with Anticholecystitic activity 018367
- Dr Duke's list of Plants with Anticholera activity 018325
- Dr Duke's list of Plants with Anticonjunctivitic Activity 019935
- Dr Duke's list of Plants with Antigiardial Activity 018316
- Dr Duke's list of Plants with Antigonorrhea activity 018305
- Dr Duke's list of Plants with Antishigellic activity 018394
- Dr Duke's list of Plants with Antisyphilitic Activity 018330
- Dr Duke's list of Plants with Antitrachomic Activity 019949
- Dr Duke's list of Plants with Antitrachomic Activity 019937
- Dr Duke's list of Plants with Antitubercular activity 018399
- Dr Duke's list of Plants with Mydriatic Activity 020081
- Dr Duke's list of Plants with Plasmodicidal activity 018296
- Dr Duke's list of Plants with Trypanocide activity 018291
- Dr Duke’s list of Chemicals and their Biological Activities in: Adonis vernalis L. -- Spring Adonis 018335
- Dr Duke’s list of Plants having several Chemicals with Antibacillus Activity 023163