Adonis vernalis. Kader Kochi.

Synonyms

Pheasant's eye, False hellebore.

Constituents

Perennial flowering plant. Height 30 cm. Flowers are yellow. Plant contains toxic colourless principle, adonidin, and aconitic acid. Bitter.

Therapeutics

This is cardiac stimulant as well as cardiac tonic.

It is medicine for chronic congestive cardiac failure (Cactus).

It increases blood pressure and cardiac output. It promotes renal blood circulation. It is diuretic medicine.

It is medicine for fatty degeneration of heart, chronic myocardiopathy, and dropsy.

It is medicine for varicose vein.

It is a non-cumulative sympathetic cardiac stimulant (Ventricles-Digitalis is parasympathetic stimulant in low dose). 

It is remedy in oliguria, and chronic kidney disease (Helleborus).

Word “adon” (Canaanite) means “lord”. 

Dose 

4 to 10 drops.

Dilution.