Pheasant's eye
Other Names : Adonis vernalis, spring pheasant’s eye, yellow pheasant’s eye, false hellebore, Adonis, Sweet Vernal, Oxeye, Red Morocco and Rose-a-Rubie, Frühlings-Adonisröschen, Adonis de printemps, Voorjaarsadonis
is a perennial flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae. The herb is native to dry meadows and steppes in Southern Europe and to Siberia and Labrador. 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.
Pheasant’s eye is an herb. The parts that grow above the ground are used to make medicine. Even though pheasant’s eye is considered a very poisonous plant, some people use it for heart conditions including mild heart failure, irregular heartbeat, and “nervous heart” complaints. Pheasant’s eye is also used for cramps, fever, and menstrual disorders. The medicinal part is derived from the aerial parts of the herb, which are collected during the flowering season and dried. The plant is poisonous, containing cardiostimulant compounds, such as adonidin and aconitic acid. In addition, it is often used as an ornamental plant.
See also : Adonis vernalis (Homeopathy)
Special Precautions and Side Effects of Pheasant's eye
- The plant is poisonous, containing cardiostimulant compounds, such as adonidin and aconitic acid.
- Pheasant’s eye is toxic, even in relatively small doses.
- The herb can cause vomiting and diarrhea in small amounts.
- Large amounts may paralyze both the heart and blood vessels.
- Avoid during pregnancy and breast feeding.
- Avoid use if you have high blood calcium and low blood potassium.
- It should be noted that the entire plant is toxic and very dangerous to handle.
- It is toxic to humans and also for most domestic animals or livestock use.
- Its extract may cause vomiting, nausea and unbalanced heartbeat.
Health Benefits and Uses of Pheasant's eye
- a sedative action and so is generally recommended for patients whose hearts are beating too fast or irregularly
- Cardiotonic, diuretic, sedative and vasoconstrictor.
- Used in the treatment of low blood pressure and its strong diuretic action can be used to counter water retention.
- Used in homeopathy as a treatment for angina.
- Considered helpful as a remedy for impaired heart function, mitral stenosis (narrowing of the heart’s mitral valve) and edema (swelling due to excess fluid buildup) caused by heart failure or poor blood circulation.
- In the past, the herb was used as a folk medicine for sexually transmitted diseases, fever, menstrual pain, bladder and kidney stones, epilepsy and intestinal worms.
- Today, it is often used in the treatment of low blood pressure.
- Due to its diuretic action it can be useful as a remedy to counter water retention (edema).
- The herb has also been used as an anti-epileptic drug and it is thought to be effective against rheumatism.
- beneficial for arrhythmia, and heart palpitations due to anxiety.
- used for curing fever, cramps and menstrual problems.
- for curing low blood pressure.
- Herb possesses potent diuretic properties thus can also be used to treat water retention by the body.
- a remedial guide for various herbal medicines, for treating conditions like nervous heart complaints as well as arrhythmia.
- recommended for people suffering from chronic weak heart, a condition wherein blood circulation through the veins is swelled up.
- effective in treating several different cases of dropsy, particularly when the kidneys do not function effectively.
- Administration of adonis helps to contract the weakened and dilated muscles of the heart, while enhancing their tone.
- This herb is also used for curing dyspnea caused by asthma owing to weak heart muscles.
