Adonis vernalis
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Pheasant's Eye A heart medicine, after rheumatism or influenza, or Bright's disease, where the muscles of the heart are in stage of fatty degeneration, regulating the pulse and increasing the power of contractions of heart, with increased urinary secretions. Most valuable in cardiac dropsy. Low vitality, with weak heart and slow, weak pulse. Hydrothorax, ascites. Anasarca.
Head
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.
Mouth
Slimy. Tongue dirty yellow, sore, feels scalded.
Stomach
Heavy weight. Gnawing hunger. Faint feeling in epigastrium. Better out of doors.
Urinary
Oily pellicle on urine. Scanty, albuminous.
Respiratory
Frequent desire to take a long breath. Feeling of weight on chest.
Heart
Mitral and aortic regurgitation. Chronic aortitis, Fatty heart pericarditis.
Rheumatic Endocarditis (Kalmia). Preæcordial pain, palpitation, and dyspnœa. Marked venous engorgement. Cardiac asthma (Quebracho). Fatty heart. Myocarditis, irregular cardiac action, constriction and vertigo. Pulse rapid, irregular.
Extremities
Aching in nape. Spine stiff and aching. Œdema.
Sleep
Restlessness, with horrible dreams.
Relationships
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.
Dose
Five to ten drops of the tincture.
What the other books say about Adonis vernalis
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Adonis vernalis in Boger — A compressed key — the generals and the characteristic modalities, with very little narrative.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Adonis vernalis — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/adonis-vernalis. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.