Toxic
Effect:
-
Areas of application:
Homeopathy: period pain, migraines, indefinable complaints, depression, colds, skin rashes, vein problems, rheumatism
Poisonous!!! see below: flu, severe gout attacks, whooping cough, skin rashes, hysteria, inflammation, exhaustion, tension headaches, period pain, lack of bleeding, pain, weak contractions, great anxiety, inflammation of the middle ear, pneumonia, rheumatism, venous problems, childhood diseases such as mumps
Plant parts used:
Herb
Collection time:
April, May
To find:
Strictly protected plant. It requires sunny, stony slopes or steppe heather.
Ingredients:
poisonous glycosides, the poisonous ranunculin of the fresh plant becomes anemonol, tannic acid, resin, saponins
Other:
Pasqueflower is a perennial plant that grows between 15 and 60 cm high. The leaves are lilac, finely split and covered with silky hairs. Each plant produces a single light purple or white flower with yellow stamens. Feathery, hair-like seeds emerge from the stamens. They are one of the first flowers to appear in spring and sometimes push through the snow. The taproots extend 90 cm or more into the ground. When the fruit head is ripe, the hair-like threads blow in the wind and give the impression of puffs of smoke.
The pasqueflower stands out because of its large purple flowers, but even prolonged contact with the plant can cause irritation and blistering on the skin.
The plant is poisonous to humans and animals when fresh!!! The tea made from the dried herb was often used in folk medicine.
🛑 Attention!!! 30 fresh flowers are enough to enter eternal sleep, the anemonol is responsible for this.
Anemonol is converted into non-toxic anemonin by drying and cooking, so dried parts no longer have the toxic effects of the fresh plant. Nevertheless, the use of tea is over as the plant has conquered a permanent place in homeopathy.