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1. Photos, basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism
2. Basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism
3. Botanical description, reference data, useful information, illustrations
4. Recipes for use in traditional medicine and cosmetology
5. Tips for growing, harvesting and storing

Adonis spring (Adonis spring), Adonis vernalis. Photos of the plant, basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism

Basic scientific information, legends, myths, symbolism

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Family: Yellowcrowns (Ranunculaceae)

Origin: Spring Adonis (Adonis vernalis) is native to Southern Europe and Western Asia. It has long been known for its medicinal properties and has been used in traditional medicine.

Area: Adonis spring grows in Europe and Asia. It can be found in a variety of habitat types, including grasslands, forests, scrublands, and rocky slopes.

Chemical composition: Adonis spring contains a number of active biological compounds, including cardioglycosides, flavonoids, tannins and alkaloids. All these compounds affect the cardiovascular system, have anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial and antitumor properties.

Economic value: Adonis vernalis has many medicinal properties and is widely used in medicine for the treatment of various diseases, including cardiovascular, neurological and rheumatic diseases. Used as an ornamental plant in gardens and parks. It is a poisonous plant and should only be used under the supervision of qualified professionals.

Legends, myths, symbolism: Adonis spring, or spring Adonis, has ancient symbolism associated with the mythology and legends of ancient civilizations. In Greek mythology, Adonis was the god of beauty and love, the favorite of Aphrodite. His death symbolized the departure of winter and the arrival of spring. In ancient Roman mythology, Adonis was considered the god of spring and the rebirth of nature. The spring adonis was also a symbol of love and good looks. In the Middle Ages, it was attributed magical properties and used in amulets and talismans to attract love and beauty. The symbolic meaning of the spring adonis is also associated with its bright red color and the shape of the flower, resembling a star. This flower embodies such qualities as energy, vitality and optimism. It is associated with the beginning of a new cycle of life and the rebirth of nature after hibernation.

Adonis spring (Adonis spring), Adonis vernalis. Description, illustrations of the plant

Adonis. Myths, traditions, symbolism

An ancient mythological image-symbol of young male beauty, which originates from Syrian-Phoenician beliefs (Alon is the lord) and is a kind of "dying and resurrecting gods", the spirit of annually renewing development.

Being the lover of Aphrodite (lat. Venus), he was killed by an angry boar, according to other versions - by the god Ares (lat. Mars), who took the form of a beast.

Anemones (anemone) or adonis grow from the blood of Adonis, his soul descended into the underworld of Hades.

The goddess of love begged Zeus so that Adonis would spend only part of the year in the underworld, and in the spring he could return to her. This request was granted, and the revival of the young nature was celebrated with holidays, songs, and the laying of "gardens of Adonis".

Adonis is the Greek form of the Sumerian vegetation god Dumuzi (Tammuz in Aramaic), beloved of the goddess Inanna. The annual vegetation cycle in many religions and cultures is symbolized by deities who enter the afterlife, but are periodically reborn.

Author: Biedermann G.

Adonis (Adonis). Legends, myths, history

An annual herbaceous plant with leaves twice or thrice divided into narrow linear lobes. The flowers have a fiery or brick red corolla with six to eight petals. At the base of the petals - black spots.

The name of the plant is given in honor of the beautiful young man Adonis, about whom the ancient Greek legend tells. The goddess Aphrodite, angry with the daughter of the king of Cyprus for not honoring her enough, instilled in her a passion for her own father. King Kiner enters into a criminal relationship, not suspecting that he is dealing with his own daughter, and, upon learning, curses her. The gods, taking pity on her, turn the unfortunate woman into a myrrh tree.

After a while, a child of amazing beauty is born from the cracked trunk of this tree. Aphrodite gives the baby in a casket to Persephone, the queen of the underworld, to raise.

Having raised Adonis, Persephone did not want to part with him. The dispute of the goddesses was resolved by Zeus, destining Adonis to spend part of the year in the kingdom of the dead with Persephone, part of the year on earth with Aphrodite, whose companion and lover he becomes. None of the mortals and gods was equal to him in beauty, and the beautiful goddess spent all the time with young Adonis. Together they hunted in the mountains and forests of Cyprus, like the goddess of hunting Artemis, for hares, shy deer and chamois, avoiding hunting formidable lions and wild boars.

Once, in the absence of Aphrodite, the dogs of Adonis attacked the trail of a huge boar. It is Artemis, enraged by the fact that the goddess of love was preferred to her, sends a ferocious beast to the young man.

According to other legends, the jealous Ares, the husband of Aphrodite, turned into a ferocious boar. Adonis rejoiced at the upcoming prey, not suspecting that this was his last hunt. Now he was already preparing to pierce the angry boar with a spear, but did not have time: the boar rushed at him and mortally wounded the young hunter with his huge sharp fangs.

Adonis died from a terrible wound. Heartbroken, Aphrodite herself went to the mountains to look for the body of her lover. Making her way along the stones between the rocks, she did not notice how sharp stones and thorns of thorns wounded her tender legs; drops of her blood fell to the ground, and fragrant flowers grew in their place.

Finally, the goddess found the body of Adonis, mourned him, and all nature grieved with her. In memory of her love, she grew a beautiful flower from the blood of Adonis, which blooms every spring. Zeus took pity on the grief of the goddess of love and he ordered his brother Hades to release Adonis for six months from the gloomy kingdom of the dead to the earth to the sun.

With the first spring rays of the sun, Adonis comes to earth, and all nature comes to life, in the steppe and on the edges of the forest, a golden-yellow flower, named after him, blooms.

According to another legend, the flower was named Adonis in honor of the Phoenician and Assyrian sun god Adon, who died every year in autumn and resurrected in spring.

Author: Martyanova L.M.

Spring adonis (spring adonis), Adonis vernalis L. Botanical description, area and habitats, chemical composition, use in medicine and industry

Synonyms: steaming grass, hare poppy, mohnatik, starodubka, black grass, Montenegrin.

A perennial herbaceous plant with a multi-headed rhizome and several stems reaching 40 cm in height, of the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae).

The stems are densely leafy, the leaves are narrowly dissected, the flowers are solitary, large, golden.

Blooms in April at the same time as the leaves appear.

Adonis is widely used in medical practice and is currently used in relatively mild forms of chronic circulatory failure.

Indications for the use of adonis are heart neurosis, vegetative dystonia, infectious diseases that occur with symptoms of weakening of cardiac activity, kidney diseases with symptoms of insufficiency of the cardiovascular system, and neuropsychiatric diseases.

Chemical composition. The herb contains 0,07-0,15% glycosides of the cardiac group (cimarin, adonitoxin), adonivernit, saponins, phytosterol. In addition, saponins and adonite alcohol have been isolated from the herb.

The seeds and roots contain cardiac glycosides; coumarin vernadine was found in the roots.

Application in medicine. Adonis is widely used in medical practice and is currently used in relatively mild forms of chronic circulatory failure. Indications for the use of adonis are heart neurosis, vegetative dystonia, infectious diseases that occur with symptoms of weakening of cardiac activity, kidney diseases with symptoms of insufficiency of the cardiovascular system, and neuropsychiatric diseases.

Other uses. Adonis spring is also grown as an ornamental plant.

Honey plant. Excellent early spring pollen. Well visited by bees. Blooms in March - April for 30-40 days. Each flower functions 3-5 days. Due to the long flowering period, bees collect a lot of pollen from it. The mass of anthers of one flower is from 10,7 to 17,5 mg, and the pollen production is 3,6-5,8 mg. Pollen yellow, sticky.

Authors: Turova A.D., Sapozhnikova E.N.

Spring Adonis. The value of the plant, the procurement of raw materials, the use in traditional medicine and cooking

In an extensive set of medicinal herbs, adonis has long occupied a strong and prominent place. It is as if he is always under the supervision of grass-seekers, under their care. Therefore, its density in the herbage entirely depends on the careful attitude of the collectors of medicinal raw materials. Where prudently, economically, they use the wealth of a green pharmacy, there every spring large yellow corollas of adonis, popularly called adonis, bloom in the steppe and forest pegs. And vice versa, in places of ruthless destruction of the flora of health, it cannot be found; does not get along under a callous hand.

What is this herb? First of all, spring adonis is a perennial, its short dark brown rhizome with cord-like branches does not die off by winter. Only the stem grows anew every year, which at first is quite squat and reaches 35 centimeters only at the time of wilting of the flowers. Flowers sit on the tops of the stems and their branches. The leaves of adonis are pinnately dissected, they look like dill. They are arranged in order. Already in June, this grass acquires small wrinkled fruits, equipped with a hooked nose, wrapped downwards.

The collection period for spring adonis is relatively extended, lasting from flowering to fruiting grass (from late April to late June). But the best medicinal raw materials are harvested in the flowering phase of the plant. It was then that the adonis contains the largest amount of active substances - cymarin and adokidin, which have great biological activity (this is especially true for cymarin).

Medicines are prepared from the herb of spring adonis, which calm the nervous system and stimulate the activity of the heart.

Adonis is taken only for the needs of pharmacies, unauthorized use of grass due to toxicity should not be allowed. Go for the "green treasure" to the steppe meadows and limestone cliffs, where adonis still comes across in places in pure thickets. Do not uproot the grass, do not destroy the beauty of the earth. Accurate cutting of the tops will allow you to extract this healing gift of nature the next year.

In folk medicine, strong adonis tea was treated for diseases of a weak heart, shortness of breath, fever and dropsy. It was not given to pregnant women in any form, fearing a miscarriage. In dialects, grass was most often known as old oak, field dill, upland outcast, hare poppy, mohnatik and hair grass. The scientific name of Adonis is given in honor of Adonis, a mythological youth who was turned by the gods into a beautiful flower.

On pastures, this grass is not eaten by livestock and is removed from hay by fodder. Adonis belong to the buttercup family and, therefore, are also "fierce", inedible for livestock. That is why the shepherds do not like the old oak in their lands ...

Author: Strizhev A.N.

Adonis. Legends, the birthplace of the plant, the history of distribution

In early spring, as soon as the snow melts in the steppe, the earth is dressed in a lush green dress. One of the first to break through to the light is a low plant with strongly dissected leaves.

You will see him and not pay attention: the grass is like grass, nothing special. But a few days will pass, a flower will begin to bloom at the end of the stem - and the plant will change. It's hard to take your eyes off him now. A large bright yellow flower seems to burn in the grass with a golden light. That's why the plant was called the adonis.

But he also has another name. It came to us from a distant land.

The ancient Greeks told a legend about the handsome golden-haired young man Adonis, who fell in love with the most beautiful of the goddesses - Aphrodite. The goddess protected her lover in every possible way, warned him not to hunt predatory animals in her absence. But the young man did not listen to the advice. Once Adonis chased a wild boar, but made a mistake, and the enraged beast mortally wounded him.

Aphrodite cried for a long time over the body of the dead young man, and then commanded: "Let wonderful golden flowers grow from the drops of the beloved's blood every spring!" So the adonis got another name - adonis.

A beautiful legend about a beautiful flower... But it turns out that people appreciate Adonis not only for its beauty.

For a long time, rural healers plucked the stems and leaves of the plant and prepared drugs from them for heart disease.

But in recent years it has become difficult to find adonis. Where did he go?

Adonis is accustomed to living in the steppes. And the empty steppes are becoming less and less - Agros' possessions are crowding them from all sides. That is why golden lights burn in the grass less and less often.

The doctors were worried - and to the scientists: "Help save Adonis!" Scientists thought and answered: "Let's try to relocate him to the field."

Scientists are not the first time to help out doctors. They have a whole Institute of Medicinal Plants involved in this business. What kind of plants do not pass the test there before they get to the collective farm fields!

Scientists have collected seeds of adonis, sowed on an experimental plot. And the results are bad. Sowed a second time - again a failure. They were surprised: they did not expect that the newcomer would be so obstinate.

They suffered for a long time at the institute with Adonis, until they "argued" the stubborn one. Now, with each spring, the flowers of the golden-haired adonis smile more joyfully on the medicinal field.

Author: Osipov N.F.

Adonis spring (Adonis spring), Adonis vernalis. Recipes for use in traditional medicine and cosmetology

• For heart disease: Adonis spring contains cardiotonic glycosides, which help improve heart function and lower blood pressure. For the treatment of heart disease, you can prepare a tincture of adonis. To do this, pour 1 teaspoon of dry adonis with 1 cup of boiling water and leave for 30 minutes, then strain and drink 1 tablespoon 2 times a day.
• From neuroses: Adonis spring has calming properties and helps to cope with neuroses and anxiety. To do this, you can prepare a tincture of adonis. To prepare the tincture, you need to pour 2 teaspoons of dry adonis with 1 cup of boiling water and leave for 30 minutes, then strain and drink 1 tablespoon 2 times a day.
• For chest pain: Adonis spring helps improve blood circulation and reduce chest pain. To do this, you can use the tincture of adonis, prepared according to the above recipe.
• Infusion to strengthen the heart: 1 tablespoon of crushed dry roots of adonis spring pour 200 ml of boiling water, leave for 2 hours, strain. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day half an hour before meals.
• Ointment for the treatment of sprains and bruises: Place fresh flowers of spring Adonis in a glass jar, pour olive oil over it, cover with a lid and put in a warm place for 2-3 days. After that, mix the resulting oil with wax in a ratio of 1: 1. Apply the ointment to damaged skin 2-3 times a day.

Cosmetology:

• For skin care: Adonis spring contains flavonoids that help protect the skin from free radical damage and improve skin tone and color. To prepare a facial tonic from adonis, pour 1 tablespoon of dried adonis with 1 cup of boiling water and leave for 30 minutes, then strain and add 1 tablespoon of chamomile and 1 teaspoon of honey. Apply to the face in the morning and evening after cleansing the skin.
• Face tonic: 1 tablespoon of crushed dry flowers of adonis spring pour 200 ml of boiling water, leave for 30 minutes, strain. Use for daily washing.
• Wrap to improve blood circulation: 50 g of crushed dry roots of adonis spring pour 500 ml of boiling water, leave for 1 hour, strain. Soak a towel in the resulting infusion and apply to problem areas for 20-30 minutes. Repeat the procedure 2-3 times a week.
• To strengthen hair: Adonis spring is rich in potassium, calcium and magnesium, which help strengthen hair follicles and improve hair growth. To prepare an adonis hair mask, grind 2 tablespoons of dried adonis into a powder, then mix with 2 tablespoons of castor oil and 1 egg yolk. Apply to hair and leave for 30-40 minutes, then rinse with warm water.

Adonis spring (Adonis spring), Adonis vernalis. Tips for growing, harvesting and storing

Adonis spring (spring adonis) is a perennial plant that is distinguished by its bright flowering. \

Tips for growing, harvesting and storing spring adonis:

Cultivation:

• Adonis spring prefers sunny places or partial shade.
• The plant is unpretentious to the soil, but grows best in loamy soils with a good drainage system.
• After planting seeds or seedlings, Adonis should be watered regularly to keep the soil moist.
• The plant can tolerate dry spells, but grows best in moderately moist soil.
• It is recommended to remove wilted flowers to encourage new blooms.

Workpiece:

• Spring Adonis flowers can be used as a decorative element in bouquets and arrangements.
• The flowers of the plant can be collected during the flowering period and dried for further use in traditional medicine.

Storage:

• Dried flowers of Adonis spring can be stored in a dry place, protected from direct sunlight.
• It is best to store ready-made infusions and decoctions based on spring adonis in glass or ceramic containers in a cool place.

Although the spring adonis is known for its medicinal properties, it must be remembered that any medications, including infusions and decoctions based on adonis, should be taken only after consultation with a doctor or homeopath.

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