Adonis herb: beauty and benefits in one plant
Adonis belongs to the buttercup family, and this herb is both annual and perennial. There are about 25 types of this beautiful herb:
- Adonis furry
- Summer adonis
- Adonis Amur and others.
The grass adonis grows in the steppes of Kazakhstan, Siberia, the Caucasus and the Far East, Japan, Central Asia, the northeastern regions of China and some other territories. But the adonis herb began to be used as an ornamental plant only from the 17th century. Now it can be found in parks and gardens.
The experience of gardeners growing this plant allows us to draw several useful conclusions for caring for adonis:
- Perennial adonis tolerate winter well
- They thrive best when planted in open, sunny locations where shading occurs at noon.
- Light soil, saturated with organic matter with lime, will create the best conditions for abundant flowering.
- The soil needs to be loosened and moistened in a timely manner.
- Be careful when replanting, as the adonis herb is extremely sensitive to this procedure.
Among the adonis there are not only beautiful herbs, but also useful ones. For example, spring adonis has healing properties, it is also known as adonis. It is widely used in folk medicine in the treatment of the following diseases:
- Diseases of the nervous system
- Kidney disease
- For headaches
- Heart diseases
- With inflammation of the respiratory system
- For infectious diseases as a means of increasing the body's resistance
But this plant is also dangerous if the dosage is not observed, since spring adonis is poisonous.