Scientific noun: Anemone nemorosa L.

Common noun: : Wood anemone

Family: Buttercup family - Ranunculaceae

Habitat: In damp woods.

Active principles: Ranunculine, which is innocuous, that becomes protoanemonine when it enters in contact with the enzyme ranunculasa, that is very poisonous. The protoanemonine, in turn, once dried or boiled , breaks down in anemonin or anemonic acid , being these two elements non poisonous.

Active parts: Fruits and rhizomes

Uses : . Medicinal: - Being a rubefacient it -produces redness with heat in the application area - it has been used in external use to reduce the rheumatic and gouty pains. - Mashing the leaves a juice is obtained that has been traditionally used , by means of inhalation, to combat the headache. - Mastication of the tender roots was used to eliminate the ulcers and illnesses of the mouth. Given the toxicity of their components its use is dissuaded in home-made preparations.

Toxicity : Very high. In external use, the use of the plant in many cases, produces big cutaneous lesions, characterised not only by the appearance of bladders but , what is worse by ulceration or even gangrene. In internal use it is very toxic, acting as a narcotic and being able to cause muscular paralysis and heart failure. All the same , the ingestion of the plant causes in animals serious consequences that can take to the death because of cardiac arrest, but that, in inferior dose, it is manifested in gastric , breathing and hematic disorders. Symptoms: hypertension, cramps, tremors, coldness in the members, breathing difficulties, shortage of breath and death. Treatment: Expel the poison from the stomach, artificial respiration, breathing stimulants. Cultivation tips