The plant is poisonous.
Application
As a medicine in ancient times, it was used as a decongestant and skin irritant. In folk medicine, it was used against freckles and rheumatism.
When the farmers saw the first anemones in the spring, they immediately ate three flowers. This was supposed to protect against colds for the rest of the year.
The white anemones in Joachim Burser's Pharmacy Garden are different from most white anemones because the petals on the flowers are red.
Ingredients
Contains the rather toxic substance anemonol, which is found in many buttercup plants. It is a strong skin irritant and can cause blisters if applied to the skin. It also contains protoanemonin, which is a strong skin irritant and nauseating.
Polemonium coeruleum L.
Photo of page in Joachim Burser's herbarium.
