Viola, Violet

Banafsha (Unani)
Zi Hua Di Ding  紫花地丁 (TCM)
Sngo Rta Rmig  སྔོ་ རྟ་རྨིག་ (Tibet)
Picture Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491

Picture New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563

 Picture Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599
Picture Plantæ Utiliores, Burnett & Burnett, 1842

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Botanical name:


Viola odorata

Parts used:


Leaf, Flower; rarely the Seed or Root

Temperature & Taste:


Cool, moist. Sweet, Bitter

Classifications:


2E LENITIVE.    2F. PURIFYING.    2J. RAREFYING.    2L. EMOLLIENT.    2U. SUPPURATIVE.   
3B. FEBRIFUGE & ANTIPYRETIC.     3C. ALEXIPHARMIC.    3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS.    3L. ANTI-TUSSIVE.    3M. ARTHRITIC
4a. CEPHALIC.   4c. CARDIAC.   4d. PECTORAL.   4e. STOMACHIC.   4f. SPLENETIC.   4g. HEPATIC.   4h. NEPHRITIC.   4i. UTERINE.   4j. NERVINE
Preparers and Purgers of Bile

Uses:


1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:

2. Clears Heat, Nourishes Yin, Resolves Swellings:

3. Clears Heat, Calms the Mind, Stops Spasms, Eases Pain:

4. Clears Heat and Phlegm, Stops Cough:

5. Clears Heat and Damp:

6. Gentle Purgative and Emetic:

7. Externally:
-Infused Oil, Ointment or Poultice is good for all Heat and Inflammations, Burning and Hectic Fevers (applied to the Heart and Pulses)


Comment:


1. Violet leaf is one of the Five Emollient Herbs, along with Marshmallow, Beet, Mercury, Pellitory of the Wall, and Mallow
2. Violet flower is one of the Four Cordial Flowers, along with Rose, Bugloss and Borage.
3. The fresh plant is always preferred.
4. The Flowers were most kept in the form of the Conserve; the Juice of the Whole Plant may be made into a Syrup to keep.

Dose:


INFUSION or BRIEF DECOCTION of the Whole Herb: 3–9 grams

Correctives:


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Substitutes:


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Main Combinations:


Dandelion & Violet

1. Cough:
i. Violet with Marshmallow
ii. Violet with  … available in PRO version
2. Whooping Cough, Violet with  … available in PRO version
3. Asthma:
i. Violet with  … available in PRO version
ii. Violet with  … available in PRO version
4. Pleurisy, Violet with  … available in PRO version
5. Allergic Rhinitis, Violet with  … available in PRO version
6. Heat of the Blood:
i. Violet with  … available in PRO version
ii. Violet with  … available in PRO version
7. To purge Melancholy:
i. Violet with  … available in PRO version
ii. Violet with  … available in PRO version
iii. Violet with  … available in PRO version
8. To clear Heat and Bile:
i. Violet with  … available in PRO version
ii. Violet with  … available in PRO version
iii. Violet with  … available in PRO version
9. Skin diseases from Bile or Melancholy, Violet with  … available in PRO version
11. Madness and Mental illness, Violet   … available in PRO version
12. Palpitation, Arrhythmia, Fainting, Vertigo, Migraine, Violet with  … available in PRO version

Major Formulas:


Decoction of Fruit
Decoction to Expel Bile of Andernacus
Decoction to Cool
Decoction to Cool the Blood
Syrup of Fumitory Lesser (Mesue)
Syrup of Violet Compound
Syrup of Violet (De morbus internis curandis)
Syrup of Jujube Compound (Mesue)
Syrup of Water Lily Flowers
Syrup for Asthma (Wirtzung)
Powder of Rosemary (Dianthos) (Nicholas)
Powder of Polypody of Montagnana
Powder for Madness
Electuary for Asthma (1) (De Morbis internis curandis, 1551)
Electuary to Restore Humidity (Arnold de Villa Nova)
Electuary of Prunes (Diaprunis lenitiva) (Nicholas)

Cautions:


Generally Safe.
Use cautiously in cold and weak digestive systems.

Main Preparations used:


Solutive Syrup of Violets, Syrup of the Juice, Compound Syrup, Julep of Violets, Conserve of the Flowers, Infused Vinegar of the Flowers, Infused Oil, Distilled Water of the herb and of the flower, Tincture, Extract of the Juice Dehydrated, Troches