SWEET VIOLET VIOLA ODORATA

SWEET VIOLET (Viola odorata L.) ++

Activities (Sweet Violet) :
Acarifuge (1; HH2); Antibacterial (1; WOI); Antiinflammatory (f; KAB); Antimycotic (1; WOI); Antipyretic (1; HH2; KAB); Antiseptic (1; EFS; HH2; PH2); Antispasmodic (f; HH2); Antitussive (f; HH2; PH2); Aperient (f; EFS); Cerebrosedative (f; KAB); CNS Depressant (f; KAB); Demulcent (f; KAB; WOI); Depurative (f; WOI); Diaphoretic (f; EFS; PH2; WOI); Diuretic (f; WOI); Emetic (1; HH2; PH2); Emollient (f; EFS; HH2; KAB; WOI); Expectorant (1; GMH; HH2; KAB; PH2; WOI); Fungicide (1; WOI); Hemolytic (1; HH2); Hypnotic (f; KAB); Hypotensive (1; WOI); Laxative (f; GMH; WOI); Myorelaxant (f; HH2); Nervine (f; EFS); Secretolytic (f; PH2); Sedative (f; EFS).

Indications (Sweet Violet) :
Adenopathy (f; GMH); Ague (f; GMH; KAB); Anemia (f; MAD); Aposteme (f; JLH); Arthrosis (f; HH2; JLH; PH2); Asthma (f; HH2; KAB; PH2); Bacteria (1; WOI); Bile (f; WOI); Bleeding (1; HH2); Bronchosis (1; CEB; HH2; KAB; MAD; PH2); Bruise (f; GMH); Calculus (f; WOI); Cancer (1; HH2; JLH); Cancer, anus (f; JLH); Cancer, breast (f; JLH); Cancer, colon (f; GMH; JLH); Cancer, intestine (f; JLH); Cancer, joint (f; JLH); Cancer, mouth (f; WOI); Cancer, sinew (f; JLH); Cancer, stomach (f; JLH); Cancer, throat (f; GMH; JLH; WOI); Cancer, tongue (f; GMH; JLH); Cancer, uterus (f; JLH); Cardiopathy (f; GMH); Catarrh (f; HH2; MAD; PH2; WOI); Chlorosis (f; MAD); Cholecystosis (f; MAD); Conjunctivosis (f; GMH); Constipation (1; FEL; GMH; WOI); Cough (f; HH2; KAB; MAD; PH2; WOI); Cramp (f; HH2; MAD); Dermatosis (f; FEL; HH2; PH2; WOI); Dyspnea (f; MAD); Dysuria (f; GMH; MAD); Eczema (1; MAD; WOI); Enterosis (f; KAB); Epilepsy (f; GMH; MAD); Exanthema (f; MAD); Fever (1; EFS; HH2; KAB; PH2; WOI); Fungus (1; CEB; WOI); Glossosis (f; JLH); Gout (f; FEL); Gravel (f; FEL; GMH); Headache (f; HH2; MAD; PH2); Hemorrhoid (f; GMH); High Blood Pressure (1; WOI); Hoarseness (f; KAB; WOI); Hypochondria (f; MAD); Hysteria (f; PH2); Induration (f; JLH); Infection (1; CEB; PH2; WOI); Inflammation (1; JLH; KAB; PH2; WOI); Insomnia (f; EFS; HH2; GMH; PH2); Jaundice (f; GMH); Leukemia (1; HH2); Lupus (f; MAD); Malaria (f; KAB; MAD); Migraine (f; HH2; PH2); Milk Crust (f; FEL); Mucososis (f; HH2; PH2); Mycosis (1; CEB; WOI); Nephrosis (f; FEL); Nervousness (f; EFS); Neurosis (f; MAD; PH2); Ophthalmia (f; MAD; WOI); Pain (f; JLH; KAB; WOI); Pertussis (f; MAD; PH2); Pharyngosis (f; PH2); Pleurisy (f; GMH); Pneumonia (f; PH2); Proctosis (f; JLH); Pulmonosis (f; GMH; WOI); Quinsy (f; GMH); Respirosis (f; HH2; PH2); Rheumatism (f; GMH; HH2; PH2); Sarcoma (1; HH2); Sclerosis (f; JLH); Scrofula (f; MAD); Sore Throat (f; GMH; KAB; PH2; WOI); Stomatosis (f; HH2; MAD; PH2); Stone (f; FEL); Syphilis (f; MAD); Ticks (1; HH2); Typhoid (f; KAB); Typhus (f; MAD); Tuberculosis (f; MAD); Uterosis (f; JLH); VD (f; MAD); Water Retention (f; WOI).

Dosages (Sweet Violet) :
1 heaping tsp flower/cup tea 1–2 ×/day (HH2); 2 tsp flower in cold or hot tea (MAD); 1 g rhizome (HH2); 4–5 g root (MAD).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Sweet Violet) :
Class 1 (AHP). Regulated in the U.S. as an allowable flavor only in beverages (AHP). Large overdoses may impair circulation, causing dyspnea, gastrosis, and nervousness (CEB).

Extracts (Sweet Violet) :
TD (extract) = >1600 mg/kg orl dog (HH2). Rutin, alone, or in combination (with aesculetin, citroflavonoids, or ascorbic acid) is “promoted for the symptoms of venous and lymphatic vessel insufficiency, for the symptomatic treatment of the functional signs of capillary fragility, to treat the functional symptoms of the acute attack of piles, and for loss of visual acuity and alterations of the field of vision presumably of vascular origin” (BRU). Rutin is not very soluble, so more soluble semisynthetic derivatives may be used identically to rutin. Rutin and its derivatives are sometimes combined with alkaloids like vincamine in proprietaries for senile cerebral insufficiency.