Syrups de Viola Composita
Syrup of Violet Compound
Tradition:
Western
Source / Author:
Herb Name | Latin | Amount |
|---|---|---|
Viola odorata | 5 handfuls | |
Cydonia oblonga | ||
Malva sylvestris | 7 handfuls ea. | |
Ziziphus jujuba | ||
Cordia spp | 20 of each |
Preparation:
Boil in Barley water; to the strained liquor add 1 1⁄2 lbs. of white sugar, and form a syrup.
Function:
Clears Heat, benefits Yin, resists Poison
Use:
1. Stomach Heat
2. Liver Heat
3. Heart Heat
4. Heat of the Lungs with acute Cough
5. Pleurisy
6. Catarrh
7. resists Pestilence and Poison
8. Quenches Thirst in Fever
9. Diabetes (frequent Urination of a hot cause)
10. Restlessness, Insomnia
Dose:
2–4 oz.
Comment:
“This syrup cools and moistens, and that very gently, it corrects the sharpness of Choler, and gives ease in hot vices of the Breast [Lungs], it quenches Thirst in acute Fevers, and resist the heat of the disease; it comforts hot Stomachs exceedingly, cools the Liver and Heart, and resists Putrefaction, Pestilence [Infection], and Poison”. (Culpeper)
Cautions:
None noted
Modifications:
Similar Formulas:
Compare with Syrup of Violets of Mesue.
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