Viola, Violet

Banafsha (Unani)

Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491

New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563

Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599

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:
-skin diseases with Heat and Poison such as Boils, Sores, Eczema
-acute sore or swollen Throat for which it may be used as a gargle.

2. Clears Heat, Nourishes Yin, Resolves Swellings:
-conditions where the Yin has been damaged by Heat: Thirst of Fevers, Night Sweats, Consumption, Cachexia, wasting disorders.

3. Clears Heat, Calms the Mind, Stops Spasms, Eases Pain:
-irritability, restlessness and insomnia from heat as seen in Fevers, especially in Children

4. Clears Heat and Phlegm, Stops Cough:
-severe coughs such as Whooping Cough, relieves pleurisy, hoarse throats, bronchitis and various Coughs.

5. Clears Heat and Damp:
-hot urinary conditions such as scanty or painful urine.

6. Gentle Purgative and Emetic:
-Roots are emetic and purgative

7. Externally:
-Poultices, Plasters and Ointments to all Swellings, Tumors and Cancers of the flesh and Breast.
-It can also be applied to Lymphatic Swellings.
-Infused Oil, Ointment or Poultice is good for all Heat and Inflammations, Burning and Hectic Fevers (applied to the Heart and Pulses)
-Pain in the Breast and Lungs.
-applied to the Head to abate the pain of Headaches
-decoction is used for Prolapses of the Uterus and Rectum

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
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
Powder of Rosemary Compound (Dianthos) (Nicholas)
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