Three-colored violet - medicinal properties and contraindications

Three-colored violet is very pretty. Dressed in a festive multi-colored dress, therefore, it stands out among other, not so bright colors. Belongs to annual herbaceous plants, belongs to a large family of violets. Most often grows weed in gardens and steam fields. You can meet the plant on the forest edges, lit by the sun, and flood meadows, near numerous shrubs.

So different violets ...

Sometimes there is confusion with different types of violets. And their differences are as follows:

1. Three-colored violet has a three-colored corolla. Grows to 45 cm. Her flowers are large, usually with a deep blue tint or dark purple. The beginning of flowering falls in April, ends in September.
2. Field violet is endowed with a nimbus of two flowers, with white and yellow. Height is from 15 to 30 cm, flowers reach a size of up to 1.5 cm. It contains more violin alkaloid (it causes a vomiting reflex), but saponins are much smaller. It blooms from mid-May to September. For sale in the pharmacy chain, both types are used for packaging.
3. Violet is doubtful. It is also called volatile. It is cultivated thanks to fragrant purple flowers. It is considered poisonous, although in folk medicine it is widely used not only as a decoction, but also externally when treating wounds, swelling and inflammation of the skin.

The violet tricolor has its own fruits. They are a single-nest box of green in which small seeds of a brown hue are hidden. Ripening begins in June.

Blooming Harvesting

Three-colored violet helps to cure many diseases, therefore it is harvested every year. They mainly use the grass part, less often the root. The best time to harvest is the flowering period.

The aerial part should be cut so that the root remains in the ground. The grass needs to be dried and spread out under a canopy, periodically turning over. The place should not be very sunny, but with a constant influx of fresh air. The procedure is considered complete when the stem becomes brittle, and does not bend when pressed. If an oven is used during drying, its temperature should not exceed more than 40 degrees. The smell of tricolor violet after drying remains weak, and the taste is sweetish, with a sensation of mucus.

Raw materials are best stored in glass jars that are tightly closed. The violet does not lose its valuable qualities within 1.5 - 2 years.

What is contained in violet

The plant has healing power due to its rich composition. There are:

1. Saponins. They have antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties.
2. Flavonoids. They have a very huge spectrum of activity, primarily anti-cancer. In the tricolor violet, these substances are a plant antibiotic that can remove heavy metal salts. Effective as a prophylactic of cardiovascular disease.
3. Glycosides. They play a large role in the respiratory process, have cardiotonic activity.
4. Salicylates. They contribute to antipyretic, relieve inflammation and fight against pathogenic microflora.
5. Essential oil violets has a calming effect on the nervous system, as well as actions such as antiseptic, expectorant, antiseptic.
6. Carotenoids. They have antioxidant capabilities, support the immune system, and help fight inflammation.
7. Vitamins C, E, R. These vitamins help a person stay healthy.Vitamin E has a protective function by fighting free radicals while preserving fatty acids. For example, the appearance of age spots in people of advanced age is an accumulation of fat-like substances that have undergone oxidation by free radicals. If vitamin E is enough for the body, they will not be able to appear. Vitamin C is also a powerful antioxidant that enhances immunity. Helps the adrenal glands and restores tissue, necessary for the production of collagen, accelerating the healing process of wounds. Vitamin P improves the walls of the capillaries, supports the ability of the heart to use oxygen.
8. Slime. They have enveloping properties and a high expectorant effect.

People have been using all the useful substances of tricolor violets for a long time, because the plant has the following properties:

• antiseptic;
• soothing;
• expectorant;
• anti-inflammatory;
• emollients;
• sweaty;
• blood purifying;
• anti-rheumatic;
• diuretic;
• disinfectant;
• tonic.

Tricolor violet is used when it is necessary to normalize the metabolism for patients with bronchitis, whooping cough, catarrh of the respiratory tract, polyarthritis, gout, as well as diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and urinary system. For women after childbirth, violet will help to reduce the uterus, and for children - to get rid of rickets or diathesis. With eczema and scrofulosis, you can bathe children in a decoction.

Many skin diseases stop compresses, decoctions, infusions of three-colored violets. As a rule, these are dermatitis, psoriasis, acne, boils and trophic ulcers, long non-healing wounds. Grass juice wiped problem areas if pathologies such as aphthous ulcers, herpes, impetigo appeared. Lichen is excreted using ground grass. Many diuretics and expectorants include this plant.

In folk medicine, the beneficial properties of tricolor violet are used against diseases such as tuberculosis of the lymph nodes or lungs, cystitis, atherosclerosis, cystitis, kidney stones, palpitations, increased sexual excitability, painful erection (especially together with ordinary hops), bleeding, skin lesions.

Healing recipes

Diuretic infusion can be done at home. There are several ways to cook it:

• 60 gr insist herbs in 600 ml of water;
• 20 gr. add 600 ml of water to the root, put on low heat. The broth should be boiled for the third part.

You need to take no more than 5 times a day. Single dose - 15 gr. If you want to use as a laxative, increase the dose to 45 g., And as an emetic - you can bring up to 50 - 60 g.

Most often, violet as a medicine is used with other medicinal herbs:

• from cystitis, pyelonephritis and kidney stone disease, additional hop cones and lingonberry leaves are taken;
• from dermatitis, psoriasis - centaury, ledum, hoofed grass;
• from diathesis, a string is collected and bittersweet.

Who often suffers from furunculosis, you need to try such a tool. Would need:

• violet herbs - 4 parts;
• marigold flowers - 2 parts;
• burdock root - 2 parts.

Grind all components. Pour 300 ml of cold water onto a tablespoon, let it brew for 5 hours. After putting it in, make the medicine boil for 60 seconds. Drink 150 gr. 1 - 2 times a day.

If cystitis worries, there is a way to get rid of it. To do this, you need to take a bath with a decoction of medicinal plants. It is necessary to prepare:

• violet flowers and oregano grass - 4 parts;
• birch currant leaves, better than black - 6 parts;
• thyme - 3 parts;
• eucalyptus leaves - 1 part.

Three tablespoons of the mixture will require a liter of water. After boiling, let it brew. Water during the procedure should be warm.

Cystitis, as well as other inflammations associated with the urinary system, are treated with this recipe:

• grass violets and cones of ordinary hop - 1 part each;
• lingonberry leaves - 3 parts.

On a tablespoon of collection you will need 400 gr. boiling water. The medicine should be infused for 3 hours. Then you need to strain. Drink 150 gr. twice a day. As a rule, therapy takes a month. If required, the course is repeated after 14 days.

The popular Averin Tea, which is prepared from allergies, diathesis and scrofula, is done like this:

• grass of a three-colored violet, a series of 5 parts;
• bittersweet nightshade, grassy part with leaves - 1 part.
• Can be given to children under Art. spoon 4 times a day.

Measuring a tablespoon of mixed plants, fill it with a glass of boiling water. Insist until the medicine has cooled. They also give children 1 tbsp. spoon 4 times a day as a remedy for diathesis and scrofula.

Application restrictions

Tricolor violet is contraindicated in case of hepatitis and glomerulonephritis. It can not be used while carrying a child, as the plant tones the uterus.

Remember that a dose violation can cause nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea.

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