One-year or two-year scattered short-haired plant of the violet family. Stems are erect or erect, 5-50 cm high, simple or branched from the base, with ascending lower branches. The leaves are alternate, simple, notched along the edge or saw-notched (upper), with pinnate stipules (lateral inner lobes 3, outer – up to 6, the terminal lobe is enlarged and often leaf-like); the lower leaves are short-ovate or rounded-oval, sometimes with a finely grooved base of the plate, with petioles not shorter than the plate; medium ones are elongated-ovoid or elongated-elliptic, with a wedge-shaped base that coincides with a short petiole; the upper ones are elongated-lanceolate, with an inconspicuous petiole. The flowers are all axillary, bisexual, irregular, five-petalled, on long (25-115 mm) stems; corolla concave, noticeably shorter than the calyx, light yellow, with paler upper petals. The fruit is a box. Blooms from April to September.
Distribution . Field violet grows throughout the territory of Ukraine on the sandy banks of rivers, as a weed in open places, near roads, in fields and gardens.
Procurement and storage . Violet grass (Herba Violae tricoloris) is used to make medicines. The grass is cut with a sickle or a knife, spread under a canopy or in a well-ventilated room in a layer of 5-7 cm on cloth or paper and dried, stirring periodically. 20-22% of dry grass is obtained. The shelf life is one and a half years. Violet grass is available in pharmacies.
Chemical composition . Field violet grass contains flavonoids (2.1%); rutin, violantin, vitexin, isovitexin, orientin, isoorientin, vicenin, isoquercitrin, leucoanthocyanidin, violanin, saponaretin, etc.; anthocyanin glycosides (in flowers); violanin, Z-glycoside of delphinidin, Z-glycoside of peonidin; carotenoids: B-carotene, violaxanthin, zeaxanthin, auroxanthin, flavoxanthin; saponins (14.8%), ursolic acid (up to 6.2%), mucous and tannins, vitamin C, essential oil (0.01%), and other compounds. The essential oil contains methyl ester of salicylic acid.
Pharmacological properties and use. Field violet treatment is very popular. This is explained by the exceptionally wide range of healing properties of this plant. It combines antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, broncholytic, expectorant, diuretic, weak choleretic and antispasmodic properties. With this in mind, the infusion of field violet grass is prescribed for acute respiratory diseases, chronic bronchitis and bronchopneumonia, for whooping cough, for inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys and bladder, for kidney stone disease, for gout and polyarthritis. Dermotonic, hyposensitizing, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antisclerotic, pain-relieving and anti-itching properties justify the therapeutic use of tricolor violet in dermatological practice. Oral use of infusion of violet grass is indicated and gives a good therapeutic effect for itching, urticaria, sluggishly granulating wounds, trophic ulcers, acne, boils, vitamin deficiency with skin rashes, psoriasis and eczema. For the local treatment of oral and genital aphthosis, purulent rashes with impetigo, herpes rashes and scabies, juice squeezed from freshly harvested violet grass is used. In midwifery practice, an infusion of violet grass is given internally as a means to help shrink the uterus in the postpartum period. Violet is often used in mixtures with other medicinal plants. Violet preparations do not show side effects on the body, but their excessive use can cause diarrhea and vomiting. vitamin deficiency with skin rashes, psoriasis and eczema. For the local treatment of oral and genital aphthosis, purulent rashes with impetigo, herpes rashes and scabies, juice squeezed from freshly harvested violet grass is used. In midwifery practice, an infusion of violet grass is given internally as a means to help shrink the uterus in the postpartum period. Violet is often used in mixtures with other medicinal plants. Violet preparations do not show side effects on the body, but their excessive use can cause diarrhea and vomiting. vitamin deficiency with skin rashes, psoriasis and eczema. For the local treatment of oral and genital aphthosis, purulent rashes with impetigo, herpes rashes and scabies, juice squeezed from freshly harvested violet grass is used. In midwifery practice, an infusion of violet grass is given internally as a means to help shrink the uterus in the postpartum period. Violet is often used in mixtures with other medicinal plants. Violet preparations do not show side effects on the body, but their excessive use can cause diarrhea and vomiting. which contributes to the contraction of the uterus in the postpartum period. Violet is often used in mixtures with other medicinal plants. Violet preparations do not show side effects on the body, but their excessive use can cause diarrhea and vomiting. which contributes to the contraction of the uterus in the postpartum period. Violet is often used in mixtures with other medicinal plants. Violet preparations do not show side effects on the body, but their excessive use can cause diarrhea and vomiting.
Medicinal forms and applications .
Internally – herbal infusion (2 tablespoons of raw material per 400 ml of boiling water, insist for 2 hours, strain) half a glass 4 times a day before meals; Averin tea (a tablespoon of a mixture of wild violet grass, a three-part series, and sweet-bitter nightshade, taken in a ratio of 4:4:1, brewed in a glass of boiling water) is given to children in a chilled form, 1 tablespoon 3-4 times a day as an antiscrotal remedy ;
a tablespoon of a mixture of grasses of field violet, yarrow, rutabaga, bittersweet nightshade, common bog and European hoof leaves, taken in a ratio of 2:2:1:1:1:1, insist on a glass of boiling water and use a third of a glass 3 times a day for chronic eczema, psoriasis and dermatitis;
2 tablespoons of a mixture (equally) of field violet grass and three-parted sedum, leaves of walnut and wild strawberries are infused until cooled in a glass of boiling water, strained and used for a third of a glass 3 times a day as a means of reducing the uterus in the postpartum and post-abortion periods and with excessive menstruation associated with inflammatory diseases of the uterus.
Externally – lubrication with fresh juice.