Official name: Viola tricolor

Latin name: Viola tricolor L.

English name: Wild Pansy

Other names: Johnny-jump-ups, Heartsease.

Description: Viola Tricolor is an annual or biennial herbaceous plant of the family Violets (Violaceae). The stem of the herb is 10 to 40 cm high, the leaves are up to 4 cm long, ovoid in shape, with a pointed tip, bluntly serrated. The flowers are solitary, located in the axils of the middle and upper leaves. The calyx of a Viola tricolor is composed of 5 lanceolate petals - the upper two are dark violet, wide, and obovate, the lateral two petals are lighter violet with 3 darker veins, and the lower petal is almost triangular, pale purple to yellow or white color, with an orange spot at the base. The fruit of the herb is a multi-seeded ovoid capsule. The medicinal plant blooms from May to September.

Part of the herb used: a stalk of Viola Tricolor (Herba Violae tricoloris)

Harvest time: The aerial parts of the Viola Tricolor are harvested during flowering from May to August.

Content and properties: Viola Tricolor contains saponin, violaquercetrin, scoparin, saponarin and saponaretin, violatin, quercetin, violanine essential oil with methyl ester of salicylic acid, up to 40% carotenoids, vit. C, mucus substances, tannins, etc.  The absence of alkaloids in the Viola Tricolor growing in Bulgaria has been experimentally established.

Healing action and application: Due to the high content of alkaloids, Viola Tricolor has a strong expectorant effect and is used in the treatment of bronchitis. The herb enhances the secretion of the bronchial glands, also has a diuretic effect and helps with fluid retention in the body. It is used as a remedy for dry cough. Due to the high content of salicylic acid, the medicinal plant is successfully applied to skin problems such as eczema, scrofula, acne, etc. The herb helps with rheumatism, as well as with diseases of the urinary organs.

Options for offering at the request of the client:

Vesselino Ltd. offers its customers the herb in the following varieties: 

• stalks (Herba Violae tricoloris) - dried whole, crushed, cut to a certain size at the customer's request, ground into powder/flour 

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