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Viola odorata is from the family of Violaceae.
It has different names, for example; Sweet Violet, English Violet, Common Violet, or Garden Violet.
It is a plant from Europe and Asia, but now they are also found in America and the north of Africa.
It is find it in forests and meadows.
It is a herbaceous plant, which mesures 10-15 cm. It does not have stem. Its propagation it is by stolons.
Its leaves are radical, coliform,
with a heart-shaped or kidney-shaped leaf blade. One of their characteristics is that they have a basal rosette, like flowers.
In addition, its petioles are hairy.
The flowers are large and showy.
Flowers are very fragrant, they appear solitary and with dark purple colors. They are also irregular and with five petals.
Viola odorata flowers bloom between February and late April
Its fruit is a capsule with three leaflets containing a lot of seeds.
The root is perennial, fleshy.
The parts of the violet with photochemical activity are the leaf, the root and the flower.
The flowers are very fragrant, they contain:
Essential oils, cianita, pigments, anthocyanins, mucilage, salicylic and acid anticianosids (Violamina).
In the roots there are alkaloids and odoratina saponacis. 0:02:13.000,0:02:19.000 In addition, there are essential oils thst contain methyl salicylate and salicylic acid esters.
The leaves have saponins and quercetin.
The drug is in the flowers and in the roots.
The mucilage of the flowers has emulsifying, antitussive and anti-inflammatory properties.
Salicylic acid makes an antipyretic and analgesic action.
The saponaceous of the roots are, in high doses, expectorants and emetics. The alkaloids have a hypotensive action.
All these properties are used for flu, colds, pharyngitis, bronchitis,
emphysema, asthma, gastritis, duodenal ulcer, hypertension and rheumatism.
The pharmaceutical forms used are infusions, fluid extracts, syrups, decoction and powder.
Pharmaceutical properties, but in high doses may be emetic (cough that causes vomiting).