What violet is called pansies, a photo of a flower and care features. Violet tricolor: medicinal properties Violet tricolor for children

The benefits of the tricolor violet, its beauty, have been valued and used at all times. Violet or pansy in ancient Greece was a symbol of Athens. In the Middle Ages, Christians saw divine symbols in its contrasting decor - the three faces of the Holy Trinity and the all-seeing eye of God the Father.

Further, the violet flower lost its divine halo and now its name is simply pansies or brothers, forest brothers, garden brothers, helminth, scrofula, Ivan-da-Marya, Kamchug, half-flower, magpie seed, three-flower, Trinity grass and others.

Numerous folk names indicate the peculiar color of the flower, various medicinal properties of violets.

Scientific names "Viola" - the ancient Roman name for all violets. species name " tricolor" translated three plus color, that is, tricolor, characterizes the color of three colors.

Where does the tricolor violet live?

Violet flower can be an annual or biennial plant up to 40 cm high with a thin, fibrous root and a trihedral stem.

Leaves alternate, oblong. The flowers emerge from the axils of the leaves, develop at the ends of the peduncles. Five corolla petals of various colors and sizes. The two upper petals are elongated with a deeper color, the 2 side petals are light rounded, the lower one is larger than all the others. The fruit is an ovoid capsule with three valves, one nest.

Violet tricolor grows throughout our country, except of course the northern regions. As an alien plant, it can be found in Siberia.

This light-loving plant, open habitat, tolerates only a very slight blackout. It occurs - meadows, edges of fields, edges, forest clearings, clearings, along the edges of peat bogs, on the banks of reservoirs not covered with turf, roadsides of country roads.

A similar species is field violet. It differs in that it self-pollinates, it has white upper flowers, medium bright yellow, lower petals, the corolla is equal to the calyx or slightly longer. The composition of tricolor violet and field violet are the same. Field is allowed to be used on a par with tricolor.

Gathering workpiece

Tricolor violet grass is cut with a knife during May-June flowering, folded into a paper bag. Dry in a well-ventilated room, periodically stirring the raw materials. It is desirable to dry as quickly as possible. Keep two years.

Violet tricolor composition

Grass:

saponins up to 14%;
mucus;
essential oil;
tannins;
flavonoids - rutin, violaquerticin, violatin, isovitexin, orientin and others;
carotenoids;
ascorbic acid;
vitamin P, E;
coumarins;
phenolcarboxylic acids and their derivatives;

flowers

essential oil;
routine
anthocyanin glycosides;
vitamins;
flavonoids and other beneficial substances.

Violet tricolor medicinal properties

For therapeutic purposes, stems, leaves, flowers are used, used as a decoction, infusion or tea.

tricolor violet relieves inflammation, has a diuretic, enveloping effect;
infusion is used as an expectorant - whooping cough, acute respiratory diseases, chronic bronchitis, bronchopneumonia;
violet grass cleanses the blood, useful - angina pectoris, arthritis, atherosclerosis,, rickets, epilepsy, dysentery;
varicose veins, glaucoma - eat 30-100 mg of violet flowers daily. Flowers contain rutin, which strengthens the walls of capillary vessels, lowering eye pressure;
treats diseases of the gallbladder, kidneys;
female diseases, headache;
difficulty urinating, cystitis, inflammation of the appendages;
as an enveloping, anti-inflammatory - gastritis;
relieves toothache, treats periodontal disease;
tricolor violet an ancient remedy for getting rid of milk scabs, eczema in young children (the infusion is added to the water where food is cooked);
externally, inside infusion of violet grass - acne, skin tuberculosis and other skin diseases;
wounds, ulcers are sprinkled with tricolor violet herb powder;
helps if bad breath;
grass powder is taken as an expectorant 1g for adults, 0.5g for children;
lotions, baths - exudative diathesis, eczema, allergic diathesis;
as an addition to the main treatment, a decoction, an infusion of violet herbs is used for oncological diseases;

Herbal infusion: 20 g of dried flowers, 200 ml of boiling water, kept for 2 hours in a thermos, strained. Use 100 ml twice a day.

Herbal decoction: 1 tbsp crushed raw materials, a glass of boiled water, boil for a quarter of an hour, cool for 45 minutes. It is filtered, the residue is squeezed out, the volume is brought to the original volume with boiled water. Drink 1/3 cup four times a day after meals

Violet tincture: 25g violet flowers, 10ml alcohol. Take 25-30 ml three times a day before meals. Evening rinse - 10 ml of tincture per 200 ml of water. Helps with all the above diseases.

Articular rheumatism, gout, arthritis: a tablespoon of dry herbs, 250 ml of boiling water. Insist wrapped for two hours, decant. Take 1st.l. 3 times per day.

Violet Tea: the grass is brewed in a ratio of 1:10, heated for 1/4 hour. Use 1st.l. 4 times per day.

Exudative diathesis: 8 g of dry plant, 300 ml of water, insist overnight. Boil ten minutes in the morning, drink on an empty stomach with sweetened milk for three weeks.

Expectorant for colds: 20 g of grass, 200 ml of boiling water, filtered after three hours. Take 1st.l. four times a day.

Violet oil: 100 ml olive oil, 2 tbsp. dry flowers of tricolor violet, 1 tbsp. leaves of plush budra are mixed, boiled for 10 minutes in a water bath. Insist in a sealed container until cool, filter. Used to treat skin diseases.

Colds, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys: a tablespoon of violet herb, 250 ml of boiling water, stand in a water bath for 15 minutes, when it cools, filter, squeeze the sprat. Drink 100 ml 2 times.

Diarrhea, diuretic: 2 tsp tricolor violets, a glass of boiling water, filtered after 10 minutes. Drink a glass 3 times a day. Used for compresses, lotions for inflammation of the sebaceous glands.

Blood purifier: 20 g of tricolor violet, 1 liter of boiling water, kept in a thermos for 10 hours. Drink a glass 3 times a day.

Collections with violet

Bronchial asthma: take the same amount by volume of tricolor violet, large plantain, common pine buds, creeping. 2 tablespoons collection, 250 ml of boiling water, insist half an hour, strain. Drink 1/3 cup 4 times a day after meals.

Restoration of functions of the pancreas: 10g each of tricolor violet, large celandine herb, knotweed herb, St. John's wort herb, corn stigmas. A tablespoon is poured with 250 ml of boiling water. Insist until cool, decant. Drink a glass 3 times a day in a warm form before meals.

Gouty arthritis: 2 parts - burdock root, tripartite grass, part - tricolor violets, rhizomes of couch grass, bearberry leaves. A tablespoon of the collection, 250 ml of boiling water, filter after an hour. Dosage - 1/2 cup four times a day.

Psoriasis:1.5 tbsp herbs of tricolor violet, herbs of large celandine pour 250 ml of boiling water, decanted in an hour. Drink 0.25 ml 4 times an hour after meals. At the same time take hot baths with celandine.

Climax pathological: 2 parts of tricolor violet, three parts of buckthorn bark, licorice root. 4 tablespoons mixture, a liter of boiling water, strain after half an hour. Drink 200 ml in the morning, take a few sips in the evening.

Contraindications: p In case of overdose, prolonged use, vomiting, diarrhea, itchy rash is possible.

Violets, moths, pansies - this is how these delicate plants are lovingly called, delighting us from the very first warm April days until the end of summer.

They bloom, despite the still very cold nights, competing with primroses, and can have different shades and colors even in the same clearing.

If you plant a wild violet on your site, then it will never leave you.

The seeds formed on the violet scatter to a distance of up to 2 meters.

From scattered seeds, the same beautiful plants will constantly grow, appearing either on the lawn or in the flower garden, while nothing has bloomed there yet.

Violet can be placed in a rocky garden, on an alpine hill and near an artificial reservoir.

It will please you not only with its colorfulness, but will also give you the opportunity to stock up on medicinal raw materials for colds for the long winter.

Yellow-eyed Anyutka

This is not a joke at all!

After all, Pansies are the same

They bloomed like in a wonderful fairy tale!

Blue - mischievous

And bottomless.

Yellow and blue

As if with white frost.

As if sat on the meadows

All shades of moths!

Among the Slavic peoples, many conspiracies for love and for a betrothed were associated with a field violet. The girls wove wreaths from her, scattered her buds in order to get married quickly.

Violet tricolor - find and recognize

Violet tricolor - an annual or biennial herbaceous plant - 10-35 cm in height. Single multi-colored violet flowers bloom on pedicels emerging from the axils of ovate leaves, and consist of five unequal petals. They can be in diameter from 1.5 to 3 cm, depending on the conditions in which the plant grows. Violets tricolor can be found in meadows, forest clearings and along roadsides throughout our country.

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For medicinal purposes, the stems and flowers of violets are collected, and the roots are dug up. Viola tricolor grass is used as an anti-inflammatory, diuretic, disinfectant, diaphoretic and sedative. It contains vitamin C, and is also widely used as an expectorant in the form of infusions and collections for catarrh of the respiratory tract.

Violet stems, leaves and flowers must be collected during its flowering, dried in the shade and stored for up to two years;
Wine infused with violets is considered medicinal;
Baths with a decoction of violets cleanse the skin and are recommended for children with scrofula and prickly heat;
With stomatitis and toothache, you can chew flowers and violet leaves;
Violet tea and even just the smell of violet helps with headaches;
A decoction of violets with honey should be drunk for colds and coughs;
Tea from violet leaves and burdock roots will relieve the pain of rheumatism, gout and arthritis.

Violet roots serve as an emetic and laxative.

In the form of lotions, tricolor violet is used for allergic dermatitis, eczema, diathesis. Back in the 19th century in St. Petersburg, the merchant Averin introduced into Russian medicine a medicinal decoction that helps with skin diseases, which was called "Averin tea". In its composition, in addition to the grass of the tricolor violet, there are leaves of a string and shoots of bittersweet nightshade.

Carefully! An overdose of violet tricolor in decoctions when taken internally can cause nausea and vomiting.

Violet tricolor - planting and care

Violet tricolor can be sown from seeds, collected from wild plants before they are scattered in wet weather.

You need to pluck yellowed and dried up, but still closed boxes with seeds, immediately placing them in a bag. If you lay them out in an open place, then when the boxes dry, they will “shoot out”, and you will be left without seeds.

There are gardeners who acquire violets, shaking out the contents of the pharmacy collection of violets on the lawn, in which, of course, its seeds are also present.

Seeds are lightly sprinkled with earth.

Some of them will sprout immediately, and the plants grown from them will overwinter and bloom in early spring. The rest of the seeds will germinate in the spring, and the flowers will appear in July-August, you can dig and transplant the whole flowering plant, and it will scatter its seeds on your site.

N. STEPANOVA, Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Ecology Teaching Methods, Russian State Pedagogical University im. A.I. Herzen. Author's photo

On a garden bed or in a field you can find small bright flowers of a tricolor color. People call them pansies. The scientific name of the plant is tricolor violet or Violatricolor. Depending on the variety, it can be annual or biennial. The unpretentious viola in nature spreads like a weed, filling large areas. Thanks to the work of breeders, new varieties of violets with large flowers have appeared. In addition to its decorative appeal, the plant is known for its medicinal properties. Pansy herb has anti-inflammatory, bronchodilator and antimicrobial effects.

Botanical description

Violet tricolor is a herbaceous culture belonging to the genus Violet, the Violet family. Stem erect, simple or slightly branched, shortly pubescent or glabrous. It is hollow inside. In some species, the stem spreads along the ground. Plant height 10-45 cm. The leaves are alternate, petiolate, simple. The leaf plate is elongated with serrated edges. The shape of the leaves varies depending on the position on the stem - in the lower part they are ovate, and in the upper part they are oblong-lanceolate. The root is thin, taproot.

Long peduncles emerge from the leaf axils. Each flower has five free petals.

The color is dominated by shades of blue. The upper petals are the largest, they are bent back. Characteristic colors are dark blue and dark purple. The two side lobes are slightly smaller and a few shades lighter. They diverge to the sides, slightly covering the upper petals. The lower petal is white or yellow. Each part of the flower has a spur. Flowering continues from May to autumn. The fruit is an oblong single-celled capsule. By the end of June, small light brown seeds ripen in it. In one box up to 3 thousand seeds that remain viable for 2 years.

Pansies are annuals and biennials. Annuals grow from self-sowing seeds that have spent the winter in the ground. Biennials are reborn from a brownish root preserved in the soil.

Information. Folk love for a flower is manifested by many names invented for it: brother-and-sister, moths, scrofula, three-flower.

Distribution area

The herbaceous plant is widely distributed in temperate climates. It can be found in Eastern Europe, in the West of Siberia, the Caucasus, Asia Minor. It grows on the fertile soil of fields, meadows, ravines, on the edges of forests, along roads.

Subspecies

There are five subspecies of Viola tricolor found in nature:

Subspecies Curtis Viola curtisi - grows in the meadows and sand dunes of Great Britain and Ireland. Perennial height 15 cm.
Viola Macedonian Viola macedonica - grows in Greece in the foothills of Mount Olympus.
Viola morning Viola matutina - habitat Western Ukraine.
Viola subalpine Viola saxatilis is an odorless perennial, distributed in the Alps and the Pyrenees. Flowers 2-3 cm.
Viola tricolor Viola tricolor subsp. Tricolor - in Europe, the subspecies is called "Jumping Johnny", an annual up to 20 cm high.

Information. In Russia, it was believed that pansies should not be planted in front gardens, these are flowers for the cemetery.

Useful properties and application

Wild violet tricolor has long been used in folk medicine. In the form of infusions and lotions, it was used for scrofula, cough, hernia. Traditional medicine has also drawn attention to the healing properties of the plant. The power of medicinal herbs is given by substances contained in the stem and leaves. In the composition of violet tricolor:

flavonoids;
vitamin C;
violaxanthin;
saponins;
carotenoids;
tannins.

To preserve the medicinal properties of violets, the herb is dried during flowering. The harvesting period starts from May and lasts until autumn. Cut off the ground part (stem) and dry in a well-ventilated area. Plants are laid out in a thin layer of 5-6 cm, mixed during drying. The readiness of raw materials is determined by the fragility of the stem and leaves.

Application

Tea is brewed from dry raw materials, it has a sweetish taste and a pleasant smell. Brewing it is easy:

Pour 5 g of pansy herb into a teapot;
pour 200 ml of boiling water;
insist 7-10 min.

Drink 3 times a day, 100 ml. The infusion helps to cope with dry cough, is a diuretic. They are recommended to gargle inflamed throat. On its own and as part of the collection, pansy grass has established itself as an effective expectorant. With a dry cough, an infusion is prepared from several components:

fennel fruit;
plantain leaves.

The ingredients are mixed in equal proportions. For infusion, 1 tbsp is taken. spoon for a glass of water. Raw materials are poured with boiling water and infused for 30 minutes.

From the violet extract, medicines are prepared that are prescribed for various diseases:

bronchitis;
rheumatism;
gout;
diseases of the gastrointestinal tract;
tuberculosis;
scrofula.

Water infusions and decoctions cope with dermatological problems. Lotions from violets are prescribed for boils, acne, non-healing wounds. Grass helps children get rid of diathesis. For this you will need:

200 g of raw materials;
1 liter of water.

The components are boiled on low heat for 10-15 minutes, the broth is filtered and poured into the bath. The duration of the procedure for a child should be 15-20 minutes. Adults can also take such a healing bath. In this case, the concentration of the broth is increased, 500 g of dry raw materials are taken.

Growing pansies

Tricolor viola has been cultivated for many centuries. Hybrid varieties have been bred that are superior in decorative qualities to wild species.

Information. Vitrok's hybrid variety of violet is called "garden pansies". Flowers are popular in ornamental gardening. The bush grows up to 30 cm, flowers of bright colors reach 10 cm in diameter.

In landscape design, pansies are used to decorate rock gardens, borders, forest clearings. They are good in group plantings, mixborders, garden boxes and containers.

Site selection and soil

Viola loves good lighting, but she will not like the sun. It is recommended to choose a place where the sun's rays alternate with the shadow. A good place would be landing next to bushes or young trees. Violet reacts to heat with a break in flowering. Perennials should not be planted in lowlands where melt and rainwater accumulates. Plants can get sick with fungal infections.

Neutral loamy soil is considered suitable. It should be fertile, humus and compost are used for fertilizer.

The roots of pansies are shallow, so they need regular watering. Humidification should be moderate, without stagnant water. So that a crust does not form on the surface of the soil, loosening is performed. You can feed the plants with superphosphates.

Planting seeds in open ground

You can grow violets by sowing seeds in open ground or by seedlings. In the first case, the landing time depends on climatic conditions. Usually sowing begins in May. 50-60 seeds per 1 m are laid in the furrows. It is not worth deepening the furrows, a depth of 0.7 cm is enough. The seeds are covered with soil and watered. Some growers plant seeds in the summer to achieve spring flowering the next year. Before the onset of cold weather, the sprouts will take root and get stronger. In this case, in winter, it is better to cover the plant with spruce branches or peat. The distance between the rows is 20 cm. If the sprouts sprout densely, they swoop down.

Attention. Plants planted in a sunny area have larger flowers than those planted in the shade.

Growing seedlings

It is necessary to plant tricolor violet seeds for seedlings already in February. For the first planting, seed material is bought in a store where a huge selection of varieties is presented. You can plant your own seeds next year. The plant begins flowering in spring, so the fruits have time to ripen well.

Advice. Pre-soaking in a solution of Epin (growth stimulant) helps to improve seed germination.

At their discretion, gardeners prepare common containers for seedlings or plant seeds in separate cups / pots. Purchased soil for violets is suitable as a substrate. Adding perlite will make it looser. Drainage is placed at the bottom of the tank - small gravel or expanded clay. Moisten the soil before planting. Under the seeds make small grooves. From above, it is enough to cover them with a layer of soil of 5 mm or simply with vermiculite.

To maintain a constant humidity and temperature in the container will allow plastic wrap or glass. When growing seedlings in separate cups, 3-4 seeds are planted in each. The container is placed in a bag. For germination, containers are kept in a room with a temperature of 18-20 °. Seedlings are not long in coming, they appear in 5-7 days. Sprouts are watered and aired. After the appearance of two true leaves, the first pick is carried out.

After 3 weeks, the seedlings are fed with mineral fertilizers simultaneously with watering. Viola is transferred to open ground in May. Pre-seedlings are taken outside for acclimatization. Plants are planted in holes 5 cm deep, the flower is taken along with a clod of earth. The distance between violets is 15-20 cm, depending on the size of the variety. The earth is well hydrated. Pansies tolerate planting in a flower bed well in a flowering state.

Violet tricolor is a beautiful, useful and unpretentious plant. She pleases with the beauty of flowering for several spring and summer months without much care. Using flowers of various shades, you can create original compositions in a flower bed or along garden paths.

Violet tricolor is very pretty. Dressed in a festive multi-colored dress, therefore it stands out noticeably among other, not so bright colors. Belongs to annual herbaceous plants, belongs to the numerous violet family. It often grows as a weed in vegetable gardens and fallow fields. You can find a plant on the forest edges, lit by the sun, and water meadows, near numerous shrubs.

Such different violets ...

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

Violet tricolor has a tricolor corolla. It grows up to 45 cm. Its flowers are large, usually with a deep blue tint or dark purple. Flowering starts in April and ends in September.
Field violet is endowed with a corolla of two flowers, with white and yellow. Height - from 15 to 30 cm, flowers reach a size of up to 1.5 cm. It contains more alkaloid violin (it causes a gag reflex), but there are much fewer saponins. Blooms from mid-May to September. For sale in the pharmacy chain, both types are used during packaging.
Violet is doubtful. It is also called changeable. It is cultivated for its 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.

Violets tricolor have their own fruits. They are a single-nested green box in which small brown seeds are hidden. Ripening begins in June.

Harvesting during flowering

Violet tricolor helps to cure many diseases, because it is harvested every year. They use mainly the herbal part, less often the root. The best time to collect is the flowering period.

The aerial part should be cut off so that the root remains in the ground. The grass must be dried and laid out under a canopy, periodically turning over. The place should not be very sunny, but with a constant supply 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 40 degrees. The smell of the tricolor violet after drying remains weak, and the taste is sweetish, with a feeling of mucus.

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

What composition is contained in violet

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

Saponins. They have antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties.
Flavonoids. They have a very huge spectrum of activity, primarily anti-cancer. In violet tricolor, these substances are a plant antibiotic that can remove salts of heavy metals. Effective as a prophylactic of cardiovascular diseases.
Glycosides. They play an important role in the respiratory process, have cardiotonic activity.
Salicylates. Contribute to antipyretics, relieve inflammation and fight pathogenic microflora.
Essential oil violet has a calming effect on the nervous system, as well as actions such as antiseptic, expectorant, antiseptic.
Carotenoids. They have antioxidant capabilities, support the immune system, and help fight inflammation.
Vitamins C, E, R. These vitamins help a person stay healthy. Vitamin E performs a protective function, fighting free radicals, preserving fatty acids. For example, the appearance of age spots in elderly people is an accumulation of fat-like substances that have been oxidized by free radicals. If vitamin E is enough for the body, they will not be able to appear. Vitamin C is also a strong antioxidant that boosts the immune system. Helps the adrenal glands and restores tissues, is necessary for the production of collagen, accelerating the healing process of wounds. Vitamin P improves capillary walls, supports the ability of the heart to use oxygen.
Slime. They have enveloping properties and a high expectorant effect.

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

antiseptic;
soothing;
expectorant;
anti-inflammatory;
emollient;
diaphoretic;
blood-purifying;
antirheumatic;
diuretic;
disinfectant;
tonic.

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

Many skin diseases stop compresses, decoctions, infusions of tricolor violets. As a rule, these are dermatitis, psoriasis, acne, boils and trophic ulcers, long non-healing wounds. The grass juice is wiped with problem areas if pathologies such as aphthous ulcer, herpes, impetigo have appeared. Lichen is removed using crushed grass. This plant is included in the composition of many diuretic and expectorant preparations.

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 in conjunction with common hops), bleeding, skin lesions.

Healing Recipes

A diuretic infusion can be made at home. There are several ways to cook it:

60 gr. insist herbs in 600 ml of water;
20 gr. root pour 600 ml of water, put on low heat. The broth should boil down to a third.

You need to take no more than 5 times a day. Single dose - 15 gr. If it is required to use it as a laxative, the dose is increased to 45 g, and as an emetic, it can be increased to 50-60 g.

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

from cystitis, pyelonephritis and nephrolithiasis, additional hop cones and lingonberry leaves are taken;
from dermatitis, psoriasis - centaury, rosemary, hoof;
from diathesis they collect a series and nightshade bittersweet.

Who is often tormented by furunculosis, you need to try this remedy. Would need:

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

Grind all components. Pour 300 ml of cold water on a tablespoon, let it brew for 5 hours. Then put to boil so that the drug boils for 60 seconds. Drink 150 gr. 1 - 2 times a day.

If you are concerned about cystitis, 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;
currant birch leaves, preferably black - 6 parts;
thyme - 3 parts;
eucalyptus leaves - 1 part.

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

Cystitis, as well as other inflammations associated with the urinary system, are also treated with the following prescription:

violet grass and common hop cones - 1 part each;
lingonberry leaves - 3 parts.

For a tablespoon of the 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, after 14 days the course is repeated.

The popular "Averin tea", which is prepared for allergies, diathesis and scrofula, is done like this:

tricolor violet grass, string - 5 parts;
bittersweet nightshade, herbaceous part with leaves - 1 part.
Can be given to children under Art. spoon 4 times a day.

Having measured a tablespoon of mixed plants, pour it with a glass of boiling water. Insist until the medicine has cooled down. 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 hepatitis and glomerulonephritis. Do not use while carrying a child, as the plant tones the uterus.

Be aware that overdose may cause nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea.

Video: useful properties and use of forest violets

An amazing tricolor violet flower, not overseas, own, growing in meadows and copses in the middle lane and gradually appearing in Siberia. A perceptive villager, looking at a flower, gave him many affectionate names. Pansies, Ivan da Marya, moths, triflower. Garden forms of cultivated plants are called Wittrock violets or Violas.

Distinctive features of tricolor violet

If the snow did not have time to melt in the spring, and the leaves of the overwintered violet appeared on the thawed curtains, then we are in the middle part of the Trans-Urals. In Central European Russia, violet is a native inhabitant of meadows and hollows, but not acidic marshy soil.

A low bushy plant has a basal rosette of leaves of various shapes, but always with denticles. The peduncle rises high above the leaves, showing a complex flower, which biologists refer to as simple inflorescences. The five-petal corolla has a different configuration of colored plates. The lower one is usually triangular multicolored, the side ones are painted in one color, the upper ones are elongated blue or two-color. Inside, a curious or sad eye is clearly visible, depending on the mood of the beholder. Even the cilia on the petals can be seen.

The classification divides the tricolor violet into several subspecies:

subspecies Curtis;
subspecies Macedonian;
subspecies morning;
subspecies subalpine;
subspecies tricolor.

Several legends and beliefs are associated with pansies, in which there are also beautiful girls who have turned into flowers, and symbolizes thoughts about their beloved. If in some places this flower was desired in the garden and bouquet, then in others it was considered a symbol of sadness and eternity, a decoration of graves.

Be that as it may, at present, the sad pansies have turned into luxurious beauties, mysteriously calling to, to the balcony, to the flower bed. Selection has gone from an inconspicuous bush, which is disposed of like a weed, to elite varieties with giant gems hovering over no less beautiful leaves. A photo of a tricolor violet only confirms the possibilities of selection.

Care and breeding of pansies

In nature, tricolor violet reproduces by seeds and growth of bushes. In culture, seed propagation is possible, and most often used, but especially valuable hybrids transfer the properties of the mother bush only when cuttings. Up to 40 new specimens can be obtained from one mother plant.

Depending on the task, you can get:

bush of early flowering;
second wave;
abundant long flowering in mid-summer.

It depends on the care of violets and the formation of young plants, in which at least 70 days must pass before the first flowers appear. Therefore, for flowering in early summer, it is necessary to take care in the previous season, sow seeds and young plants come out by autumn, so that they overwinter and bloom early. But later they will have to be replaced, since pansies bloom only once a year. They are already ready to replace the seedlings, which were grown at home or in greenhouse conditions. Transplanting violets grown in cups is the best way to rejuvenate a flower bed.

Dug up bushes can be arranged in an inconspicuous place, get seeds from them and sow again for the next year. Even if the rosettes do not get stronger, they will winter well under cover with spruce branches and shavings so that they can breathe.

The most commonly used seedling method of breeding. In a shallow container, seasoned with a steamed composition from garden soil and in equal proportions, seeds are laid out on the surface, which are sprinkled with snow on top. Sowing is done in February, early March. Melting snow carries small grains to the desired depth. Violets germinate quickly, after 10-12 days the seedlings are freed from the covers and exposed to light. In a cool place, the seedlings will not stretch, the roots will begin to work. It is necessary to find a place so that the roots are warm, and the air warms up to 15 0.

With the advent of true leaves, the plants dive into cups and grow up until the time of planting in the ground. Tricolor violets are unpretentious, can grow on poor soil and in partial shade. But on humus fertile soil, the flowers are brighter and larger, flowering lasts longer. In an open sunny place, the flowers are bright, but quickly fade.

You can breed varietal violets with seeds from your garden. Hybrids are propagated vegetatively or each time they buy seeds in specialized stores.

In order to propagate the violet by cuttings, you need to use two nodes from the tops of the shoots in early summer. Under the canopy of a shady tree, they arrange a place for a kindergarten, planting the canvas to a depth of 1 cm, plucked cuttings. They should take root in an atmosphere of high humidity, so for several days of planting cover with geotextiles so that there is air exchange.

Spray, water. you will have to weed often, but within a month the cuttings will give roots and you can transplant violets to a permanent place with shelter for the winter, but it is better to leave them compactly until spring. So, it will be easier to save them in the winter.

Medicinal properties of violet tricolor

The healing power of tricolor violets has long been known. Harvest the collection during flowering. The whole green part of the plant is used. Like all herbal preparations, violet is dried in the shade in ventilated sheds. In rainy weather, you can arrange the grass in a thin layer in the attic. The dried material is crushed and stored in glassware under a glass or metal lid for up to 2 years. In a pharmacy, violet can be bought separately or in herbal preparations.

The medicinal properties of tricolor violet are due to the presence of essential oils, polysaccharides, saponins and biologically active substances in the composition. The complex chemical composition of the plant allows the collection to be used in many cases:

in the treatment of colds, prolonged cough;
for anti-inflammatory purposes;
with skin diseases.

The list of diseases when it is recommended to use infusions, decoctions and even tinctures of violets is large, but the use of medicinal forms for each person is individual. Without appropriate knowledge, recommendations of specialists, uncontrolled self-treatment can be harmful. This plant has serious contraindications for use.