Tag Archives: Viola

Viola adunca | Western dog violet | Medicinal Uses

View photos of the medicinal plant Viola adunca (Western dog violet), profiled in Medicinal Plants of the Western Mountain States.

A passage from Medicinal Plants of the Western Mountain States:

1–2 teaspoons of the tincture reduces asthmatic/allergy–oriented bronchial inflammation. Alone or mixed with Turmeric tincture, most sufferers find it opening to the area. The plant’s diminishing effect on airway inflammation and mucus hypersecretion is reportedly due to its mild suppressant effect on the common offenders: IgE antibodies, cytokines, and eosinophils, among other immunological factors.

Viola canadensis | Canadian white violet | Medicinal Uses

View photos of the medicinal plant Viola canadensis (Canadian white violet), profiled in Medicinal Plants of the Western Mountain States.

A passage from Medicinal Plants of the Western Mountain States:

1–2 teaspoons of the tincture reduces asthmatic/allergy–oriented bronchial inflammation. Alone or mixed with Turmeric tincture, most sufferers find it opening to the area. The plant’s diminishing effect on airway inflammation and mucus hypersecretion is reportedly due to its mild suppressant effect on the common offenders: IgE antibodies, cytokines, and eosinophils, among other immunological factors.