Blue Violet Leaf

History:

Blue Violet is a tiny, but hardy, member of a large family of perennials. It is a native of the Old World and now commonly distributed throughout the world. This delightful Messenger of Spring is cultivated as an ornamental and also grows wild in meadows, thickets, hedges and along roadsides and edges of woods, where its creeping rootstock sends out runners along the ground to take root. This modest, spreading plant creates good ground cover and thrives in rich, well-drained, moisture-retentive soil in sun or partial shade and generally grows to a height of six inches. Since about 500 B.C., Blue Violet Leaves have been used therapeutically, when the physicians of the school of Aesclepias used Violet Leaves in poultices for skin malignancies. Violets were the national flowers of Athens, and ancient Athenians covered their corpses with the beautiful and fragrant blooms. The Greeks also prescribed Violet Leaf to moderate anger, and Violet was also the plant of Venus and Aphrodite and believed to suggest strong emotions. The Romans drank it in a wine, and the first-century Roman scholar, Pliny, recommended it for headaches, dizziness, gout and spleen disorders. The Violet was the favorite flower of Napoleon (sometimes nicknamed Caporal Violette), who died wearing a locket of Violets from Josephine's grave. The famed seventeenth-century herbalist, Nicholas Culpeper, recommended its cleansing qualities, saying that it "doth purge the body of choleric humours." Violets are used to flavor and color candy and breath fresheners; included on cakes as decorations; in drinks, sweets, syrups, salads and desserts; in cosmetics; and especially in perfumery. Violet is a bitter, aromatic, sweet, mucilaginous and cooling herb, and the whole, beautifully-scented plant is collected during the Springtime and flowering season, dried and used commercially and in herbal preparations. Some of the constituents included in Blue Violet Leaf are saponins, salicylates, alkaloids, glucosides, rutin, quercetin, ferulic acid, flavonoids, essential oil, mucilage, odoratine, irone and ionone (its main aromatic element, which was synthesized in 1893).

Recommended Dosage:
Take two (2) capsules, two (2) times each day with water at mealtimes.

Contraindications:
Large amounts of Blue Violet Leaf Herbal Supplement (many times the recommended dosage) may cause nausea and vomiting because of the irritant effects of saponins on the digestive system.

Capsule Information:
Our Blue Violet Leaf supplements are encapsulated in 100% Gluten-free, Vegetable Cellulose, Certified Kosher, size "00" Capsules.(click here for size comparison) Each capsule contains approximately 500 mgs.

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