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JLH); Cancer, colon (f; GMH; JLH); Cancer, intestine (f; JLH); Cancer, joint (f; JLH); Cancer,
mouth (f; WOI); Cancer, sinew (f; JLH); Cancer, stomach (f; JLH); Cancer, throat (f; GMH;
JLH; WOI); Cancer, tongue (f; GMH; JLH); Cancer, uterus (f; JLH); Cardiopathy (f; GMH);
Catarrh (f; HH2; MAD; PH2; WOI); Chlorosis (f; MAD); Cholecystosis (f; MAD); Conjuncti-
vosis (f; GMH); Constipation (1; FEL; GMH; WOI); Cough (f; HH2; KAB; MAD; PH2; WOI);
Cramp (f; HH2; MAD); Dermatosis (f; FEL; HH2; PH2; WOI); Dyspnea (f; MAD); Dysuria (f;
GMH; MAD); Eczema (1; MAD; WOI); Enterosis (f; KAB); Epilepsy (f; GMH; MAD); Exan-
thema (f; MAD); Fever (1; EFS; HH2; KAB; PH2; WOI); Fungus (1; CEB; WOI); Glossosis (f;
JLH); Gout (f; FEL); Gravel (f; FEL; GMH); Headache (f; HH2; MAD; PH2); Hemorrhoid (f;
GMH); High Blood Pressure (1; WOI); Hoarseness (f; KAB; WOI); Hypochondria (f; MAD);
Hysteria (f; PH2); Induration (f; JLH); Infection (1; CEB; PH2; WOI); Inflammation (1; JLH;
KAB; PH2; WOI); Insomnia (f; EFS; HH2; GMH; PH2); Jaundice (f; GMH); Leukemia (1;
HH2); Lupus (f; MAD); Malaria (f; KAB; MAD); Migraine (f; HH2; PH2); Milk Crust (f; FEL);
Mucososis (f; HH2; PH2); Mycosis (1; CEB; WOI); Nephrosis (f; FEL); Nervousness (f; EFS);
Neurosis (f; MAD; PH2); Ophthalmia (f; MAD; WOI); Pain (f; JLH; KAB; WOI); Pertussis (f;
MAD; PH2); Pharyngosis (f; PH2); Pleurisy (f; GMH); Pneumonia (f; PH2); Proctosis (f; JLH);
Pulmonosis (f; GMH; WOI); Quinsy (f; GMH); Respirosis (f; HH2; PH2); Rheumatism (f; GMH;
HH2; PH2); Sarcoma (1; HH2); Sclerosis (f; JLH); Scrofula (f; MAD); Sore Throat (f; GMH;
KAB; PH2; WOI); Stomatosis (f; HH2; MAD; PH2); Stone (f; FEL); Syphilis (f; MAD); Ticks
(1; HH2); Typhoid (f; KAB); Typhus (f; MAD); Tuberculosis (f; MAD); Uterosis (f; JLH); VD
(f; MAD); Water Retention (f; WOI).
Dosages (Sweet Violet) — 1 heaping tsp flower/cup tea 1–2 ×/day (HH2); 2 tsp flower in cold or
hot tea (MAD); 1 g rhizome (HH2); 4–5 g root (MAD).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Sweet Violet) — Class 1 (AHP). Regulated
in the U.S. as an allowable flavor only in beverages (AHP). Large overdoses may impair circulation,
causing dyspnea, gastrosis, and nervousness (CEB).
Extracts (Sweet Violet) — TD (extract) = >1600 mg/kg orl dog (HH2). Rutin, alone, or in
combination (with aesculetin, citroflavonoids, or ascorbic acid) is “promoted for the symptoms of
venous and lymphatic vessel insufficiency, for the symptomatic treatment of the functional signs
of capillary fragility, to treat the functional symptoms of the acute attack of piles, and for loss of
visual acuity and alterations of the field of vision presumably of vascular origin” (BRU). Rutin is
not very soluble, so more soluble semisynthetic derivatives may be used identically to rutin. Rutin
and its derivatives are sometimes combined with alkaloids like vincamine in proprietaries for senile
cerebral insufficiency.SWORD BEAN (Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC.) +Synonyms: C. ensiformis var. truncata Ricker, Dolichos ensiformis L.
Activities (Sword Bean) — Amyolytic (1; WO2); Antiaggregant (1; TRA); Antiallergic (1; TRA);
Anticapillary Fragility (1; TRA); Antiherpetic (1; TRA); Antihistaminic (1; TRA); Antiinflamma-
tory (2; TRA); Antimetabolic (1; WO2); Antioxidant (1; TRA); Antiviral (1; TRA); Fungicide (1;
WO2); Hemolytic (1; WO2); Hypocholesterolemic (1; TRA); Mitogenic (1; WO2); Hypotensive
(1; TRA).
Indications (Sword Bean) — Allergy (1; TRA); Burn (2; TRA); Capillary Fragility (1; TRA);
Fungus (1; WO2); Gynecopathy (f; WBB); Herpes (1; TRA); High Blood Pressure (1; TRA)
High Cholesterol (1; TRA); Infection (1; WO2); Inflammation (2; TRA); Mycosis (1; WO2);
Virus (1; TRA).
Dosages (Sword Bean) — 5–10 g leaf poulticed onto burn (TRA).