Pansy in Herbal Medicine: Properties of the Pansy

Scientific name

Viola tricolor

Family

Violaceae

Origin

Europe

Synonyms

Parts Used

Drug consisting of flowers

Chemical constituents

• Saponins;
• Vitamins (especially vitamin C);
• Tannins;
• Flavonoids (rutin, violantin, vitexin);
• Essential oil;
• Anthocyanosides;
• Mucilage;
• Carotenoids;
• Triterpenes;
• Violin (bitter substance)

Pansy in Herbal Medicine: Properties of the Pansy

The whole dried plant is used, in infusion, as a purifying, expectorant, sweat and mildly diuretic (empirical activities not confirmed by certain clinical studies), or the flowers for their diuretic and emollient properties.