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Viola tricolor
Documented for Depurative
Viola tricolor
A historical and nonspecific term for preparations believed to cleanse or purify the body or blood.
Traditional actions & properties 3 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Diuretic
Viola tricolor
A historical action term for increasing urine production. It does not identify a safe plant, dose, preparation or appropriate clinical use.
Urinary & kidney 2 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Emetic
Viola tricolor
Emetic is a historical action or property term used in ethnobotanical literature. It describes reported intent, not a verified pharmacological effect.
Digestive & gastrointestinal 2 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Expectorant
Viola tricolor
A traditional action term for preparations intended to help loosen or move respiratory secretions.
Respiratory & ENT 2 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Purgative
Viola tricolor
Purgative is a historical action or property term used in ethnobotanical literature. It describes reported intent, not a verified pharmacological effect.
Digestive & gastrointestinal 2 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Alterative
Viola tricolor
A historical herbal term for gradual improvement of general function or elimination; it has no single modern medical definition.
Traditional actions & properties 1 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Aphrodisiac
Viola tricolor
Aphrodisiac is a historical action or property term used in ethnobotanical literature. It describes reported intent, not a verified pharmacological effect.
Reproductive & sexual health 1 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Bronchitis
Viola tricolor
A bronchial disease that is an inflammation of the bronchial tubes. It is caused by bacteria and viruses. The disease has_symptom cough with mucus, has_symptom shortness of breath,…
Respiratory & ENT 1 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Cancer
Viola tricolor
A disease of cellular proliferation that is malignant and primary, characterized by uncontrolled cellular proliferation, local cell invasion and metastasis.
Cancer & abnormal growth 1 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Cardiotonic
Viola tricolor
Cardiotonic is a historical action or property term used in ethnobotanical literature. It describes reported intent, not a verified pharmacological effect.
Traditional actions & properties 1 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Cough
Viola tricolor
Cough is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.
Respiratory & ENT 1 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Demulcent
Viola tricolor
Demulcent is a historical action or property term used in ethnobotanical literature. It describes reported intent, not a verified pharmacological effect.
Traditional actions & properties 1 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Dysentery
Viola tricolor
An intestinal infectious disease that involves inflammation of the intestines, especially colon, due to chemical irritants, bacteria, protozoa, or parasitic worms, which results in…
Digestive & gastrointestinal 1 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Eruption
Viola tricolor
Eruption is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.
Other documented uses 1 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Laxative
Viola tricolor
Laxative is a historical action or property term used in ethnobotanical literature. It describes reported intent, not a verified pharmacological effect.
Digestive & gastrointestinal 1 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Poison
Viola tricolor
Poison is retained as a hazardous, toxicological or harmful-use term. It is presented for completeness and research, never as a practical instruction.
Toxicology & hazardous use 1 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Rhachitis
Viola tricolor
Rhachitis is a source vocabulary term preserved from historical ethnobotanical literature. The original term is retained even when its modern meaning is broad or uncertain.
Other documented uses 1 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Scrofula
Viola tricolor
An extrapulmonary tuberculosis that is located_in lymph node, and has_symptom lymphadenopathy, has_symptom fever, has_symptom weight loss, has_symptom fatigue, has_symptom night sw…
Other documented uses 1 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Skin
Viola tricolor
Skin is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.
Skin, wounds & external care 1 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Sudorific
Viola tricolor
Sudorific is a historical action or property term used in ethnobotanical literature. It describes reported intent, not a verified pharmacological effect.
Immune, infection & fever 1 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Syphilis
Viola tricolor
A primary bacterial infectious disease that is a sexually transmitted systemic disease, has_material_basis_in Treponema pallidum subsp pallidum, which is transmitted_by sexual cont…
Reproductive & sexual health 1 regions
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Viola tricolor
Documented for Tumor
Viola tricolor
Tumor is the condition or symptom label preserved in the historical source data. The label may be older, broader or less precise than current diagnostic terminology.
Cancer & abnormal growth 1 regions
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