tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post8611239493658231395..comments2024-02-29T07:51:54.606-08:00Comments on Tales of a Kitchen Herbwife: Violet : Theory and PracticeSarah Headhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08975928642943693605noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-23637529328967700622011-06-02T07:43:25.882-07:002011-06-02T07:43:25.882-07:00i love violets its one that i use for swellings of...i love violets its one that i use for swellings of all kinds with green clay.They drew out a piece of bone that had been lodged in my husbands finger for over twenty years on their own .When i was younger i had a cyst in my breast which was completly cured with poulticies of crushed leaves . The leaves were sticky after drawing the pus out.(sorry that sounds yucky ) but it was all over when they werent sticky any more .Yes they are a wonderful plant . And just recently i used them with green clay on my sons finger , its all clean and new skin now .:))Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3765060233389739578.post-53717665656240151432011-06-01T12:01:41.097-07:002011-06-01T12:01:41.097-07:00See, I don't get violets. We have V. tricolor,...See, I don't get violets. We have V. tricolor, and that tastes ghastly. No "gentle mucilaginous green" taste, no, it'll clobber your tongue to tell you to fsck the h*ll off.<br /><br />V. odorata, gentle, mucilaginous, check. The rest? The wild dry ones? Most emphatically not.Henriettehttp://www.henriettesherbal.comnoreply@blogger.com