Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Racoon
just regular wild pansies??
My Grandma loves pansies! those are/were her favoritefor flowers around the garden...
those kind too?
(I didn't really want to register with med-scape yet.)
They like some shade, and bloom real pretty purples and blues?
Cyclotides!??
You are a great addition to this forum...  Thankyou as you can see I'm abit obsessive about some things
another great informative post. Mike-A. ( I need to shorten your name for reference.) |
All pansies came from the original Heartsease (Viola tricolour) It has three colours and these are the only ones found in modern pansies (before genetic engineering)
According to the "cyclotide" buffs all Violas-the whole botanical family- contain cyclotides. Probably in the flowers and leaves of Pansy But contained in the roots of Viola hederacea (Australian Native Violet)
Chop up the pansies & put them in your salad (they have a slighty slimy texture but taste OK)
You might be interested in this post I made on heartsease to my herb discussion group
"I read an article on heartsease once in a dentist's surgery.(20 years ago)
It was facinating but I was too out-of-it after I had finished with the
dentist to steal the magazine. I have never seen the claims made about
heartsease since.
The author of the article said that heartsease contains a chemical that
"got-rid-of" or dulled painful memories.
If, for example, someone had been traumatised by a love affair, war or an
accident, heartsease would dull the painful memory and enable the person to
cope.
I note now, that there are recent advances in psychiatric drugs that do just
that- enabling traumatised people to get on with their lives.
Of course only a herb called Heartsease could have this effect!
On the same herb, Heartsease probably contains Cyclotides and may therfore
also be anti-HIV"
call me "m"
