Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

zǐ huā dì dīng / 紫花地丁 / 紫花地丁 / violet

Latin pharmacognostic name: Violae Herba

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Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Heat-clearing agents / Heat-clearing toxin-resolving agents

Properties: Bitter, acrid; cold.

Channel entry: heart, liver, and stomach channels.

Indications:

• Clears heat and resolves toxin: Heat toxin sores such as clove sores, mammary welling-abscesses, intestinal welling-abscesses, and cinnabar toxin (erysipelas).
• Resolves snake venom: venomous snake bites.
• Painful red swollen eyes due to liver heat.

Dosage & Method:

Oral: 15–30g in decoctions. Fresh zǐ huā dì dīng is also applied topically.

Warning:

Contraindicated in vacuity cold; use with care in yīn patterns of sores.

Notes:

This is the most common kind of Viola used medicinally.

See also:

dì dīng (地丁 Violae Herba cum Radice, violet)