Zi Hua Di Ding - 紫花地丁 - Herba Violae

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Herba Violae
Common English:	Arrowhead Herb Corydalis Bungeana Earth Spike Purple Earth Spike Tokyo Violet Viola Violet Yedo Violet Yedoen’s Violet

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Acrid Bitter	Cold	Heart Liver	9-30g 15-30g (Secondary source)

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Clears Heat and relieves Fire toxicity	Chuang Yung (hot swellings), especially red, hot, swollen eyes; swollen, painful throat and ears; mumps and snakebite, breasts, intestines
Clears hot sores (Chuang Yung) internally and externally	Sores and abscesses, especially of the head and back

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Contraindicated for those with slow-growing swellings that have not yet come to a head.
Do not use for Deficiency Cold.
Caution for those with Yin type sores.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Flos Chrysanthemi Indici Ye Ju Hua	Flos Chrysanthemi Indici Ye Ju Hua Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao	Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying
Pustules on the fingertips (snakehead furuncles), red thread furuncles (lymphangitis), carbuncles and other red swellings.	Strengthens the effect of the previous combination.	Breast abscesses, furuncles, boils and carbuncles and Damp-Heat jaundice. Lin Syndrome.
Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua Periostracum Cicadae Chan Tui	Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua Sp. Prunellae Xia Ku Cao	Flos Chrysanthemi Indici Ye Ju Hua Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
Red, swollen and painful eyes due to Liver Heat.	Red, swollen, painful eyes due to Liver Heat.	Various toxic swellings such as erysipelas, abscesses and deep-rooted sores.

Violet began as an old folk remedy and is now a standard ingredient in many modern Chinese formulas for Heat and toxins.
It is applied externally to drain abscesses.
Tuberculosis and cancer are reportedly treated with this herb.
Zi Hua Di Ding and Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying are both bitter and cold, resolve toxicity and treat Yang type sores and toxic swellings. Zi Hua Di Ding cools the Blood, excels at resolving toxicity, and works better on deep-set toxic sores and carbuncles; it also helps in treating snakebite. Pu Gong Ying excels at descending and dispersing stagnant Qi and is especially effective for breast abscesses.

Zi Hua Di Ding (Viola): Used to regulate the liver and bring monocytes into range; teacher equates it with chickweed in Western herbalism. (Yuen)