Zi Hua Di Ding紫花地丁

Herba ViolaeViolet

Also known asYedoen’s Violet · Yedo Violet · Viola · Tokyo Violet · Earth Spike · Purple Earth Spike · Arrowhead Herb · Corydalis Bungeana

Actions & indications

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

- Ye Ju Hua
Fingertip pustules (snakehead furuncles), red-thread furuncles (lymphangitis), carbuncles, and other red swellings.
Enhances the effect of the preceding combination.
- Pu Gong Ying
Breast abscesses, furuncles, boils, carbuncles, Damp-Heat jaundice, and Lin Syndrome.
- Ju Hua
- Chan Tui
Red, swollen, painful eyes from Liver Heat.
- Ju Hua
- Xia Ku Cao
Painful, red, swollen eyes caused by Liver Heat.
Toxic swellings of various kinds, including erysipelas, abscesses, and deep-rooted sores.

Once simply a folk remedy, violet has become a standard ingredient in many modern Chinese herbal formulas for clearing Heat and toxins.
Applied externally to drain abscesses.
It is said to be useful for tuberculosis and cancer.
Both Zi Hua Di Ding and Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying are bitter and cold, resolving toxicity and treating Yang-type sores and toxic swellings, but Zi Hua Di Ding also cools the Blood and is particularly strong at resolving toxicity, making it more effective for deep-set toxic sores, carbuncles, and as an aid in treating snakebite, whereas Pu Gong Ying is especially good at descending and dispersing stagnant Qi and is most effective for breast abscesses.