Herb
Viola (Zi hua di ding)
紫花地丁zi hua di ding
1 sourceHerba Violae
Clears heat and resolves toxicity, and is applied to abscesses, boils, scrofula and toxic sores.
Source
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十六·草部·隰草类下·紫花地丁·主治（时珍）
References
- functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
- WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
- public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions
Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.
传统中医记载：一切痈疽发背，疔肿瘰疬，无名肿毒恶疮（时珍）。
Nature, flavor & meridians
Nature & flavor: 苦、辛，寒，无毒。
Citations
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·紫花地丁（《纲目》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·紫花地丁·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·紫花地丁·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·紫花地丁·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十六·草部·隰草类下·紫花地丁·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.