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Pin Yin:
zi hua di ding
Common name: violet
Botanical family: Violaceae
Botanical name: 1, Viola yedoensis Makino; 2, V. japonica Langsd.
Primary action: Clear Heat Toxins
Temperature: cold
Taste: acrid, bitter
Entering Channel: Ht, Lv
Actions:
Clears Heat, detoxifies Fire Poison, and reduced Hot swellings of throat,
eyes, mumps.
Clears Hot abscesses of breast, intestines, and skin; used internally
and topically.
(See
Heat Toxin
.)
Indications: sores, red eyes,breast abscesses, dysentery
Dosage:
3-10 qian.
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