Zi Hua Di Ding
Violae Herba
acrid, bitter, cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Clears Heat and Resolves Toxicity
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Red swollen eyes
- Swollen ears
- Sore throat
- Snake bites
- Sores
Zi Hua Di Ding enters the liver and the heart systems. It is bitter to drain down and out while at the same time it is acrid to break up and cold for heat patterns.
Channels: heart, liver
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Mumps
- Fever
- Antimicrobial
- Snake bites
- Infections of the skin
- Breast abscess
- Scrofula
- Appendicitis
Formulas:
- Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin
Contraindications: prescribe Zi Hua Di Ding cautiously with patients that have yin-type sores
Zoo Image: a beluga whale with a snake biting an abscess on its back has heat sore on its face with TOX around its neck