1 TASTE
Bitter, pungent and cold
2 MERIDIANS
Heart and liver
3 FUNCTIONS
To clear heat and release toxins
4 INDICATIONS
1. Boils, carbuncles and furuncles. Viola (Zi Hua Di Ding [3]), is used with Dandelion herb (Pu Gong Ying [4]), Wild chrysanthemum flower (Yejuhua) and Honeysuckle flower (Jin Yin Hua [5]).2. Snake bite. The juice of the fresh herb is taken orally and externally.
5 DOSAGE
10-16 g
6 COUTIONS
This herb is contraindicated in cases with deficient cold syndrome.
52
Comments: