Witnessed by: TCM
Chinese violet (Viola yedoensis), of the Violaceae family. Low stemless perennial with a rosette of lance-shaped leaves and violet spurred flowers; native range: grassy banks, fields, and roadsides throughout China and East Asia. Globally recognized as zi hua di ding (紫花地丁) in Chinese, and Chinese violet, purple-flower violet, Tokyo violet in English. The part used is whole plant with root. Slightly bitter and acrid, faintly cooling on the tongue, nearly scentless.
In this cross-tradition database, we analyze how this substance operates across world medicine systems — tracking its traditional tastes, temperatures, tissue affinities, post-digestive effects, and planetary correspondences across Ayurveda, Unani, and Western herbalism.
CHINESE VIOLET
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- Chinese violet
- Scientific name
- Viola yedoensis Makino
- Family
- Violaceae
Form
- Part used
- whole plant with root
PROPERTIES
Nature
Taste
how the plant declares itself on the tongue
- TCM
- bitter · pungent
Temperature
- TCM
- cold
Affinity
where in the body it travels
Organs / channels
- TCM
- Heart · Liver
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- TCM
- clears heat, resolves fire toxicity, cools the blood, reduces swelling
Cautions
- Contraindications
- caution in sores of cold or yin type, and in weak Spleen with loose stool
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