TCM: Listed under “Herbs that clear Heat”, in “Herbs that clear Heat and resolve Toxicity”, acrid, bitter, cold Viola Yedoensis (zi hua di ding) enters the Heart and Liver channels. It clears Heat and Toxins and cools the Blood to reduce swellings, clears Hot, red sores and abscesses ,
General: For the treatment of carbuncles, boils, erysipelas and other cutaneous and subcutaneous pyogenic infections, red, swollen eyes, mumps, jaundice and urinary tract infections.