Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Herba cum Radice Violae Yedoensitis

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Viola yedoensis Mak

Viola chinensis   G. Don.

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

shikajicho

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

chahwachi

Pron. in Cantonese

粵音﹕

zi2 faa1 dei6 ding6

Other Names:

別名﹕

Common Name:

英文名﹕

Yedeon's vilet, viola

Distribution:

產地﹕

Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, and all northeastern China.

江 蘇 ﹐  浙 江 ﹐  安 徽 ﹐ 東 北 各 地 。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

acrid, bitter, cold.

辛 ﹐ 苦 ﹐ 寒 。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

heart, liver.

心 ﹐ 肝 。

藥理﹕

To certain degree, inhibits Saphylococcus aureus, Pneumonococcus, Streptococcus A, Streptococcus B, Escherichia coli, Hemophilus Influenzae, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus albus, Candida albicans. [2]

The extract of zi hua di ding, within non-toxic concentration, can totally inhibit the growth of HIV. The extract of dimethylsulfoxide of zi hua di ding possesses a very strong inhibitive effect on in-vitro HIV activities.[1]

對金黃色葡萄球菌﹐ 肺炎球菌﹐ 甲型鏈球菌﹐ 乙型 鏈珠菌﹐ 大腸桿菌﹐ 流感桿菌﹐ 白喉桿菌﹐ 綠膿桿菌﹐ 白色葡萄球菌﹐ 白色念球菌有不同程度的抑制作用。

紫花地丁提取物在低於毒性劑量的 濃度下，可完全抑制艾滋病毒（HIV）的生長，紫花地丁的二甲亞砜提 取物具有很強的體外抑制HIV活性[1]

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

Snake bite: use fresh zi hua di ding to make juice and take internally. Also combine a small amount of xiong huang,. smash and apply externally.

Red eyes： boils with liver yang ascending :  combine this herb with ju hua, chan tui and make into decoction and use as tea.

治毒 蛇咬傷 ﹕ 用鮮品搗汁内服，亦可配雄 黃少許， 搗爛外敷。

肝陽上亢， 目赤腫瘤 ﹕本品 配菊花，蟬 蛻等

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

palmitic acid, p-hydroxybenzoic acid, trans-p-hydroxycinnamic acid, butane-dioic acid, tetracosanoyl-p-hydroxy phenethylamine, kaempferol-3-Omega-rhamnopyranoside.

Dosage:

用量﹕

9 ～ 15 g. Large dosage can be up to 30 g.

9 ～5 克。大剤量可用到30克。

Samples of formulae

:處方舉例﹕

Name of Formula: zi hua di ding san (Zheng Zhi Zhun Sheng) 

Applications: for various kinds of boils

Composition: zi hua di ding, dang gui﹐ da huang  ﹐ chi shao yao﹐ jin yin hua﹐ huang qi﹐ gan cao

Boil with water and use as tea.

藥方名：紫花地丁散(證 治準繩 》

主治：諸瘡腫痛

組成：紫花地丁﹐當歸﹐大黃  ﹐赤芍﹐金銀花﹐黃耆﹐ 甘草。

水煎服。

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

anti HIV [1]

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

Not to use in cases of pixu (spleen deficient) .

脾虛者 禁忌 用 。