Zi Hua Di Ding (Viola mandshurica) — Whole Dried Food Herb, 500g

Zi Hua Di Ding (Viola mandshurica), also known as Arrowhead Violet or Manchurian Violet, is the whole dried herb of a traditional botanical long used in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as Zǐ Huā Dì Dīng (紫花地丁). For centuries it has been prized as a cooling, heat-clearing herb, traditionally used to relieve redness, swelling, and discomfort associated with heat patterns. Its nature is bitter, pungent, and cold, making it a focused yet gentle herb for clearing heat and resolving toxicity in TCM theory.

Key Selling Points

• Whole dried Zi Hua Di Ding herb
• Viola mandshurica botanical identity
• New-crop, sun-dried, unsulfured
• 500g bulk whole-herb pack
• Traditional heat-clearing food herb

Quality & Sensory

Each batch is carefully sun-dried to preserve the herb's natural deep green color, delicate leafy texture, and faint grassy aroma. The whole plants retain their slender stems and small violet-tinged flowers. When decocted, the herb yields a mildly bitter, slightly cooling infusion with a clean, green herbal character.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Traditional herbal decoction
• Herbal tea blends
• Seasonal heat-clearing soups
• Food-herb culinary use
• Bulk herbal preparation

Traditional Uses

In folk herbal practice, Zi Hua Di Ding is decocted alone or with other cooling herbs to make a simple daily tea during warm seasons. It is also added to light soups and congee in traditional food therapy, often paired with herbs like Jin Yin Hua (honeysuckle) and Pu Gong Ying (dandelion) for seasonal heat-clearing formulas. As a food herb, it is used in small amounts in herbal broths and wellness decoctions.

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