Can Viola yedoensis be eaten?

Many people may not know that Viola yedoensis is a woody plant. In addition to the ornamental value of potted flowers, it also has good edible value and medicinal value. Generally, many things have many different ways of eating and precautions. So, how to eat Viola yedoensis? Generally, for things with higher value, the way of eating should be more careful. Today we will discuss how to eat Viola yedoensis better.

How to eat Viola yedoensis

Viola yedoensis is also known as wild violet, light-petal violet, etc. A perennial herb belonging to the order Pleurotae, family Violaceae, with no above-ground stems, 4-14 cm high, the leaves are triangular ovate or narrow ovate below, and those at the upper end are longer, oblong, narrow ovate-lanceolate or oblong-ovate, the flowers are medium-sized, purple or light purple, rarely milky white, the throat color is lighter and has blue-purple patterns; the capsule is oblong, 5-12 mm long, the seeds are ovoid, 1.8 mm long, and light yellow. The fruit season is from mid-April to September.

The taste is slightly bitter, spicy and cold. It enters the heart and lung meridians. It has the effects of clearing away heat and removing fire, dispersing blood and reducing swelling, clearing away heat and removing dampness. It is mainly used to treat furuncle, carbuncle, scrofula, jaundice, dysentery, diarrhea, red eyes, throat paralysis, and centipede bites.

Its aliases: plowshare grass, light-petal violet, violet, arrowhead grass, ground clove, sheep's horn, lone tiger, ground clove grass, precious sword grass. Application reminder: Oral administration: decoction, 15 to 30 grams (30 to 60 grams fresh); external application: appropriate, mash and apply.

Viola yedoensis is suitable for people with diffuse swelling of genital carbuncle and weak spleen and stomach. Efficacy of Viola yedoensis diet therapy: Viola yedoensis tastes slightly bitter and pungent, and is cold in nature; it enters the heart and liver meridians; it has a slightly dispersing effect; it has the effects of clearing away heat and removing fire, dispersing blood and reducing swelling; it is mainly used to treat carbuncles, mumps, scrofula, erysipelas, breast abscesses, intestinal abscesses, cold and dampness, diarrhea, jaundice, red and swollen eyes, throat paralysis, and centipede bites.

Instructions for the use of Viola yedoensis: For all kinds of furuncles, carbuncles, swelling, heat and pain, you can simply use the fresh juice to drink, and use the residue to apply to the wound; or match it with honeysuckle tea, dandelion flowers, and wild chrysanthemums. If the patient suffers from both qi and blood deficiency, add Chuanxiong and Huangqin; if the patient suffers from bone abscess pain and swelling due to cold and dampness solidification, use it together with coix seed, salt plantain seed, honeysuckle tea and Achyranthes bidentata to clear away heat, dampness, heat and detoxify. For patients with scrofula and tuberculosis in the neck, it can be combined with Prunella vulgaris, Adenophora radix, Fritillaria thunbergii and Oyster mume to eliminate the nodules and swelling.