This product is the above-ground part of the perennial herbaceous plant Cirsium setosum (Cirsium setosum (Willd.) MB.) of the Asteraceae family. It is produced in most regions of the country. It is collected during the flowering period in summer and autumn, washed, and dried in the sun. It can be used raw or stir-fried to scorch.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Bitter and sweet, cool. act on heart and liver channels.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Cooling blood and stopping bleeding, dispersing stasis, removing toxins to dissipate carbuncles.

bubble_chart Indications

It has the same indications as Japanese thistle Herb and is often used in combination with other medicinals. However, Small Thistle also has a diuretic effect, making it particularly suitable for treating hematuria and blood stranguria, as in the formula Small Thistle Decoction. Its ability to disperse stasis and resolve abscesses is slightly inferior to Japanese thistle Herb. In modern clinical practice, extracts of this herb are also used to effectively treat incomplete uterine contraction after childbirth and can be used to manage hypertension.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. 《Materia Medica Supplement》, "Small Thistle breaks old blood, stops new blood, sudden bleeding, bloody dysentery, wound bleeding, hematemesis... and spider, snake, scorpion venom."
2. Bencao Tujing: "Small Thistle root... stops hematemesis, nosebleeds, and bleeding, all proven effective; Japanese Thistle Herb root... besides breaking blood stasis, also treats abscesses and swelling, Small Thistle specializes in blood disorders."
3. 《Classification of Herbal Medicinal Properties》: "Treats blood stranguria with distending pain, traumatic injuries, red collapse, leucorrhea."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

Same as Japanese thistle Herb.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

This product contains alkaloids, saponins, robinetin, 7-rhamnoglucoside, beautiful steetgum resin glycosides, proto Black Catechu acid, coffee bean acid, and potassium chloride, among others.

1. A small amount can significantly shorten bleeding time, with the hemostatic components being chlorogenic acid and coffee bean glass;
2. it can reduce blood cholesterol and has a choleretic effect;
3. it has a certain inhibitory effect on hemolytic streptococcus, pneumococcus, diphtheria bacillus, and subcutaneous node bacillus.