This product is the aerial part or root of the perennial herbaceous plant of the Asteraceae family, Cirsium japonicum (Cirsium japonicum DC.). It is produced in most regions of the country. The aerial part is harvested during the summer and autumn when the flowers bloom, or the roots are dug up in late autumn, impurities are removed, and then dried in the sun. It is used raw or stir-fried to scorch.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Bitter and sweet, cool. Act on heart and liver meridians.

bubble_chart Efficacy

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

bubble_chart Indications

1. Used for hemorrhagic syndrome caused by blood heat: such as hematemesis, hemoptysis, epistaxis, menorrhagia and metrostaxis, hematuria, etc., especially for hematemesis, hemoptysis, and menorrhagia and metrostaxis. This product is cold in nature and enters the blood aspect, capable of cooling blood and stopping bleeding. It can be used alone or in combination with Small Thistle, Platycladus, etc.
2. Used for heat toxin abscesses: This product can clear heat and remove toxins, disperse stasis and eliminate abscesses. It can be used alone, especially in its fresh form. It can also be combined with other heat-clearing and detoxifying medicinals.
3. In addition, in recent years, it has also been used to treat hepatitis, hypertension, etc., with certain therapeutic effects, taking advantage of its ability to clear the liver and remove toxins, as well as its blood pressure-lowering properties.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Bielu: "For women with red and white vaginal discharge, calming the fetus, stopping hematemesis, epistaxis."
2. Yaoxing Lun: "Stops menorrhagia and bleeding below, take the fresh root, pound and extract the juice, take about half a liter, often it will stop immediately."
3. Bencao Jingshu: "The root of Japanese thistle herb is most effective in cooling the blood, when the blood heat is resolved, all symptoms will naturally heal."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

Decoct and take 10-15g; fresh product can be 80-60g. For external use, apply an appropriate amount by pounding and applying to the affected area.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

The whole plant contains alkaloids, volatile oils, bitter principles, etc. Stir-frying Japanese thistle herb until scorched can shorten bleeding time; animal experiments have shown it has a blood pressure-lowering effect; it also has an inhibitory effect on human-type subcutaneous nodule bacilli.