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Cirsii Chinensis Herba

Chinese thistle

苦芺 〔苦芺〕 kǔ ǎo

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in unofficial sources: Cirsium chinense Gardn. et Champ.

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Sweet and bitter; cool; nontoxic*.

Actions and indications: Clears heat, cools the blood, quickens the blood, and resolves toxin. Treats summerheat-heat with vexation and oppression; flooding and spotting; injury from knocks and falls; vomiting of blood (blood ejection); hemorrhoids; clove sores (dīng).

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