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Field thistle
小蓟 〔小薊〕xiǎo jì
Latin pharmacognostic name: Cirsii Herba
Alternate English names: thistle
Kingdom: Plant
Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Cirsium setosum (Willd.) MB. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)
Origin (other sources): Cephalanoplos segetum (Bge.) Kitam.; Cephalanoplos setosum (Bieb.) Kitam.*
Use: Medicinal
Category: Blood-stanching agents / Blood-cooling blood-stanching agents
Properties: Sweet; cool; nontoxic*.
Channel entry: Liver and spleen channels.
Indications:
Cools the blood, dispels stasis, and stanches bleeding.
vomiting of blood (blood ejection), bloody urine, blood strangury, flooding and spotting; acute infectious hepatitis; welling-abscesses (yōng), clove sores (dīng).
Dosage & Method: Oral: Decoct (4.5–9g). Topical: Crush or decoct.
Warnings: Contraindicated in spleen vacuity or absence of stasis.
Product Area: All parts of China.
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