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Pharmaceutical Name

Herba Cirsii segeti

Botanical Name

Cirsium segetum Bge.

Common Name

Small thistle

Source of Earliest Record

Mingyi Bielu

Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations

The aerial parts of the plant and its rhizome are harvested in summer when the thistle is flowering. Then they are cleaned, dried in the sun and cut into pieces.

Properties & Taste

Sweet and cool

Meridians

Heart and liver

Functions

1. To cool blood and stop bleeding; 2. To promote urination

Indications & Combinations

1. Hemorrhages due to extravasation of blood by heat. Small thistle (Xiaoji) is used with Imperata rhizome (Baimaogen), Cattail pollen (Puhuang) and Biota tops (Cebaiye). 2. Bloody urine, painful urination. Small thistle (Xiaoji) is used with Lotus node (Oujie), Talc (Huashi) and Clematis stem (Mutong) in the formula Xiaoji Yinzi.

Dosage

10-15 g (30-60 g for fresh herb)

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